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Scandent, glabroiis thronghont; branches light gray, terete, the ulti- 

 mate ones brownish, slender. Leaves opposite, elliptical-ovate, abruptly 

 short caudate-acuminate, the base broad, rounded, coriaceous. 11 to 15 

 cm. long, 6 to 9 cm. wide; nerves 7, prominent, the transverse nervules 

 distinct; petioles 2.5 cm. long. Cymes solitary or fascicled on the bran- 

 dies Ijelow the leaves, tlie pe(hincle about 1 cm. long, bearing 3 suljsessile 

 flowers. Flowers about 2 cm. long, 5-merous. (*alyx camj^anulate, trun- 

 cate, nearly 1 cm. long, 0.8 cm. in diameter. Petals 3.5 cm. long, 1.4 

 cm. wide. Stamens 10. 



In forests at 4.50 m. alt. (No. 43:50 Mcrritt) .Tune, 190G. 



Medinilla verticillata Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 29 (190.5) 34. 

 In forests at 700 m. alt. (No. 56(50). 

 Previovisly known only from northern Luzon. 



Medinilla magnifica Lindl. in Paxt. Flower Gard. 1 (1850) 55. t. 12. 



In forests at 500 m. alt. (No. 4341 Mcrritt) June, 190G. 



Rather widely distributed in the Philippines but not abundant. Endemic. 



Medinilla involucrata Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1906) 51. 

 In forests at 250 m. alt. (No. 5634) ; also collected by Merritt at about the 

 same altitude in June, 1906 (No. 4331). 



Previously kno\vn from Mindoro and Mindanao. 



Medinilla cordata Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 29 (1905) 37. 



On exposed ridges at 2,400 m. alt. (No. 5757) ; also collected by Merritt 

 at 2,150 m. alt. (No. 4445). Specimens not typical, and may prove to be distinct 

 from the Luzon plant. 



Previously known from Luzon only. 



Medinilla haiconensis Merrill n. sp. 



Kamis ramulis petiolis pedunculis bracteis calycibus foliisque dense 

 plumoso-stellato-tomentosis ; ramulis teretibus; foliis petiolatis, elliptico- 

 ovatis, acutis vel acuminatis, nervis 5, lateralibus oppositis, cymis ter- 

 minalibus, bracteis et bracteolis persistentibus ; floribus 5-meris. 



Branches slender, terete, densely stellate-plumose tomentose. Leaves 

 submembranous, elliptical ovate, 4 to 9 cm. long, 2 to 4.5 cm. wide, 

 opposite, above nearly glabrous, beneath densely stellate-tomentose, the 

 base acute, the apex short acuminate or acute; nerves 5, petioles densely 

 stellate-tomentose, 1 .to 1.5 cm. long. Inflorescence a terminal 3 to 

 5-flowered cyme, 3 cm. long or less, densely stellate-tomentose throughout; 

 bracts linear to lanceolate, 1 to 1.5 cm. long; l)racteoles elliptical-ovate, 

 white, acute, 2 cm. long, 1.3 cm. wide, densely stellate-tomentose. Calyx 

 about 8 mm. long, tubular, inflated in fruit, the limb persistent, obscurely 

 5-toothed, stell ate-pubescent. 



Scandent on tree trunks in forests at 1,050 m. alt. (No. 5642) ; also collected 

 by Merritt at 900 m. alt., June, 1906 (No. 4306). 



