250 .MKKKILI-. 



examined Bluine's type in Herb. J^eiiloi. and cniMiiareil with it a specimen of 

 Cuminy IJfSl. Blume's specimen lias an axillaiy and tciniiiial somewhat branched 

 inflorescence, much shorter tlian in the l'hiiipi)ine specimens referred here, shorter 

 leaves and much smaller I)racts. Mcdiinlln bructeata Bliime must be excluded 

 from the known Philippine Mora, as Vuining l.iSo, and \ iilol 77'?, 778, J.i'JO, are 

 undoubtedly referable to the species above described, and not to I/, hracfenta 

 Itlnme. 



\iii\ angustifolia var. nov. 



Differt typo J'oliis imillo miiiorihus, lanccdlat is. Itasi vi\ aiignistatis. 



. Stellate-plumosc-toiiu'iitose as in tlu' ty[)('. Leaves (i eiii long or less, 



8 to 14 mm wide, not gnidually narrowed below, llie liase ratliei- ahi-upUy 



broad-cordate. Jiaeemes axillaiT, sliortei- than in llie type, the hi'acds, 



bracteoles and flowers as in .1/. coiiiiuni.ril. 



Mindanao, Province (d" Misanils, .\b)unl Malindaiii^. I'<ii: lliii. 'I'liil Mrmns d- 

 Hii1ch}iiKi>n, .May. I!HI(;. 



Medinilla malindangensis sp. nov. 



Friite.\ glabra; I'aniis teretibus, I'aniulis tetragonis ; I'oliis vertieillatis, 

 qiiaternis, elliptico-ovatis, aenmiiiatis, S-nerviis. uscpie ad 5 eiu bmgis; 

 eymis axillaribus, paueiiloiis; tloi'ibiis r)-moris. 



i\ glabrous shrub. Hraiiehes terete, liglit-gray, the bi-aiichlets d-angled, 

 not winged, slender. Leaves wborled, t i-arely ;> at each node, coria- 

 ceous, elliptical-ovate, 2..") to ."> ciii long, 1.5 to "v.-") em wide, aeuniiiiato, 

 base cuneate; nerves 5, I'athei- prominent benealh, i-el iculalions obso- 

 lete; petioles :l to ;> mm h)ng. Cytuos lateral, ;> cm long or less, few- 

 llowered, the raeliis I..") rni long or less. Flowers unknown. C'alyx 

 in fi-nit eu])-shaped, about (! mm long, •") mm in diametei-, truncate, 

 the limb somewhat produced, and with o very obscure teeth. 



MixuANAO, Province of Misainis. .Mdunf Malin(hinj;, l-'nr. Jiiir. 'i'>')7 Afcanis d- 

 HiilrJibuson, ]\lay, 1900. 



A species ai)pai'fnl ly allied \<i M<<liiiillii crdssiiicrrid Plume, but witli very 

 ditl'erently shaped lea\cs wiiicli are niucii sinallei-. Well eliaraeteri/ed l>y its 

 small, acunuuale. .■j-ni'ive(l. xcrt ieillate leaves. 



Medinilla cephalophora sj). nov. 



(;lal)i-a: rnmis terelibiis; I'oliis oppositis. ]tapy raceis. ohiongis, aeumi- 

 nat is, ca. ".^0 cm longis. ^-nci'x iis ; inlloresceid iis tei'minalibus (?) : lloribus 

 5-meris, in capilidis cylindi'aeeis, (S ad I"' cm longis congestis: bracteolis 

 spatiilatis. 



Scandent, (i m high, glabrous. branches terete, glabi-ous. gray. 

 Leaves opposite, papyi'aeeous, oblong, acuminate, alxml '.Ml cm long, 7 

 cm wide, o-nei-ved tVom the base, the base subacute or simiewbat r(>unde(l : 

 petioles L.") to •j..') cm long, rather stout. Inlloresceiicc terminal (?). 

 the flowers |-acemoselv disposed on the thickened rachis I'orming a I'ather 

 dense c\liiidrical head S In I'i cm Iiuil;'. about '■'> cm in diametei': I'aehis 



