52 ME. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 



(/) Folia ovato-lanceolata, sessilia vel petiolata, + 35 cm. longa. Flores fasciculati. 



21. M. Maidenii, F. v. Muell. 

 *** Folia alterna, late ovata, vel suborbicularia. 



22. M. anomala, Cogn. 



B. Frutices ad nodos stuposo-barbati vel omnino pilis plus minus obtecti. 



— Folia ternata vel quateruata, obovato-oblouga, 7-9-pliriei'via. Floras in paniculam 

 dispositi. 



23. M. speciosa, Blume. 

 Folia opposita. 



(a) Folia ovato-obloiiga, 2-3 dm. longa. Flores in paniculam dispositi. 



24. M. Teysmanni, Miq. 



[h) Folia elongato-lanceolata, 25-35 cm. longa, sessilia vel subsessilia. Flores in 

 paniculam laxam dispositi. 



25. M. longifolia, Cogn. 



(c) Folia oblouga, breviter acuminata, 9-12 cm. longa. Cymse subraultiflorse. 



26. M. ruhiginosa, Cogn. 



{d) Folia basi subeordata vel rotundata, oblonga vel ovato-oblongaj 7-13'5 cm. longa. 

 Flores in cymas dispositi. 



27. M. auriculata, Laut. 



{e) Folia basi cuneata, triplinervia, 8-13 em. longa. Flores in cymas dispositi, bracteis 

 persistentibus involucrati. 



28. M. sogeriensis, Bak. fil. 



^/ Medinilla stjbalata, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 



Rami lignosi, \\?, M. pterocaulcB, Bl., subsimiles, acl nodos incrassati, in sicco longi- 

 tudinaliter subalati. Folia verticillata, ovata vel oblonga, apice acuminata, basi late 

 cuneata, 7-plinervia, costa subtus furfuracea, 13-16 cm. longa, 5-7 cm. lata, petiole 

 10-15 mm. longo suffulta. Flores in cymas axillares et paucifloras dispositi, pedi- 

 cellis gracilibus, pedunculo communi interdum 5-11 mm. longo, pedicellis 3-5. mm. 

 longis. Culycis tubus cupuliformis, + 5 mm. longus, limbo subtruncato. Petala 

 inaequilatera, 8-10 mm. longa. Staminmn connectivum antice bi-auriculatum, 

 postice longiuscule calcaratum. Stylus filiformis. Baccce sub-globosa;. 

 Camps I to HI, 700 to 1986 ft. 



The brandies of this plant are glabrous and longitudinally slightly winged, especially 



above. The leaves are papyraceous ; the outermost of the lateral nerves l)ranches from 



the midrib close to the base, the innermost about 2 cm. from the base. The cymes are 



short and few-flowered, about \ the length of the leaves. The flowers are pentamerous. 



It differs from 31. pterocaula, Blume, in the septuplinerved leaves. 



, Medinilla myrtiformis, Triana, var. papuana, Bak. fil., var. nov. (Plate 2. 

 figs. 28-33.) 

 Rami graciles, teretes. Folia ovato-lanceolata, opposita, brevissima petiolata, 3-pli- 

 nervia, apice acuminata, basi late-cnneata, vel rotundata, margin e apicem versus 

 serrata, 30-55 mm. longa, 12-22 mm. lata, petiole 1 mm. longo suffulta. Flores 

 4-meri, in axillis foliorum graciliter pedicellati, pedicellis unifloris rarius bifloris. 



