A PRELIMINARY REVISION OF PHILIPPINE MYRTAOEiE. 'Ml 



plant most closely approaching among Philippine apeciee that of the otherwise 

 very different E. mini tea, while the leaves (except in size) and the venation of 

 E. pasaoaentis are similar to those of E. bordenii and E. robertii, whose affinities 

 are also very different. To those who have no Philippine material for comparison, 

 it may suffice to call attention to the position of the submarginal vein. 



4. Eugenia diplycosifolia sp. nov. 



Floribus axillaribus vel terminalibus, solitariis vel duobus vel tribua 



in pedunculo sessilibus; pedunculis, bracteis, bracteolis, calycibus, et 

 novellis incano-villosis : calycia tubo turbinato; calycis lobis 4, ovatis; 

 petalis 4, liberis, omnibus conspicue glandulosis; staminibus paucifl : foliis 

 breviter petiolatis, coriaceis, ovalibus, obovatis, vel orbicularibus, basi 

 acutis, apice breviter obtuseque acuminatis, venis titrinque 5-8. 



Flowers terminal or in the upper axils, borne singly or in pairs or 

 threes upon peduncles 7-11 mm long, the bracts at the base of the 

 peduncle oval, 3.5 mm long, obtuse : when three llowers in a head, the 

 two lateral with 3 bracteoles each, the anterior bracteole lanceolate, 2 

 mm long, the lateral ones shorter and narrower, the central flower 

 ebraeteolate, when flowers solitary or paired bracteoles as in Lateral flowers 

 of a triad; bracts, peduncles, bracteoles, and calyx white-villose and with 

 the exception of the peduncles but including the petals densely pellucid- 

 punctate: calyx-tube turbinate, "2.5 mm long, 2 mm in diameter at the 

 base of the lobes; calyx-lobes 4, slightly less than 2 mm long, obtuse; 

 petals 4. yellow, free, suborbicubir with a basal claw, .'1 mm long. 3-nerved 

 with lateral branches, glabrous: disk of the diameter of the apex of the 

 calyx-tube, glabrous; stamens 20-25, biseriate, the filaments 3-1 mm 

 long, the anthers 0.3 mm long; style about 6 mm long; ovary 2-celled, 

 or 3-eelled, with several ovules. 



A shrub 3 m high, its stems about 2 cm in diameter, the bark deciduous, 

 that of the younger branches light-brown, densely covered with dark- 

 brown glandular tubercles, the youngest shoots hoary-pubescent, vegetative 

 parts otherwise glabrous, leaves with petioles 1-2.5 mm long, the lamina 

 coriaceous, oval, obovate, or orbicular, 17-22 mm long, 10—15 mm wide, 

 the base acutely acuminate, the margin revolutc, the apex forming a 

 very short and obtuse acumen, the under surface very densely covered 

 with brown glands; primary lateral veins on each side of the midrib 

 5—8, but homologous veins irregular as regards meeting the submarginal 

 vein or not, the submarginal vein definite from base, sometimes prolonged 

 upon the petiole. 



Luzox, Province of Bontoc. Talubin-Barlig trail, For. Bur. 1.1)0.1 Kleme, in 

 dense forest at an elevation of 1,600 m. 



Closely allied to E. mabaeoides Wight, from which, however, it differs in 

 several particulars. Copeland tl86, Mount Apo, Mindanao, and an unnumbered 

 specimen collected by //. V. Whitford on Mount Silay, Negros, cospecitic with one 

 another, are very closely allied to E. d i pi i/rosi folia, hut probably distinct. One 

 specimen is in early fruit, the other sterile, and a final opinion can nol be given 

 until more material is obtained. 



Local name, Titimi, Ig. 



