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15. E. marivelesensis Merrill, sp. now 8 Jamboaa. 



A tree 10 to 15 m. high. Branches slender, terete, light brown, glabrous. 

 Leaves elliptical ovate, abruptly acuminate, the base acute, subcoriaceous, shin- 

 ing above, somewhat paler beneath, 6 to 10 cm. long, 3 to 4.5 cm. wide, the 

 venation very dense, the veins slender, very numerous, not prominent, parallel, 

 anastomosing in a slender int raniarginal nerve; petioles slender 6 to 10 mm. 

 long. Panicles terminal and in the upper axils, 4 cm. long or less, rather 

 densely flowered, the brandies and branchlets short, striate, terete. Flowers 

 including the stamens 2 cm. long white, fragrant, the buds obovoid, sessile or 

 very shortly pedicelled. Calyx tunnel shaped, 7 to 8 mm. long, 5 to mm. 

 in diameter at the mouth, with 4 rounded lobes. Petals 4, suborbicular, concave, 

 distinct, about 5 nun. in diameter. Stamens indefinite; filaments 10 to 12 mm. 

 long: anthers 0.7 mm. long. 



(618, 1184, 1522. 2922 Borden) April. March; (2597 Meyer) February. In 



forests 100 to 600 m. T.. Malaruhat. The flower buds have a faint taste similar 



c 

 to that of cloves. 



16. Eugenia perpallida notii. now Nyzygium pallidum Merr. Covt. Lab. Publ. 

 17 (1904) 38, non Eugenia pallida Berg. § Syzygium. 



(3124 Meyer) May; (1209 Whit ford) March. In forests at 700 m. Endemic. 

 Distinguished from E. aouminat issima Kurz, not only by the very pale leaves, 

 but also by the dense venation. 



17. Eugenia robertii Merrill, sp. now § dambosa. 



A tree 8 to 16 m. high. Brandies light gray or brownish, usually slender, 

 terete, shining, glabrous. Leaves elliptical ovate to lanceolate ovate, subcoria- 

 ceous, glabrous, dull, 5 to 10 cm. long, 2.5 to 4.5 cm. wide, short, often abruptly 

 blunt acuminate, the base acute; nerves 7 to 10 on each side of the midrib, 

 ascending-spreading, not prominent, the secondary ones slightly more obscure 

 than the primary, anastomosing and forming an intramarginal nerve, with a 

 more obscure secondary submarginal nerve, the reticulations obscure; petioles 

 S to 7 mm. long. Inflorescence racemose, terminal and in the upper axils, about 

 :! cm. long, each raceme 3 to 5 flowered. Flowers 2.5 cm. long including the 

 >t aniens. 3 to 3.5 cm. in diameter in anthesis, the buds obovoid. Calyx funnel 

 shaped, 1 to 1.5 cm. long, 4-lobed, the lobes broad, rounded. Petals 4, free, 

 suborbicular, concave, 1.2 to 1.5 cm. in diameter. Stamens indefinite; filaments 

 1.5 to 1.8 cm. long; anthers 1.2 mm. long. 



(2686, 2857 Meyer) February, March, 1905; (349, 1182, 1211 Whitford) May, 

 1904. March, 1905. In forests and on exposed ridges 500 to 1,100 m. The type 

 is No. 2857 JioJier t Meyer, for whom the species is named. 



18. Eugenia similis Merrill, sp. now § Syzygium. 



A tree 15 m. high or less. Branches slender, light gray or brownish, the 

 ultimate branches terete, glabrous, often nearly black when dry. Leaves ellipti- 

 cal ovate to oblong ovate, 9 to 11 cm. long, 4 to fl cm. wide, subcoriaceous, 

 shining above, the apex short blunt acuminate, the base acute or slightly decur- 

 rent acuminate: primary nerves about 14 on each side of the midrib, spreading, 

 not prominent, the secondary ones nearly as distinct, anastomosing, the reticula- 

 tions fine; petioles slender, 2 to 2.5 cm. long. Panicles from the branches below 

 the leaves, about (i cm. long, the primary branches distant, horizontal, 2 cm. 

 long or less, the flowers in threes at the apices of the branchlets. Buds obovoid. 

 Flowers including the stamens 5 to 7 mm. long. Calyx funnel shaped, about 

 3 mm. long, 4-lobed, the lobes broadly triangular, acute, 1.5 to 2 mm. long. 

 Petals connate, calyptrately deciduous, the calyptra about 4 mm. in diameter. 

 Stamens indefinite; filaments 5 to 6 mm. long; anthers 0.4 mm. long. 



(413 Whitford) June. In thickets along the river at about 40 m. T.. 

 Malaruhat niaputi. 



