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Calycis tubus turbinatus, dentibtis brevibus ; calyx totus 4 mm. longus. Petala 

 acuminata, +7 mm. longa. Siaminum connectivum antice calcaratum. 

 Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 



Tbe leaves are ovate, acuminate and opposite, and generally, but not invariably, 

 longer than tbe internodes. The flowers are solitary, or rarely in twos, on slender 

 pedicels, often about f the length of the leaf. The petals are acuminate, and the stamens 

 8 in number. 



In the type of this species (Cuming No. 753 from the Philippines) the leaves are 

 rather longer, and the flowers in 2-6-flowered cymes. 



Medinilla ramifloea, Merrill, in Philipp. Gov. Lab. Bur. Bull. xxxv. 35. 

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

 Distrib. Philippines. 



Medinilla tenuipedicellata, Bak. fil., sp. nov. (Plate 3. figs. 44-47.) 



Epiphytica, caulibus inferne radicantibus. Rami teretes, ramulis teretibus vel breviter 

 angustatis. Folia parviuscula, opposita, ovata, apice saepius obtusa, basi cuneata, 

 quintuplinervia, rigida, superne glauca, nervulis tenuissimis, 3-6 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. 

 lata, petiolo 5-10 mm. longo instructa. Mores tetrameri, ad nodos fasciculati, 

 pedicellis gracilibus 20-30 mm. longis unifloris. Calyx urceolatus, verrucosus, 

 + 4 mm. longus, limbo truncato. Petala in sicco alba, +10 mm. longa. Stamina 8, 

 connectivum antice breviter auriculatum, postice calcaratum. Stylus gracilis. 

 Baoca calycis limbo coronata. 

 Camp VI c, 5500 ft. 



An epiphyte with ojiposite leaves, thus diff'eruig from M. quintuplinervia, Cogn., in 

 ■which the leaves are quaternate. The flowers are generally 2-6 in a fascicle, with 

 slender pedicels. The calyx-tube and calyx-limb in the dried specimens are much 

 wrinkled or verrucose. 



Allied to M. laurifolia, Blume. 



Medinilla hexamera, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 



Arbuscula (?), ramis glabris cortice albido tectis ad nodos parum incrassatis. Folia 

 opposita, 5-plinervia, oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga, glabra, subsessilia, apice acu- 

 minata, apice ipso obtusa, basi cuneata, 6-7*5 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata. Flares 

 in axillis pedicellati, pedicellis teretibus calyce longioribus folio multoties brevi 

 oribus. Calyx campanulatus, estus furfuraceus, + 4 mm. longus, limbo truncato. 

 Petala G, ina3quilatera, late obovata, + 8 mm. longa. Stamina 12, connectivo 

 postice calcarato. Stylus filiformis. Bacca urceolata, 6-7 mm. diam. 

 Camp not stated. 



This species is allied to M. megacalyx, Merr., 31. fasciculata, Cogn., and M. macrocarpa, 

 Blume, but the leaves are opposite and not verticillate. It is also allied to Iledinilla 

 JFMtfordii, Merr. {Carionia triplinervia, Rolfe) from the Philippines. 

 The leaves are glaucous above, and pale green below. The flowers are hexamerous 



