56 . ME. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS 



^ Medinilla coccinea, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, cauUbus teretibus vel subteretibus, ad nodos parum incrassatis. 

 Folia opposita, sessilia vel subsessilia, oblonga vel oblongo-obovata, 5-plmervia, apice 

 obtusa vel subacuta, basi cuueata, 10-14 cm. longa, 45-60 mm. lata, nervulis trans- 

 versalibus inconspicuis. Flores axillares, pauci, pedicellati, pedicellis 5-8 mm. 

 longis. Calycis limbus trvmcatus vel subtruncatus. Fetala 5, concava, in sicco 

 alba, oblongo-ovata, + 5 mm. longa. Staminum connectivum bi-auriculatum. 

 JBaccos verrueosse. + 5 mm. diam. et longge. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. In flower June 12tb, 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. nowguineensis, Bak. fil., but the calyx is 

 longer, and there are fewer flowers. 



Mediniila speciosa, Blume, in Flora, xiv. (1831) 515. 

 Camp I, 700 ft. 

 Bistrih. Moluccas, Java, Sumatra, Penang. 



Medinilla longifolia, Cogn. in DC. Monogr. Phan. vii. 597. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 

 Disirib. New Guinea. 



Medinilla auuiculata, Lauterbach, in K. Schum. und Lauterbach, Nachtrage Fl. 

 Deutsch. Schutzgebiete Sudsee, 328. 

 Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. Flowers pinkish white. Fruit purple. 

 Distrib. New Guinea. 



-i [Medinilla sogeeiensis, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 



Frutex ramis teretibus prsecipue novellis plus minus strigosis ad nodos incrassatis 

 stuposo-barbatis. Folia opposita, triplinervia, ovata vei oblongo-ovata, apice 

 acuta, basi cuneata, papyracea, 8-13 cm. longa, 4-8 cm. lata, nervulis trans- 

 versalibus inconspicuis, petiolis 10-14 mm. longis. Cymce axillares, pauciflorse vel 

 pliu'iflora3, breviusculse, petiolis ssepe subsequilongEe. Flores bracteis persistentibus 

 involucratse. Calycis limbus brevis, obsolete dentatus. Fetala 5, concava, + 5 mm. 

 longa. Stamina 10, sequalia. Baccce subglobosse, setulis albido-argenteis omnino 

 obtectte. 

 Distrib. In the Sogeri Region, at 3000 ft., R. 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 



