04 G. King- — MaterinU fur a Flora of Ike Midaytin Peniuenla. [No. 1, 
M. rosm, Gaud,, to wUEch tbia plant lias boen referred In the Flora of BrHiah 
Tiitlia, is ft tetrHiticroas sporios from tho Marianu© Islantls. It haSi raorevor, larger 
(lowers tlmu tliiH anrl Larger, more ncuto Ifjarea. TliJa pLitifc vnries in the ai^e of 
its loaves : spcclmena collocted at tbo highest elevations having the largest leaves. 
Tlie strucfeare of the flowers however, uniform. 
9. Medikilla crassinervia, Blume in Flot-a, 1831, 510. Brandies 
wilh pale bark, the older terete, the youngest striate ivlieii dry. 
Leaves in wliorls of 3, coriaceotis, broadly oblanceolate, oi' naiTowly 
obovato, filiortly and abruptly acuminatej miicli narrowed to the base, 
3-nerved from a little' above the base, occasionally with two ehort 
iateml faint, nervofl from the very base ; length 3 to 5 in. ; breadth 1*5 
to 2 in. ; petiole 35 to '75 in. Flowers in shoi t fascicles on the fttcni 
below the leaves, in few-flowered pednnculafce cymes, mixed with a 
few solitary^ on pedicels "5 in. long. Cal>/x-tuhe ovoid-canipanulafe, the 
mouth truncate and almost entire. Stctmens JO, Bubequal j the basal 
anterior processes bimd and about as long aB the filiform posterior spur. 
Fruit globose with a cyliiidrio truncate mouth, "4 in. across* Blume 
Rumphia I, 15 ; Miq. FL fud. Bat. I, pfc. I, 515 ; Cogtt. in DC. Mon, 
Fhan. VII, 574. 2f. taiacrocarpa, Clarke (not of Blame) in Hook, fil, 
Fi. Br. Ind. II, 547. 
Si2s'OAPOHJ3; Miilieij 1637, Penang ; Guriis 2225, Pkrak; Wray 
1821, Malacca ; Maingay (Kew Distrib.) 799. Distrjb. Borneo. 
Trne if. nmcrocarpa, Bl., is represented in tlie Kew Ilerbariam by a single 
ipecinien collected by Blume in the MolaceaB, The fl,owera on it have, aa described 
bj tho antlinr of tho species, an irregnlnrly toothed oalyi-limb. The plant now 
desaribed differs in having an almost entire trnnonte Simb, and I follow Cogninux in 
referring: it to if. crajitsmarin'tt, Bl. In the Flora of British India it is, however, 
refer rod to 3/, maemcarpa, Bl, 
10. Mkpinilla PKRAKESSts, King, n. sp. Epiphytal; brandies 
terete, glabrous, tubereled. Leaves in whorl a of 3 or 4, coriaceous, 
elliptic-rotund, blunt, the base rounded and narrowly cordate, glabrous ; 
5-nerved, the lateral pair of nei'ves faint ; length 2 5 to 5*5 in. ; breadtU 
1-75 to 3"75 in, ; petioles '6 to 1*2 in, Fanicha cyraose, on I'ather long 
peduncles from the axils of fallen loaves, shorter tlmn tho leaves, 
laxj 12- to 20-flowered ; branches spreading, whorled, 2-3-eliotomoii8. 
Flowers "5 in, long, their pedicels '35 in. Calyx4uhe cupnlar ; tlie limb 
but little expanded, cut info 5 shallow, broad teeth, Pefah 5, oblong. 
Anthers 10, curved, with 2 yellow tiaberclea at the base in front and a 
short spur behind from the connective. Fruit "35 in, in diAm. ; the 
seeds oblong, obtuse, with an excurrent tail, the testa pitted. 
Pebak \ Scortechini 410 ; Wray. 
Collected only by the late Father SoortBchtni and Mr, Wrny. According to the 
field-note of tho former, the petals and anthers are white and the fruit blaeish* 
