600 PHANEROGAMIA. 



2. MEDINILLA KHODOCHLiENA, Sp. Nov. 



M. subscandens; ramulis teretibus liinc inde radicantibus ; foliis cujus- 

 que jugi incequalibus liomomorpliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis quiidxv- 

 plinerviis basi seepe obliquis acutis vel obtusis petiolatis puberulis ; 

 racemis axillaribus; bracteis bracteolisque dilatatis rubris. 



Hab. Feejee Islands ; on the mountains of Ovolau, at the altitude 

 of 2,000 feet. 



Of this the collection comprises only one or two very incomplete, 

 fruiting specimens, with the vestiges of the inflorescence and bracts ; 

 which appear to belong to a species mentioned in Dr. Pickering's 

 notes (in connexion with the foregoing), as a " half-climbing plant, 

 with a weak stem, 20 or 30 feet long ; and with red bracts." The 

 branchlets are terete, thickened at the nodes, some of which bear 

 rootlets, their young summits ferrugineous-pubescent. Leaves of each 

 pair unequal in size, but otherwise nearly similar, the larger 3 or 4, 

 the smaller one or 2 inches long, ovate-oblong with an acute and often 

 oblique, sometimes obtuse base, the apex usually acuminate, quintuple- 

 ribbed, puberulent, especially beneath, with rusty scurf, thickish in 

 texture ; the sparse transverse veins rather conspicuous. Petioles 4 

 to 8 lines long. Racemes axillary, perhaps paniculate, apparently 

 shorter than the leaves. Bracts and bractlets opposite or ternate, 

 apparently oval or rounded and longer than the pedicels, petaloid, 

 "red" Berry many-seeded. Seeds somewhat helmet-shaped, exca- 

 vated on the ventral face ; the smooth testa minutely punctate. 



14. DISSOCH.ETA, Blume. 

 1. Dissoch;Eta Cumingii, Naudin ? 



Dissochceta Cumingii, Naudin, in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, 15, p. 75 ? 



Hab. Luzon ; in the mountains, near Banos. (Without flowers or 

 fruit.) 



