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7575 Aguilar, Whitford 107, 951, William x 6'} J. Elmer 6881, Merrill Dee. Philip. 

 For. Fl. 112 Borden: Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 9069, 9203 Akern'a 

 collector, Bur. Sci. 2648 Ramon; Tanay, Merrill 2276. Negros, Province of 

 Negros Oriental, Tolon. For. Bur. 12995 Everett. Mikdobo, Busuangay, For. Bur. 



9191 Merritt. 



Local nanus in Bataan, Malaruhal, Malaruhat na pula, or the equivalent Red 

 Malanthat, on one sheet Macopo, which is that given for Mindoro; in Rizal, 

 Duvtulun; in Zambales, Lumbal bundoe ; in Negros, Bumug. 



Endemic. 



23. Eugenia tripinnata (Blanco) comb, now 



M/li-l us tripinnata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 421. 

 .1/. suhrubens Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 2!J4. 

 Eugenia ci/mosa F.-Vill. Noviss. App. (1883) 85: non Lam. Encycl. 3 (1789) 



199. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Mount Santander. Bur. Sci. -i2SS Ramos; Bosoboso, 

 For. Bur. 2675 Ahern's collector; Antipolo, For. Bur. J,-i'i Ahern's collector: 

 Province of Tayabas, between Bugulan and Pitogo. For. Bur. 10216 Curran: 

 Province of Camarines, Calalinga, For. Bur. 10720 Curran. Mindanao, Lake 

 Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 592. 



Flowers borne in terminal or less often lateral cymes, rarely upon the 

 older branches, the individual cymes 3-5-flowered, 4-10 cm long, the 

 peduncles and pedicels slender, the latter 7-32 mm long; pseudostalks at 

 anthesis 5-6 mm long, calyx-tube about 3 mm long, turbinate, about 7.5 

 mni in diameter at the base of the 4 lobes, the lobes slightly unequal. 

 semicircular, 2.5-3 mm long. 5-6 mm wide at the base; petals 4, sub- 

 orbicular, 8 mm in diameter, rounded at the apex; stamina] disk well 

 developed; stamens numerous, the filaments exceeding 3 cm in length; 

 the anthers 1.2 mm long; ovary 2-celled. each cell containing numerous 

 small ovules, the ovarian wall just within the margin with a conspicuous 

 row of oil-glands; fruit white to reddish, attaining a diameter of nearly 

 1.5 cm, the pseudostalk usually reduced to about 1 mm, the calyx-lobes 

 persistent, conspicuous. 



\ tree 15-20 m high, with trunks about 25 cm in diameter, the 

 ultimate branches covered with grayish or reddish bark; leaves borne on 

 petioles 2-8 mm long, the lamina chartaceous, elliptic or oblanceolate, 

 8-13 Mn long, 3-4.8 cm wide, acute or shal lowly cordate at the base, at 

 the apex acuminate, usually sharply, often conspicuously glandular-punc- 

 tate ; primary lateral veins on each side of the midrib 9-13, usually 

 forming two definite submarginal veins. 



The original description of Myftus tripinnata contained many errors, as Blanco 

 himself recognized before the publication of the second edition. In many ways 

 the species suggested is Eugenia luzonensis Merrill, but one point seems to be 

 conclusive as showing its difference from that species. The flowers are said to 

 form a terminal umbel, whereas in E. luzonensis they are never entirely terminal, 

 and only one collection has been found on which they are partially terminal. 

 They are very widely paniculately disposed, the single flowers umbellate, sessile 

 or subsessile, whereas those of the species here described as E. tripinnata, though 

 not truly umbellate, might be roughly so characterized. They also are more often 



