348 ROBINSON. 



.">. Eugenia bataanensis Merr. Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 Suppl. (1906) 104. 



Jamboaa bataaneiuu Merr. Bur. Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 38. 



LL'ZON, Province of Cagayan, ( laveria. Bur. Sci. 7367 Ramos: Province of 

 Pampanga, Mount Arayat, Merrill 8932, 5014, for. Bur. 12808 Maule: Province 

 of Bulacan, For. Bur. 7452 Oumm: Province of Bataan, Mount liariveles, Lamao 

 River, Merrill 8761, Elmer 6807, Williams 729, For. Bur. 111 Barnes, For. Bur. 

 2088, 2886 Borden, For. Bur. 2407, 2765, Meyer: Province of Rial, Bosoboso, 

 For. Bur. 2686 Ahem' a collector, Bur. Sci. 2078 Rttmoe: Province of Tayabas, 

 Mount Banajao, For. Bur. 80)2 Outran <£• Merritt. Mindobo, Mount Calavite, 

 For. Bur. 8687, 8734 Merritt. 



The species is variable, pauillg from forms with broader bases, represented 

 best by some of the Arayat collections, through those agreeing with the nonien 

 clatorial type where the bases are narrow but still obtuse, to the Mindoro numbers 

 where some leaves are acute and some obtuse, the extreme being readied in the 

 Cagayan specimen, where the leaves are acute. ]n rough agreement, there is a 

 decrease in thickness. 



The only local names noted are Calubcub and Malaruhat, on Mariveles, both 

 more properly applied to other species. 



Endemic. 



G. Eugenia speciosissima sp. nov. 



Floribus solitariis, axillaribus, pedicellis cireitcr 2 em longis suffultis, 

 magnis, calycis tubo turbinate, lobis 4; petalis 4, late rotundatis, stamini- 

 bus permultis: foliis coriaceis, lanceolatis vol clliptico-lanceolatis, basi 

 cordatis subamplexicantibus, apiee obtusis. 



Flowers solitary, borne in the axils of the leaves or of fallen leaves, 

 upon pendulous articulated pedicels about 2 em long, subtended at the 

 distinct articulation by two ovate bracteoles 0.5 nun long, often with 

 additional bracteoles elsewhere on the pedicel: calyx-tube turbinate, the 

 lower portion about 5 nun in diameter, at the base of the lobes 2-3 cm 

 in diameter, calyx-lobes 4, unequal, the larger 2 cm wide, the apices 

 broadly rounded; petals I, rose-purple, broadly rounded, 2.5 cm wide at 

 the base: stamina! disk well developed; stamens very numerous, the 

 filaments about 2 cm long, the anthers 2-3 cm long ; style about 2.5 cm 

 long. 



A tree (i m high, with a stem 15 cm in diameter, the branches and 

 branchleta covered with grayish bark, the latter somewhat flattened or 

 angled at the extreme apex : leaves borne on very short petioles, the lamina 

 coriaceous, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 11-15 cm long, 3-G.5 cm wide, 

 the bases cordate, gradually narrowed from below the middle to the 

 obtuse apex, hardly or not acuminate: primary Lateral veins on each side 

 of the midrib 10-12, forming a conspicuous submarginal vein. 



LtFZON, Trovince of Benguet, Cayapa, For. Bur. 10865 Curran (type) ; Mos- 

 quito Creek, For. Bur. 1J/W3 Merritt; growing at an elevation of 2,000 m. 



Closely allied to E. bataanensis Merr., distinguished by its coriaceous leaves 

 with much broader and more cordate bases often overlapping the branches, less 

 acuminate apices, flowers larger and so far as seen always axillary and pendulous, 

 while in E. bataanensis thev are usuallv but not always terminal. 



