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shining, about 8 mm long excluding the basal appendage which 
is conical in shape and about 3.5 mm long. 
MINDANAO, Bukidnon Subprovince, Mount Camates, Bur. Sci. 
38601 Ramos & Edano, July 14, 1920. In dry forests, altitude 
about 1,100 meters. 
This species is probably most closely allied to Aquilaria ma- 
laccensis Lam. from which it is readily distinguished by its apicu- 
late and retuse capsules and by characters of its inflorescences 
and flowers. 
MYRTACEAE 
EUGENIA Linnaeus 
EUGENIA MIRABILIS sp. nov. § Jambosa, 
Arbor parva, glabra, ramulis valde incrassatis, usque ad 2 
cm diametro; foliis verticillatis, sessilibus, oblanceolatis, co- 
riaceis, usque ad 70 cm longis, deorsum valde angustatis, basi 
obtusis, nervis utrinque circiter 30, valde perspicuis; floribus 
caulinis, fasciculatis, sessilibus, 4-meris, calycis infundibuli- 
formibus, circiter 1 cm longis, lobis orbiculari-reniformibus, cir- 
citer 8 mm diametro; filamentis usque ad 3.5 cm longis. 
A glabrous shrub or small tree about 4 m high, the ultimate 
branches thick, somewhat angled, up to 2cmin diameter. Leaves 
sessile, verticillate, in whorls of 4 or 5, oblong-oblanceolate, 
coriaceous, 60 to 70 cm long, 10 to 12 cm wide, smooth, brownish 
or olivaceous on the upper surface when dry, the lower surface 
pale, apex acute or acuminate, gradually narrowed to the abruptly 
obtuse base, the basal portion of the leaves 2.5 to 3 cm wide, 
the midrib very prominent on the lower surface and usually about 
5 mm in diameter; lateral nerves about 30 on each side of the 
midrib, rather distant, very prominent, anastomosing 5 to 10 
mm from the margin with the equally prominent, somewhat 
arched marginal nerves, the reticulations rather lax, not prom- 
inent. Flowers white, sessile, in fascicles or 5 or 6 on small 
tubercles along the trunks, the buds oblong-ovoid. Calyx about 
1 cm long, funnel-shaped, the throat about 1 cm in diameter, 
lobes orbicular-reniform, about 8 mm in diameter; filaments 
slender, up to 3.5 cm long. 
MINDANAO, Zamboanga District, Malangas, Bur. Sci. 36772 
(type), 37238, 37347 Ramos & Edafo, October, 1919. In forests 
at low altitudes, locally known as culodlab and as gulodlab. 
A remarkable species, at once distinguished by its greatly 
elongated, oblanceolate, sessile, verticillate leaves and by its ses- 
