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younger ones red when dry, the older ones greenish. Flowers 

 4-merous, their pedicels up to 6 mm long. Calyx urceolate, up 

 to 6 mm long, the limb much produced and about 3 mm long, 

 obscurely 4-toothed, the teeth broad, nerved. Stamens 8, equal. 

 Ovary 4-celled. 



Panay, Capiz Province, Libacao, Bur. Sci. 35Jfl3 Martelino 

 & Edmio, June 3, 1919, on forested slopes at low altitudes. 



This species belongs in the group with Medinilla trunciflora 

 Merr. and M. aurantiaca Elm., but differs from both in being 

 entirely glabrous. 



MEDINILLA FERRUGINEA sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, partibus junioribus dense ferrugineo-villosis, 

 ramulis teretibus, f oliis oppositis, in paribus valde inaequalibus ; 

 foliis majoribus, lanceolatis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, penninerviis, 

 acuminatis, basi angustatis, acutis, usque ad 20 cm longis, nervis 

 utrinque 3, perspicuis, breviter petiolatis; foliis minoribus late 

 ovatis, acuminatis, basi profunde cordatis, sessilibus, 1 ad 2 cm 

 longis ; inflorescentiis lateralibus, solitariis vel f asciculatis, race- 

 mosis, 2 ad 3 cm longis, bracteis numerosis, ovatis* ad oblongo- 

 ovatis, villosis, 10 ad 12 mm longis ; floribus 4-meris. 



A scandent shrub, with terete branches and branchlets, and 

 opposite, very unequal leaves, the smaller leaves of each pair 

 often deciduous on the older stems, the branchlets, petioles, in- 

 florescences, and the younger leaves rather densely ferruginous- 

 pilose with long, weak, spreading hairs. Leaves chartaceous, 

 the larger ones of each pair lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 

 penninerved, slenderly acuminate, narrowed below to the obtuse 

 or acute base, 14 to 20 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, the lateral nerves 

 usually 3 on each side of the midrib and leaving it in the lower 

 2 to 4 cm, sharply ascending, prominent, the transverse reticula- 

 tions distinct; petioles 7 mm long or less. Smaller leaves of 

 each pair broadly ovate, acuminate, deeply cordate at the base, 

 the sinus narrow, the lobes broadly rounded, of the same texture 

 and with the same type of indumentum ^s the larger leaves, 1 to 

 2 cm long, sessile.* Inflorescences chiefly from the branches be- 

 low the leaves, solitary or fascicled, consisting of short, chiefly 

 simple racemes, 2 to 3 cm in length, supplied with numerous, 

 ovate to oblong-ovate, acute or acuminate, villous, 10 to 12 mm 

 long bracts, two bracts subtending each flower. Calyx villous, 

 ovoid, the limb slightly produced, obscurely and shallowly 4- 

 toothed. Stamens 8, apparently equal. Ovary 4-celled. 



DiNAGAT, Bucas Grande, Bur. Sci. 35217 (type), 350^8, 35223 



