xi, c, 4 Merrill: New Plants from Samar 201 



long. Stamens many-seriate, subequal, their filaments up to 1 cm in length ; 

 anthers elliptic, longitudinally 2-celled, 1 to 1.2 mm long, opening by lon- 

 gitudinal slits. Ovary inferior, 4-celled; ovules several seriate, axile; style 

 slender, about 6 mm long. 



The discovery of a third species of this typically African genus, in the 

 Philippines, while unexpected, is by no means the only case of special 

 extra-African distribution presented by the Philippine flora. We have in 

 the Philippines one representative of the almost exclusively African genus 

 Angraecum (A. philippinense Ames), and one representative of the almost 

 exclusively African and Madagascar genus Erythrophloeum (E. de-n&iflorum 

 Merr.). 



The other known species of Petersianthus are: 



PETERSIANTHUS AFRICANUS (Welw.) comb. nov. 



Petersia africana Welw. ex Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. 1 (1867) 721. 

 PETERSIANTHUS MINOR (Niedenzu) comb. nov. 



Petersia minor Niedenzu in Engl. & Prantt Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3 

 (1892) 31, /. 12. 



MYRTACEAE 



EUGENIA Linnaeus 



EUGENIA TULA NAN sp. nov. § Eueugenia. 

 Arbor circiter 15 m alta, glabra, ramis ramulisque teretibus; 



foliis oppositis, coriaceis vel subcoriaceis, in siccitate olivaceis 

 vel pallide brunneis, ellipticis at oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 9 



cm longis, breviter obtuseque acuminatis, basi acutis, tenuiter 

 triplinerviis, subtus parce puncticulatis, nervis lateralibus utrin- 

 que 6 ad 8, tenuibus, anastomosantibus, reticulis obscuris; flor- 

 ibus axillaribus vel e axillis defoliatis, solitariis vel fasiciculatis, 

 brevissime pedicellatis, circiter 2.5 cm diametro, calycis lobis 

 subpersistentibus, patulis, glandulosis, orbiculari-ovatis, rotun- 

 datis, circiter 6.5 mm diametro. 



A tree about 15 m high, entirely glabrous, or the inflorescence 

 very obscurely pubescent. Branches and branchlets terete, 

 smooth, pale or brownish when dry, slender. Leaves opposite, 

 coriaceous or subcoriaceous, olivaceous or pale-brownish when 

 dry, shining, the lower surface sparingly puncticulate, paler than 

 the upper, 5 to 9 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, elliptic to oblong- 

 elliptic, subequally narrowed to the acute base and to the shortly 

 blunt-acuminate apex, the base 3-plinerved, the nerves slender, 

 distant about 5 mm from the margins, continuing to the apex ; 

 lateral nerves 6 to 8 on each side of the midrib, slender, anas- 

 tomosing with the marginal nerves, the reticulations obscure; 

 petioles 4 to 5 mm long. Flowers white, fragrant, axillary or 

 in the axils of fallen leaves, solitary or fascicled, their pedicels 

 short, stout, about 1.5 mm long, jointed to the pseudo-stalk; 

 bracteoles ovate, slightly pubescent, 1.5 mm long. Calyx-tube, 



