l&OO.] G. Kiug—Mukrials for a Flora of tha Malayan Femmtda, 6'S 
ezpaaded, obaoarely l-toofched. Petals 4, oblong, aoate, reSoxed. 
Stamens 8; aiitiiers carved, linear-lanceolate, witli a sliorfc l-pared 
apical process ; tlie base witb a short, sharp, downward-pointing spur 
from the connective ; the bases of the anthor-cells each with a linear, 
curved, small tubercle as long as the spur, and like it dark in colour 
when dry. Fruit ovoid-globular, *2 in. in diam- 
Perak; Scoitechini 307, 478, 622; Cmtis 1297 ; Wray39l, 1739; 
Eittg'i OoUector 4188. 
Th& utareet ally of thi& ia M. javanensis, Bl. 
7, Medinilla Maingayi, C. B. Ckrke in Hook. fil. Fl. Br, Ind, IT, 
549. A email epiphyte with slender, toi-ete, pale, sinootli branches. 
Leaves opposite, thinlj coriaceous, obovate, with rounded apices and 
cuneate bases, obscurely 3-nerved, the lower surface rather paler thau the 
upper when dry ; lengtli '05 to 1-25 in. ; breadth '5 to 75 in. ; petiole '05 
to '2 ill. Oymea much ahoi'ter than tlie leaves, with shoi t, divaiicate, 
broadly bracteolato branches, few-flowered. Flowers '25 in. long, tbeii' 
pedicels shorter, Galyx'tiihe narrowly campannlate, witli a sliglitly 
expanded, minutely 4-tootlied limb. Petals 4, lanceolate, sparsely 
strigose outside. Siamena 8 ; anthers lanceolate, without protiibei-ences 
at the base in front-, bat with a short spur behind. Fruit unknown. 
Cogn. ill. Da Mod. Phan. VII, 586. 
Malacca; Maiugay (Kew Distiib.) 806, 807. Perak; Wray 3781. 
SiNOAroitE ; Ridley 1652, 2018. Pahang ; Ridley 2663. 
8. Mkdinilla Clarket, King, n. sp. A small epiphyte; yoang 
brancbos with dark, rough, tnbercled bark. Leaves in whorls of three 
or four, broadly elliptic to obovate, blunt or Ruhacuto, the base cuneate • 
the upper surface rngnloso and green when dry, the lower pale-bt'own • 
length 1 to 2-75 in., brcatUh 75 to 1*8 in, ; petiole '4 to *8 in,, puberal 
lous. Cymes about as long as the leaves or sliglitly longer, from th© 
a-xils of fallen leaves, on slender pedicels frara -5 to 75 in. long, the 
bmnchea whorlod, spreading, minutely bt-actoolato at the divisions ■ 
pcdicelfi slender. Flowers 20 to 30, '3 in. in lengtb, Ctthj.i--tti!)e cupuliir, 
the month tritucate and usually obscurely toothed, sometimes distinctly 
S-tootbcd. PeluU 5, broadly ovate to rotund, hlunt. Stumem 10- 
antliers 15 near- lanceolate ; tbe base with two small tuhei'oles in front 
and a small spur behind. Fiidt globular- truncate, '15 in. 'in diam 
If. rosea, C. B, Clarke in Hook, fil. Fl. Br. Ind, II, 547 (not of Gaudichaitd). 
MAtACCi; QriJJith (Kew Distrib.) 2283 ; Maingay (Kew Distrib.) 
796 ; Stoliczka in Herb. Calc. Perak ; ScoriecMni 243 ; Wray 206, 412 
3831, 4084 ; King's OoUector 7333 ; at elevations of from 3000 to 5000 
feet. 
