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O. PTTLCHRA, 11. Sp. 



Fmitex rainosus ; foliis superne glabris inferne rufescenti-lepidotis, 

 uervis tomeuto rufo tectis, priinariis tribus subtus elevatis, secun- 

 dariis horizoutalibus circa 26 paribus, 2-5 poll, longis, 1-2 poll, 

 latis, petiole pollicari. Pedunculus 3 poll, erectus, glaber. Flores 

 4-6. Calyx iu pedicello asquilongo, j poll, longus, lobis brevibus 

 couuatis. Petala obovata retiisa nuguiculata, alba roseo-tincta. 

 Stamina petalis feqviilonga, filamentis pubesceutibus, iintheris 

 flavis. Frvictiis leprosus immatunis ^ poll, longus. 



Gunong Tahan, 5,000-5,500 ft. Petals white tipped with pink. 

 (5509.) 



Closely allied to Dissocha?ta and Anplectrnm. Remarkable for its 

 8 similar stamens without hairs or appendages. 



Medinilla Clarkki, King, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixix. ii. (1900) 63 

 (p. 309). 

 Gunong Tahan, 3,300 ft. Small-sized tree. (5312.) 

 Distrib. — Malay Peninsula. 



Medinilla pahangensis, ??. sp. {p. 3 JO). 



Frutex epipliyticus, cortice albo verrucoso. Folia verticillata laneeo- 

 lata subobtusa vel oblanceolata, basi angustata, coriacea enervia, 

 2 poll, longa | poll, lata, petiolo ^ poll. Flores in cymis 1 poll, 

 longis, pentameri, albi, ^ poll, longi. Calyx cupuliformis, granu- 

 latus, obscure 5-dentatus. Petala obovata rotundata. Stamina 

 10, filamentis sinuatis glabris, antheris sequilongis Curvis, processi- 

 bus 2 anticis ad basin corniformibus, unoque dorsali. 



Gunong Tahan, 4,000-5,000 ft. Growing on trees ; flowers white. 



(5896.) 

 In general appearance resembles M. Hasselfii, Blume, but is pen- 



tamerous. 



Pachtcentria tuberoulata, Korfh., Ver. Nat. GescJi. Bot. 246, t. 63 

 (p. 310). 

 Gunong Tahan, on trees at 3,300 ft. Flowers white, each petal 

 tinted rosered at the base ; flower-stalks, fniit, and mid-ribs of 

 leaves l^eneath coral-red. (5237.) 



Bistrih. — Malay Peninsula, Burma, Borneo. Common at all alti- 

 tudes. 



Memecylon garcinioides, Blume, Mm. Bot. Lngd.-Bat. i. 358 ( p. 310). 

 Gunong Tahan, 3,300 ft. Flowers white ; anthers violet. (5352.) 

 Dixtrib. — Borneo and Sumatra. 



M. Mainoayi, C. B. Clarice, in Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Tnd. ii. 567. 



Gunong Tahan, 5,000-6,000 ft. Creeper ; fruit chrome-vellow. 

 (5457.) 



Dixfrih. — Malav Peninsula. 



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