51. ME. H. N. EIDLET OX PLANTS 



and the petals markedly tinequal-sided. They are solitary in the upper axils or pseudo- 

 terminal. The above species, together with M. megacalyi\ Merr., form a transition 

 between the genera Medinilla and Carionia. 



v/ Medinllla nehvulosa, Bak. fll., sp. nov. 



Rami teretes, graciles, glabri, sursum leviter angustati, ad nodos parum incrassati. - 

 Folia triplinervia, oj)i)osita, oblongo-lanceolata, apice acuminata, basi cuneata, costa 

 subtus conspicua, 6-9 mm. longa, 25-28 mm. lata, petiolo 5-8 mm. longo suffulta. 

 Flores mediocres, in cymas paucifioras et laxas dispositi, pedunculo communi 

 20-25 mm. longo, pedicellis 7-9 mm. longis. Calyx urceolatus, dentibus brevibus, 

 in toto + 5 mm. longus. Fetala 8-10 mm. longa. Staminmn connectivum postice 

 calcaratum. Baccce ignotse. 

 Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft. 



The branches are terete, somewhat angled above, with a light-coloured bark. The 

 lateral nerves branch from the midrib 5-8 mm. from the base, the longitudinal nerves 

 being connected by transverse slender nerves. The cymes are pseudo-umbelliform and 

 few-flowered, and the flowers pentamerous. 



Allied to M. laurifolia, Blume. It differs from M. alata, Bak. fil, in its shorter 

 peduncles and smaller leaves, 



V Medinilla btjbrovenia, Bak. fil., sp. nov. (Plate 2. figs. 40-42.) 



Rami glabri, cortice albido tecti, ad nodos parum incrassati. Folia opposita, sessilia, 

 oblonga vel oblongo-oblanceolata, 5-plinervia vel 7-plinervia, apice acuta, basi 

 cuneata, margine undulata, 5-9 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata. Flores mediocres, in 

 paniculam terminalem dispositi, pedicellis ssepe rubris calyce longioribus, pedunculo 

 furfuraceo. Panicula 4-6 cm. longa. Calyx urceolatus, + 3 mm. longus, limbo 

 truncato. Petala + 10 mm. longa, 4 vel 5, in sicco alba, obovata. Stamina 8 

 vel 10, tequalia, connectivo antice calcarato. Stylus filiformis. Bacca ignota. 

 Camp VII, 3600 ft. In flower April 12th, 1913. 



This species is noticeable on account of the sessile leaves with red veins. The flowers 

 are in a terminal panicle, which is shorter than the leaves and 6-20-flowered. 



\i Medinilla alata, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 



Frutex C?), ramis in sicco cortice albido obtectis alatis. Folia petiolata, oblonga, 

 apice acuminata, basi cuneata, 9-15 cm. longa, 3-5 cm. lata, superne glauca, 

 subtus viridia, nervis longitudinalibus nervis tenuibus transversis conjunctis, 

 petiolo 5-10 mm. longo suffulta. Flores pentameri, in cymas 2-4-floras pseudo- 

 umbellatas et longe pedunculatas dispositi, pedunculis 35-40 mm. longis, pedicellis 

 8-13 mm. longis calyce 2-4-plo longioribus. Cahjcis tubus cupuliformis, dentibus 

 brevibus; calyx in toto + 5 mm. longus. Betala in sicco alba, + 14 mm. longa. 

 Stamimmi connectivum postice calcaratum. Stylus filiformis. Baccce calycis 

 limbo coronatfe. 



Camp VI c, 5500 ft. 



