298 ^^^ Philippine Journal of Science 1920 



Ramos & Pascasio, May and June, 1919, in forests at low 

 altitudes. 



A species remarkable for its ferruginous indumentum and its 

 very unequal leaves, the opposite one of each pair being reduced 

 to a broadly obovate, acuminate, deeply cordate, sessile one, 

 entirely different in shape and size from the other of the same 

 pair. 



MEDINILLA PURPUREA Elm. in herb. sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, nodis densissime longeque setosis exceptis 

 glaberrimus, ramis teretibus; foliis oppositis, coriaceis, valde 

 inaequalibus, majoribus oblongo-ovatis ad oblongo-ellipticis, 

 petiolatis, usque ad 25 cm longis et 12 cm latis, basi cordatis vel 

 rotundatis, perspicue 7-plinerviis, apice perspicue acuminatis, 

 nervis transversalibus obsoletis, minoribus ovatis, sessilibus, 2 

 ad 3 cm longis, vel obsoletis. Inflorescentiis axillaribus, longe 

 pedunculatis, capitatis, 4 ad 5 cm diametro, pedunculo usque ad 

 2 cm longo, bracteis numerosissimis, obovatis, usque ad 1.5 cm 

 longis; floribus 4-meris. 



A scandent shrub, entirely glabrous except the densely long- 

 setose nodes, the branches terete, the numerous, rather soft setae 

 at the nodes 1 to 3 cm in length. Leaves opposite, in very un- 

 equal pairs, or the smaller one of each pair sometimes obsolete; 

 larger leaves coriaceous, oblong-ovate to oblong-elliptic, pale or 

 somewhat olivaceous when dry, shining, 22 to 26 cm long, 8 to 

 12 cm wide, the base more or less cordate, sometimes rounded, 

 prominently 7-plinerved, the inner two pairs of nerves reaching 

 the apex, the transverse nerves and reticulations obsolete, the 

 apex rather abruptly and prominently acuminate, the acumen 

 slender, blunt, up to 1.5 cm long; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long; 

 smaller leaves of each pair same in texture as the larger ones, 

 ovate, sessile, 2 to 3 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide, frequently wanting. 

 Inflorescences axillary, solitary, long-peduncled, the flowers 

 crowded in dense, globose to ovoid heads at the ends of the 

 peduncles, the latter 12 to 20 cm long, the heads 4 to 5 cm in 

 diameter. Flowers 4-merous, their pedicels. up to 4 mm long, 

 the bracts very numerous, obovate, often refuse, red or purple, 

 up to 15 mm long and 10 mm wide. Calyx truncate. Petals 

 4, obovate, at least 1 cm long. Stamens 8, unequal, the anthers 

 lanceolate-acuminate, 6 mm long, the appendages and spur short. 

 Fruit ovoid, up to 1.5 cm long. 



Luzon, Sorsogon Province, Mount Kililibong, Bur. Sci. 23701 

 Ramos (type), August, 1919: Tayabas Province, Mount Cadig, 

 Bur. Sci. 25Jf61 Yates, December 12, 1916. Catanduanes, 



