62 G. King — Matertah for a Florn of the Malaijan Feninsula, [No. 1, 
Petals 4, broatJly ovate, acute. Siavteus 8 ; anllm's eqnal, linear -lancco- 
latG, mucli acuminate, curved, tbe tubercles at tlie front of the base 
aa long as the posterior baaal spur from tbe conneeliTe. Frmt 
unknown. 
Pekak; King's OolUdor^Z^O, 
5. Medikilla HASSEf/rn, Blumc in Flora, 1831, p. 513, Epiphytal 
on trees, 3 or 4 feet bigb ; brjinclies slender, terete^ pale, more or less 
prominentl/ warted {the warts black). Leaves opposite, coriaceous, 
oblong-lanceolato, acuminate, nmrrowcd to tlie rounded base, S-nerved, 
with sometimea a faint, additional lateral pair ; length 4"5 to 5*5 int. j 
breadth 1'25 to 1"75 in; petioles '15 to -35 in. Cyvies axillary or from 
the axils of fallen leaves, less than half as long as the leaves, (more than 
half as long in tar. Qriffiihii), broader than long; tbe branches divari- 
cate, 8-l*2*t!owei'ed, minntoly bracteolate. Flowers "35 in. long, CalyX' 
hihG carnpannlatc-cylindric, somewhat constricted below the minutely 
4- toothed mouth. Petals 4^ obovate- oblong. Stamens 8, cqaal ; tbe 
anthers linear-oblong, somewhat curved, the base with two short, black, 
conical pi-otnberanceB in front and a similar one behind. Fruit globular, 
truncate, '2 to '25 in. in diam, Miq, Ind. I, pt. T, 542 ; C. B. 
Clarke in Hook, fib FL Br. Ind, 11, 547; Cogn. in DO. Mon. Pban. VIT, 
586, Melasto7)ia laurifohum in Wall. Cat, 40S4 (not of Blume). 
Medinilla erassifolia, Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc, XXYIII, 8G (in 
part), 
Malacca; Grifith (Kgw Bmlvih.) 2282; Maingay (Kew Distrib.) 
797, WaUich 4cQS4!. Perak; very common, SiN(3ArORE ; Anderson. 
SuNGEi tJjoxG; Midhy 22Qbt Sela5,-gORE ; CurtU 2334; Ridley 286. 
Pahgkore ; Curtis 1642. 
Distrib. Java^ Sumatra. 
Var. Grifdhn, C. B, Clarke in Hook, fib FL Br. Ind, II, 647. 
Cymes much branched, more than half as long as the leaves, noany- 
flowered, 
Malacca; (?ri^?(^/i (Kew Distrib.) 2282, 
6. Medinilla Scortechinii, King^ n. sp. Epiphytal, 3 or 4 feet 
high ; stems as thick as a goose-quill, the bark brown (when dry), 
sparsely Terrncellate. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, glabrous, sessile, 
steio-clasping, oblong-ovate to oblong, shortly acuminate, the bns© 
sub-cordate, 3-nerved, with occasionally a faint pair at the margin j 
length 4-3 to 6 5 in, ; breadth 1*5 to 2*75 in. Fanides cymose, axillary, 
rather shorter than the leaves, very lax, spreading ; the branches 
slender, minutely bracteolate at tbe divarications j the branchleta 
compressed, sometimes 2-winged, Flowers nearly '4 in. long, on pedicels 
as long as themselves. CalyTs-tuhe campanulate, the month not much 
