A PRELIMINARY REVISION OF PHILIPPINE M VKTACILK. '->V.) 



7. Eugenia longipedicellata (Merr.) comb. nov. 



Jambosa longipedicellata Merr. Bur. Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 37. 



Luzon, Province of Principe. Baler, Merrill lOlfi, 10)1. 



Endemic. 



8. Eugenia longissima Merr. Bur. Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 50. 

 Luzon-, Province of Benguet, Sablan, Elmer 6218: Province of Zambales, Mount 



Tapulao, Bur. Sci. 5/2// Ramos. 

 Endemic. 



9. Eugenia ramosii sp. nov. 



Inflorescentiis terminalibus, composito-subumbellatis, multifioris : 

 ealyce petalisque extus sericeis; calycis tubo turbinate, lobis 4, rotundatis; 

 petalis 4, liberis; staminibus numerosis: foliis brevissime petiolatis, 

 chartaceis, anguste oblongis, oblanceolatis vel lanceolatis, longissimis, basi 

 cordatis, apice acuminatis, venis utrinque 25-30. 



Inflorescence terminal, including the flowers about 10 cm long, branch- 

 ing usually four times, the branches terete, at each articulation usually 

 5, the ultimate branches terete, 1-1.5 cm long, 1-flowered, bracteoles 

 lanceolate, 1 mm long; the branches of the inflorescence and the outer 

 surface of the calyx and petals silky-glandular; flowers described as 

 yellow : calyx-tube turbinate, about 2 cm long and 1 cm in diameter at 

 the base of the lobes, extending about 7 mm beyond the ovary, contracted 

 into a pseudostalk below; calyx-lobes 4, unequal in pairs, 2.5-4 mm long, 

 7-8 mm wide at the base, rounded at the apex; petals 4, free, suborbicular, 

 about 1 cm in diameter; stamens numerous, the filaments about 1 cm 

 long, the oblong anthers nearly 1.5 mm long; style about 1.5 cm long; 

 ovary 2-celled, several-ovul od. 



A tree 10 m high, with a trunk 10 cm in diameter, the branchlets 

 strongly 4-angled and winged, when dry with brownish or yellowish-brown 

 bark: leaves with petioles about 5 mm long, the lamina chartaceous or 

 subcoriaceous, narrowly oblong, lanceolate or oblanceolate, 30 to at least 

 55 cm long, 3-8 cm wide, the base cordate, the margin barely revolute, 

 at the apex forming a narrowing acumen, probably 3-5 cm long, but 

 the actual apex wanting on all leaves collected, upper surface pale-green, 

 lower surface glaucous to brownish; primary lateral veins on each side 

 of the midrib 25-30, forming three submarginal veins throughout the 

 length except at the extremities, the innermost the thickest. 



Luzon, Province of Isabela, San Luis, Bur. Sci. 8030 Ramos, growing in forestb 

 near the river at an elevation of 600 m. 



10. Eugenia merrillii sp. nov. 



C} 7 mis terminalibus, multifioris, floribus mediocris, breviter vel non 

 pedicellatis, tetrameris; foliis lanceolatis, basi cordatis, apice acutis 

 falcatisque; venis utrinque 50—60. 



Cymes terminal, widely branching, many-flowered, 4-7 cm long, the 

 ultimate pedicels 5 mm long or wanting: calyx-tube 1.5 cm long, 6-7 



