350 The Philippine Journal of Science 1922 
MYRTACEAE 
415% EUGENIA MACLUREI sp. nov. § Syzygium. 
: Frutex glaber, 2 m altus, ramis tenuibus, teretibus, ramulis 1 
mm diametro, angulatis; foliis oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, 
chartaceis, olivaceis, 2 ad 4 cm longis, 0.5 ad 1.5 cm latis, utrin- 
que subaequaliter angustatis, basi acutis, apice obtusis vel ob- 
scure obtuse acuminatis, supra minutissime puncticulatis, costa 
impressa, subtus paullo pallidioribus, nervis utrinque numerosis, 
tenuibus, obscuris, primariis quam secundariis vix magis dis- 
tinctioribus; petiolo 1 mm longo; inflorescentiis axillaribus ter- 
minalibusque, quam foliis brevioribus, paucifloris, racemosis vel 
subumbellatis, breviter pedunculatis ; fioribus circiter 1 cm longis, 
brevissime pedicellatis, calycis circiter 8 mm longis, truncatis, 
teretibus, apice circiter 3 mm diametro, deorsum gradatim an- 
gustatis; filamentis brevibus, petalis calyptratim connatis, deci- 
duis, calyptra circiter 3 mm diametro. 
Taai Uen, McClure 7678, October 26, 1921. In dry thickets. 
A species belonging apparently in the group with Hugenia flu- 
viatilis Hemsl. but with smaller leaves and very differently 
shaped flowers. : 
ERICACEAE 
«J. © RHODODENDRON HAINANENSE sp. nov. 
| Frutex erectus, multiramosus, ramulis fastigiatis, adpresse 
hirsutis; foliis linearis ad lineari-lanceolatis, confertis, 1.5 ad 
2 cm longis, circiter 3 mm latis, subcoriaceis, utrinque subaequa- 
liter angustatis, basi cuneatis, apice acutis vel leviter acumi- 
natis, supra subolivaceis, subtus glaucescentibus, utrinque pilis 
paucis albidis instructis, nervis utrinque 3 vel 4, tenuibus; flori- 
bus depauperato-fasciculatis, 3 cm longis, purpureis, pedicellis 
hirsutis; calycis lobis 5, ellipticis ad elliptico-ovatis, 3 mm 
longis, rotundatis, ciliatis; corolla glabra, vel deorsum utrinque 
puberula, lobis subaequalibus, 1.5 cm longis, tubo subaequantibus; 
staminibus 10, filamentis deorsum cinereo-pubescentibus, inae- 
qualibus; ovario dense piloso; capsulis ovoideis, 6 mm longis, 
valvis incrassatis, rectis, vetustioribus glabris. 
Hainan, Miss K. L. Schaeffer, January, 1921. On rocks along 
streams in the eastern part of the island. 
A species apparently belonging in the group with Rhododen- 
dron simsii Planch., strongly differentiated, however, by its very 
narrow leaves which are distinctly glaucous beneath. 
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