96 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
MEDINILLA COCCINEA, Dak. fil., sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, caulibus teretibus vel subteretibus, ad nodos parum incrassatis. 
Folia opposita, sessilia vel subsessilia, oblonga vel oblongo-obovata, 5-plinervia, apice 
obtusa vel subacuta, basi cuneata, 10-14 cm. longa, 45-60 mm. lata, nervulis trans- 
versalibus inconspicuis. Flores axillares, pauci, pedicellati, pedicellis 5-8 mm. 
longis. Calycis limbus truncatus vel subtruncatus. Petala 5, concava, in sieco 
alba, oblongo-ovata, +5 mm. longa. Staminum connectivum bi-auriculatum. 
Bacce verrucose, + 5 mm. diam. et longe. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. In flower June 12th, 1913. 
Branches covered with a reddish-brown bark, somewhat warted. Leaves opposite, 
sessile or subsessile. ‘Flowers few, pedicellate at the nodes. 
Noticeable on account of the few shortly pedicellate flowers, the 5-plinerved leaves, 
and the warted fruit. Closely allied to M. novoguineensis, Bak. fil., but the calyx is 
longer, and there are fewer flowers. 
MEDINILLA SPECIOSA, Blume, in Flora, xiv. (1831) 515. 
Camp I, 700 ft. 
Distrib. Moluccas, Java, Sumatra, Penang. 
MEDINILLA LONGIFOLIA, Cogn. in DC. Monogr. Phan. vii. 597. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
Distrib. New Guinea. 
MEDINILLA AURICULATA, Lauterbach, in K. Schum. und Lauterbach, Nachtrüge Fl. 
Deutsch. Schutzgebiete Südsee, 398. 
Camps I to ITI, 500 to 2500 ft. Flowers pinkish white. Fruit purple. 
Distrib. New Guinea. 
[MEDINILLA SOGERIENSIS, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Frutex ramis teretibus precipue novellis plus minus strigosis ad nodos incrassatis 
stuposo-barbatis. Folia opposita, triplinervia, ovata vel oblongo-ovata, apice 
acuta, basi euneata, papyracea, 8-13 cm. longa, 4-8 em. lata, nervulis trans- 
versalibus inconspicuis, petiolis 10-14 mm. longis. Cyme axillares, pauciflorze vel 
pluriflore, breviuscule, petiolis ssepe subsequilonge. Flores bracteis persistentibus | 
involucrate. Calycis limbus brevis, obsolete dentatus. Petala 5, concava, + 5 mm. 
longa. Stamina 10, :wqualia. Bacce subglobose, setulis albido-argenteis ¢ omnino 
obtectee. | : 
- Distrib. In the Sogeri Region, at 3000 ft., M. O. Forbes, Nos. 305 & 596 (Herb. 
Mus. Brit.). : 
| This species belongs to the section Dactyliota with persistent bracts enveloping the 
- flowers. It is allied to M. hirsuta, Merr. A large shrub with the branches more. 
