:;r>( ; ROBINSON. 



/•;. vanliflora Blanco Fl. Filip, ed. 2 (1845) 291. 



E. cauliflora Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1878) 177, nee DC. Prodr. 3 (1828) 273, 

 DM. Miq. in Linnaea 22 (1849) 537. 



Lrzo\, Province of Ilocos Sur, Pinapinas. For. Bur. 7121 Klemme: Province 

 of Zambales, Mataim, For. Bur. 6333 Curran: Province of Pangasinan. For. liur. 

 IS/382 Villamil: Province of Pampanga, Mount Arayat, Bolster Hi: Province of 

 Batangas, Looc, For. Bur. 7652 Curran & Merritt: Province of Tayabas, Atimonan, 

 Merrill 3095; Unisan, For. Bur. 6548, 6601 Kobbe; Guinayangan, For. Bur. 837, 

 8282 Hagger: Province of Camarines, Pasacao, Ahcrn 187: Province of Albay, 

 Batan Island, Bur. Sci. 6262 Robinson : Province of Sorsogon, For. Bur. 5753 Pray 

 Leyte, Ormoc, For. Bur. 12736 Itosenbluth. Mindoro, Bongabong River, Whit- 

 ford 1385, For. Bur. 3658 Merritt; Balete, For. Bur. 6143 Merritt; Buncuran, 

 For. Bur. 11^28 Merritt. Mindanao, Province of Surigao, Agusan Valley, For. 

 Bur. 716.1 Hutchinson: District of Cotabato, Rcina Kegente, For. liur. 8928 liutvh- 

 inton; Quitinludang, For. Bur. 6561 Hutchinson: District of Davao, Davao, 

 Copeland 50 J/. 



Blanco's original description made no reference to the leaves, and their descrip- 

 tion in the second edition as lanceolate with very short petioles helps but little. 

 For none of the most probable species is the amended description entirely satis- 

 factory. Villar considered it to agree best with E. javanica, but there is reason 

 to suppose that his interpretation of that species was only partly correct, and 

 while this identification is not improbable, it is probably wrong. This species is 

 certainly that considered by Merrill to lx> E. lobas Blanco. That species was 

 said by Blanco to be cultivated and only doubtfully indigenous: it is possible that 

 it was the same as E. mananquil, the latter wild, the former in cultivation, but 

 the facts are beyond discovery. Possible identifications, both for E. lobas and 

 E. bauangica Blanco are E. malacccnsis. Blanco's E. jambos has been supposed 

 to represent that species, but the probability is that it really was an error for 

 E. javanica. The present species seems to be the one that best lits /■;. mananquil. 



Wood hard, used in the construction of houses, especially for posts. Berry 

 edible. 



Local names: Ansa, Pangasinan: Bagabug, Pampanga; Bitbid, Camarines; 

 liuabua, Mindoro; Cagucug, Cotabato; Ca jocko, Leyte; Dambuhala, Batangas; 

 Jangus, Surigao; Kaguku, Cotabato; Malahaguis, Sorsogon; Malaruhat, Zamba- 

 les; Midbid, Midbit, Tayabas; Mungilkil, Mindoro; Panglongbuycn-copak>)>a, 

 Ilocos Sur. 



It seems advisable to add a few additional data to the description given by 

 Merrill /. c. 



Flowers in cymes 3-12 cm long, many cymes usually borne on each canline 

 tubercle, the peduncles and pedicels slender, about 0.5 mm in diameter, the cymes 

 1-12-llowered, very rarely many-flowered and then with stouter peduncles, the 

 (lowers articulated, with a pair of small bracteoles at the point of articulation, 

 tlowers contracted into a pseudostalk 1.5-3 mm long. 



A tree 7-20 m high, with opposite leaves borne on petioles 2.5-7 mm long. 

 the lamina elliptic, 7-15 cm long. 2. 5-5. 5 cm wide; lateral veins on each side 

 of the midrib 8-13. 



Endemic. 



22. Eugenia luzonensis Merr. Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 105. 



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



LUZON, Province of Benguet, Sablan. Elmer 6229: Province of Zambales, Subig, 

 For. liur. 913 Maule: Province of Bataan, Larnao River. For. liur. 88 Homes, 

 For. liur. 619, 658. 1197. 1573 Borden, For. Bur. 62j9, 7871 Curran. For. Bur. 



