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Seandent, glabrous throughout; branches light gray, terete, the ulti- 
mate ones brownish, slender. Leaves opposite, elliptical-ovate, abruptly 
short caudate-acuminate, the base broad, rounded, coriaceous, 11 to 15 
Gm. long, 6 to 9 cm. wide; nerves 7, prominent, the transverse nervules 
distinct; petioles 2.5 cm: long. Cymes solitary or fascicled on the bran- 
ches below the leaves, the peduncle about 1 cm. long, bearing 3 subsessile 
flowers. Flowers about 2 cm. long, 5-merous. Calyx campanulate, trun- 
cate, nearly 1 cm. long, 0.8 cm. in diameter. Petals 2.5 cm. long, 1,4 
cm. wide. Stamens 10. 
In forests at 450 m. alt. (No. 4336 Merritt) June, 1906. 
Medinilla verticillata Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ.- 29 (1905) 34. 
In forests at 700 m. alt. (No. 5660). 
Previously known only from northern Luzon. 
Medinilla magnifica Lindl. in Paxt. Flower Gard. 1 (1850) 55. t. 12. 
In forests at 500 m. alt. (No. 4341 Merritt) June, 1906. 
Rather widely distributed in the Philippines but not abundant. Endemic. 
Medinilla involucrata Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1906) 51. 
In forests at 250 m. alt. (No. 5634) ; also collected by Merritt at about the 
same altitude in June, 1906 (No. 4331). 
Previously known from Mindoro and Mindanao. 
Medinilla cordata Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 29 (1905) 37. 
On exposed ridges at 2,400 m. alt. (No. 5757) ; also collected by Merritt 
at 2,150 m. alt. (No. 4445). Specimens not typical, and may prove to be distinct 
from the Luzon plant. 
Previously known from Luzon only. 
Medinilla halconensis Merrill n. sp. 
Eamis ramulis petiolis pedunculis bracteis calycibus foliisque dense 
plumoso-stellato-tomentosis ; ramulis teretibus; foliis petiolatis, elliptico- 
ovatis, acutis vel acuminatis, nervis 5, lateralibus oppositis, cymis ter- 
minalibus, bracteis et bracteolis persistentibus ; floribus 5-meris. 
Branches slender, terete, densely stellate-plumose tomentose. Leaves 
submembranous, elliptical ovate, 4 to 9 cm. long, 2 to 4.5 cm. wide, 
opposite, above nearly glabrous, beneath densely stellate-tomentose, the 
base acute, the apex short acuminate or acute; nerves 5, petioles densely 
stellate-tomentose, 1 to 1.5 cm. long. Inflorescence a terminal 3 to 
5-flowered cyme, 3 cm. long or less, densely stellate-tomentose throughout ; 
bracts linear to lanceolate, 1 to 1.5 cm. long; braeteoles elliptical-ovate, 
white, acute, 2 cm. long, 1.3 cm. wide, densely stellate-tomentose. Calyx 
about 8 mm. long, tubular, inflated in fruit, the limb persistent, obscurely 
5-toothed, stellate-pubescent. 
Scandent on tree trunks in forests at 1,050 m. alt. (No. 5642) ; also collected 
by Merritt at 900 m, alt., June, 1906 (No. 4366). 
