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lateral veins on each side of the midrib 18-22, somewhat thin, and 

 nearly the same color as the lamina, forming a definite submarginal vein, 

 the secondary veins nearly as conspicous on the upper as on the under 

 surface. 



Mindanao, District of Davao, Davao, Gopeland s. n. 



15. Eugenia phanerophelebia sp. nov. 



Inflorescentiis terminalibus vol in axillis defoliatis, paucifloris; floribus 

 magnis, tetrameris ; calycis tubo turbinate, 4-lobato : arbor ramulis saepius 

 tetragonis, foliis brevissime petiolatis, lanceolatis vel ellipticis, basi ad- 

 modum angustatis, cordatis, apice acuminatis. 



Inflorescence terminal or rarely on the branches below the leaves, 

 l_3_flowered, the peduncles none or attaining 1.5 mm, the pedicels some- 

 times articulate, and then attaining in all a length of mm, bearing 

 a pair of ovate bracteoles 0.5 mm long at each articulation: calyx-tube 

 turbinate, about 2 cm long and about 1.5 cm in diameter at the base 

 of the lobes, the later 4, rounded, unequal, 2-6 mm long, 5-7 mm wide ; 

 petals 4, broadly oval or orbicular, 8-10 mm long ; stamens very numerous, 

 the filaments 2-2.5 cm long, the anthers 1.5 mm long; style about 3 cm 

 long; ovary 2-celled, with several ovules in each cell: only very young 

 fruit known. 



A small tree, its branchlets nearly always 4-angled and margined, 

 covered with gray bark: leaves with petioles 1-5 mm long, the lamina 

 chartaceous, lanceolate to elliptic, 14-25 cm long, 4-7 cm wide, the base 

 cordate, the apex contracted to a slender obtuse acumen, the lower surface 

 much paler than the upper; primary lateral veins very conspicuous on 

 the under surface and often reddish, impressed on the upper surface. 

 15-18 on each side of the midrib, forming usually three submarginal 

 veins, the outermost very faint, (he middle one quite evident, the inner 

 very conspicuous. 



Luzon. Province of Rizal. Antipolo, Bur. got. SS61 Ramos (type); Tanay, 

 Merrill 2.1.16: Province of Tayabas, Atimonan, For. Bur. 15265 Rosatblutli ; (iui- 

 nayangan, For. Bur. 12269 Roscnbluth. Mindoko, Balete, For. Bur. 6t00 Merritt. 



From comparisons made at Kew, this species has been noted by Mr. Merrill 

 as the Eugenia coarctata of Oeron's Catalog\ie, which seems to he the place where 

 that species was first transferred from Jambosa, although the credit is there 

 given to Blume. I have been quite unable to trace Blume's species in recent 

 botanical literature, and E. macrooarpa Roxb., to which it is reduced in the 

 Index Kewensis is not enumerated among the species of Java by Koorders and 

 Valeton, even as a synonym, consequently it has been impossible to ascertain the 

 limits of E. coarctata, and the present species has been described as new. It is 

 certainly very closely allied to E. macrocarpa. comparison with Wight's figure 

 indicating as apparent differences the much more acuminate apex, more condensed 

 inflorescence and shorter bracteoles. Duthie " says that the figure shows the 

 leaves too acute: if so, the most conspicuous distinction is removed. 



Local name, Malayambo, (Tag.), Tayabas. When large, used as timber. 



•Fl. Br. Tnd. 2 (1878) 474. 



