1900,] Gr, King — Materials for a Flora of the Malaijan r^tnsuta, 59 
oblong, LI ant, much narrowed to tlie base, 3-nerved, gTabrona on the 
upper, rttsty stellate-liairj on the lower surface like tlie petioles and 
inflorescences; length 1 to 1'5 in.; breadth "6 to "9 in. ; x:)etiole '2 in. 
Panicles terminal, sometimes leafy, 3 to 6 in, long, lax, the branches 
in pairs, divaricate, many-flowered, minntely bracteolate at the divisions. 
Flowers "35 in. long, the pedicels somewhat longer. Petals oblong, 
obtuse, waxy, refloxed, pale greenif9h-white. Stamens 8, equal ; anthers 
inflexed in aestivation, lanceolate-anhnlate, the base of the lobes produced 
into an elongated halbert-shaped process with two erect subulate 
processes at its broad upper end. FruU (not quite ripe) ovoid-globose, 
greenish-yellow, '2 in, in diam. 
Pebak ; King's Collector 5779, 10357. 
This plant differs from Anptcctrum, as tke genus has hitherto been limited, la 
huving 8 nnfchorB, each of which has a vory much prodiicad halhert-ahapGd baaal 
procoas, from which two erect hair-like apponrlages origitiate at the upper or broad 
end. The plnnt agrees better with Anplecivttm than with any other Meltietoniaceous 
genuB, bnt it might possibly be better treated as the basis of a new one. 
13. Medinilla, Gaud, 
Branching shrubs, erect or scandent. JSeam opposite or wli oiled, 
rarely alternate^ entire, often fleshy, mostly glabrons, usually longitudi- 
nally 3-9-nerved. Flott^ers in terminal panicles or lateral cymes, white 
or rose, with or withoiit bracts, 4- or 5-, rarely 6-meroiiB. Cnhjx4uhe 
ovoid or eylindric, limb truncate or obscurely tootlied. Sfamens twice 
as many as the petals, equal or nearly equal (rarely unequal) ; anthers 
opening at the top by oue pore ; connective not (or very shortly ) pro- 
duced at the base but having two tubercles in front and a spur behind. 
Ovary inferior, 4-G-celIed, usually glabrous at the apex ; style filiform ; 
ovules very many, placentas axile. Berrtj crowned by the limb of tlio 
calyx. Seeds very many, ovoid or snbfalcate, raphe often thickened and 
excun-ent. — Dibtrib. Species about 100; mainly in Malaya, East 
Bengal nnd Ceylou; a few in the Fiji Archipelago and in the East 
African islands- 
Flower a 4-raeroua 
LeareB alternate ... ,„ ... ... I, if. scamfe^. 
Leaves in whorla (large) ... 2, M, speciosa* 
Leaves opposite i — 
Flowers in terminal paniclea, anthers dissimilar ... 3. M, heteranthera, 
Flowera in lateral panicles, anthers simitar : — 
Anther-cells with tuboroles at t-lieir b&aea in front, 
and a short spnr from the conneciive behiad : — 
Flowere 1 in, long ,.i ... 4. if. vcnvistat 
