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from which it is distinguished by its much shorter, few-flowered inflores- 
cence, the leaves of each whorl nearly equal, and the base usually acute, not 
rounded or prominently obtuse. 
MEDINILLA AFFINIS sp. nov. § Eumedinilla. 
Frutex scandens glaber, ramis ramulisque teretibus ; foliis 
verticillatis, obovatis, coriaceis, petiolatis, usque ad 10 cm longis, 
basi angustatis, cuneatis, 3-nerviis, apice late subtruncato- 
rotundatis apiculatisque ; inflorescentiis axillaribus, fasciculatis, 
simplicibus, umbellatis, usque ad 5 cm longis, paucifloris ; floribus 
6-meris, ebracteolatis, calvcibus urceolatis, truncatis, circiter 6.5 
mm longis, staminibus 12, subaequalibus. 
A scandent glabrous shrub up to 13 m in length, the branches 
and branchlets terete, grayish-brown. Leaves 4-nate, coria- 
ceous, obovate, pale olivaceous when dry, somewhat shining, 6 
to 10 cm long, 3.5 to 5 cm wide, the apex broadly subtruncate- 
rounded and with a stout short apiculus, the base narrowed, 
acute, 3-nerved, reticulations obsolete or nearly so; petioles 1.5 
to 2 cm long. Inflorescence axillary, fascicled, mostly from the 
axils of fallen leaves, simple, umbellate, few-flowered, up to 5 
cm in length, the peduncles 2 to 3 cm long, each bearing at its 
apex from 3 to 5, pedicelled, ebracteolate flowers. Flowers 
pink, 6-merous, their pedicels usually about 5 mm long. Calyx 
urceolate, 6 to 7 mm long, truncate, the limb very obscurely 
6-toothed. Petals 6, oblong to oblong-obovate, somewhat in- 
equilateral, about 13 mm long, 6 mm wide, narrowed at the base. 
Stamens 12, subequal; filaments about 8 mm long; anthers lan- 
ceolate, acuminate, about as long as the filaments, the dorsal 
appendage slender, curved, thickened at the end, about 2 mm 
long, the two anterior appendages about as long as the dorsal 
one, much stouter, oblong, curved. Ovary 6-celled. Fruit urceo- 
late, about 1 cm long and 8 mm in diameter. 
Leyte, Buenavista, near Jaro, Wenzel 1008 (type), 1091, July 18 and 
September 18, 1914, the former in flower, the latter in fruit, in forests, 
altitude about 500 meters. 
A species similar to and manifestly closely allied to Medinilla subumbel- 
lata Merr., but the leaves 3-nerved, not 3-plinerved, and the peduncles 
somewhat longer. The very long, slender, somewhat club-shaped dorsal 
appendages of the connectives are characteristic. 
MEDINILLA WENZELII sp. nov. § Eumedinilla. 
Frutex scandens glaber, ramis ramulisque teretibus; foliis 
oppositis, coriaceis, ovatis, apice brevissime acuminatis, basi 
acutis ad rotundatis, 5- vel 7-nerviis, petiolatis; inflorescentiis 
axillaribus, solitariis vel fasciculatis, usque ad 5 cm longis, sim- 
