60 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Flo-vrers under *5 in. long t— 



Leaves petiolate ... ... ... 5. M. Hasseltii. 



Leaves sessile ... ... ... 6. 31. Scortechinii. 



Anther-cells with tubercles at the base in front, 



but no spur from the connective behind ... 7, Jf. Maingayi, 

 Flowers 5-nierous : — 

 Leaves in whorls : — 



Leaves elliptic or obovate, blunt, 1 to 2' 75 in, long, 



fruit "lo in. in diam. ... ... ... 8. If. ClarJcei. 



Leaves oblanceolate or narrowly obovate, acuminate, 



3 to 5 in. long ; fruit '4 in. in diam. ... ... 9. M. crassinervia. 



Leaves elliptic-rotund, blunt, 2*5 to 5*5 in. long; 



fruit "35 in. in diam. ... ... ... 10. M. peralensis, 



1. Medinilla scandens, King, n. sp. A climber, 15 to 30 feet long, 

 rooting and adhering to trees ; the stems rough, as thick as a swan's 

 quill. Leaves alternate, glabrous, long-petioled, subcoriaceous, elliptic 

 or ovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, the base cuneate ; nerves 5 to 7, 

 mostly from the midrib above its base ; length 4"5 to 9 in. ; breadth 

 2'5 to 6 in. ; petioles 1-5 to 7 in. Flowers '4 in. long, in dense fascicles 

 in the axils of fallen leaves, on rusty-puberulous, minutely bracteolate 

 pedicels. Calyx-tuhe narrowly campanulate ; the limb very slightly 

 expanded, truncate, very obscurely toothed. Petals 4, ovate-oblong, 

 acute. Stamens 8 ; anthers narrowly elliptic, with a long apical 1-pored 

 beak ; and at the base a short, broad, blunt process from the connective 

 behind, the lobes of the anthers slightly produced in front and minutely 

 tubercnlate, 



Perak ; Scortechini 86 and 150 ; King's Collector 1814. 



This resembles M. alternifolia, Blume, but has a much shorter spur from the 

 connective at the base of the anthers. It has also larger leaves and more numerous 

 flowers in the fascicles. 



2. Medinilla speciosa, Blume in Flora, 1831, p. 515. A glabrous 

 shrub or small tree, not epiphytal ; young branches as thick as the little 

 finger, 3- or 4-angled; the bark shining, pale when dry, bearing at the 

 nodes numerous stout, subulate bristles '5 in. long. Leaves large, sub- 

 coriaceous, in whorls of 3 (rarely of 4) or in pairs, sessile, or very 

 shortly petiolate, oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, sometimes elliptic, 

 acute, the base cuneate, nerves 7 to 9 mostly from the midrib above its 

 base, all except the lowest pair bold, the veins slender ; length 6 to 12 in. ; 

 breadth 2"75 to 5 in. Panicles lateral and terminal, 4 to 8 or even 14 

 in. long, on peduncles equally long, many-flowered ; the branches with 

 a whorl of small reflexed bracts at their bases ; whorled, spreading, 

 minutely bracteolate at the divisions. Calyx-tuhe cupular, slightly con- 

 stricted below the narrow, minutely 4-toQ.t.hed limb. Petals 4, ovate- 



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