COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GriNEA. 55 



The noticeable features of this plant are the winged stem, the oblong petiolate 

 acuminate leaves, the lateral nerves branching from the midrib 15-20 mm. from the 

 base. The cymes are lax, few-flowered, and borne on long slender peduncles about one- 

 third the length of the leaves. This species is allied to M. cldonantha, Stapf (in Kew 

 Bull. 1906, p. 73) from Perak and to M. laurifoUa, Blume. 



Medinilla Foebesii, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens {fide H. O. Forbes). Hami teretes, ad nodos incrassati, verrucosi, in 

 sicco cortice plumbeo tecti. Folia oblongo-lanceolata vel lanceolata, sessilia vel 

 interdum petiolata, 3-6-nervia, glabra, basi late cuneata, apice acuta, 12-16 cm. 

 longa, 5-5'5 cm. lata, nervo inferiore marginali, costa subtus prominente. Flores 

 in cymas divaricatas dispositi, cymis saspius 2-3 cm. longis axillaribus, pedicellis 

 gracilibus. Bractece parviie. Calyx in sicco ruber, campanulatus, segmentis 

 brevibus tubo brevioribus, + 3 mm. longus. Fetala cuneato-obovata + 6 mm. longa. 

 Stamina 8 ; antherse lineari-lanceolatae, apice 1-porosae, + 4 mm. longcC. Baccce in 

 sicco rubrae, subglobosae, calycis limbo coronatae. 

 Camp VI, 2538 ft. In flower January 5th, 1913. 



This species was also collected in the Sogeri Region, on Mt. Woriwori, by II. O. Forbes 

 (Nos. 757 and 895, Herb. Mus. Brit.). 



This species is noticeable on account of the somewhat warted stem. The leaves are 

 longer than the internodes. The cymes are slender ; the common peduncle is often 

 8-12 mm. long, but sometimes absent. It belongs to the series in which the stems are 

 glabrous, the leaves opposite, the cymes axillary, and the flowers tetramerous. 



Medinilla papuana, Scheff. in Ann. Gard. Bot. Buitenz. i. (1876) 21 ex descript. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft., Dec. 6th, 1912. 

 Distrib. New Guinea. 



Medinilla novoguineensis, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 



Rami teretes, ad nodos parum incrassati. Folia majuscula, opposita, elliptica vel 

 ovato-elliptica, subsessilia vel in petiolum brevissimum attenuate, 15-17 cm. longa, 

 7-10 cm. lata, apice obtusa vel emarginata, basi cuneata, internodiis fere duplo 

 longiora, 5-plinervia, costa subtus furfuracea. Flores 4 mm. axillares, fasciculati, 

 pedicellis gracilibus 14-17 mm. longis. Calyx urceolatus, limbo fere integro, in 

 toto vix 3 mm. longus. Fetala 4, obovata, parum inaequilatera, + 10 mm. longa. 

 Stamina 8, connectivo antice biauriciilato. Stylus filiformis. Bacca ignota. 

 Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. In flower Jvme 13th, 1913. 

 The distinguishing features of this species are the opposite rather large 5-plinerved 

 leaves, and the 4-merous flowers in axillary fascicles./ The pedicels are slender, one- 

 flowered, and much longer than the calyx. The connective is anticously biauriculate. 

 This may be allied to 31. Maidenii, F. von Muell., a species only known to me from the 

 description. 



