A PRELIMINARY REVISION OF PHILIPPINE JIYRTACEJE. 35U 



Inflorescences terminal, or in the axils of present or fallen leaves, the 

 peduncles not exceeding 1 cm in length or almost wanting, cymose, few- 

 flowered, the individual flowers sessile, subtended by short bracteoles : 

 calyx-tube 2-3 mm long, of which about the basal 1 mm forms a pseudo- 

 stalk, 2.5-3.5 mm wide at the base of the lobes; calyx-lobes 4, somewhat 

 unequal, 1.5-2 mm long, 2.5-3 mm wide, rounded; petals 4, suborbicular, 

 about 2.5 mm in diameter; stamens numerous, the filaments 2 mm long, 

 the anthers 0.3 mm long; style 4-5 mm long; ovary 2-celled, few-ovuled. 



A small tree, its branches terete, the branchlets 4-angled, covered with 

 gray bark: leaves with petioles not exceeding 3 mm long or subsessile, 

 chartaceous, elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, 12-18 cm long, 4-7 cm wide, 

 the base acute and decurrent, the apex rather abruptly contracted into 

 a short acumen, brownish when dry, the under surface somewhat paler, 

 glandular-dotted; primary lateral veins on each side of the midrib 11—15, 

 immersed in the upper surface, projecting from the lower and distinct, 

 purplish, forming a definite submarginal vein, or sometimes one or more 

 of the most basal forming an outer vein; secondary reticulation evident 

 but more often inconspicuous. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, ('amp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 97S (type), s. n. 



26. Eugenia conglobata sp. nov. 



Inflorescentiis axillaribus vel ramifloris, pedunculis pedicellisque brevis- 

 simis; calycis tubo turbinate vel subrotato, lobis 4, rotundatis; petalis 

 liberis; disco evoluto; staminibus numerosis: foliis submembranaceis, 

 ellipticis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, basi acutis, apice anguste acuminatis; 

 venis utrinque 8-14. 



Cymes greatly condensed, few- to several-flowered, axillary or on older 

 branches, both peduncles and pedicels very short, never exceeding 3 mm : 

 calyx-tube turbinate or subrotate, 4 mm long, 5-7 mm wide at the base 

 of the lobes; calyx-lobes 4, 2.5-3 nun long. 3-3.5 mm wide, rounded at 

 the apex; petals 4, free, orbicular-oval e, .'>.5 mm long; disk well developed; 

 stamens numerous, the filaments about 5 mm long, anthers suborbicular, 

 about 0.2 mm in diameter; style nearly 1 cm long, ovary 2-celled. 



A tree 12 m high, with a trunk 30 cm in diameter, the branchlets 

 covered with cinnamon-colored striate bark: leaves with petioles 5—10 

 mm long, the lamina chartaceous, glandular-dotted, elliptic or oblong- 

 lanceolate, 9-14 cm long, 3-G.5 cm wide, the base acuminately acute, the 

 apex forming a slender but obtuse acumen 1-2 cm long; primary lateral 

 veins on each side of the midrib 8-14, the basal 2-4 not conspicuously 

 uniting with the more apical ones and therefore not aiding to form the 

 submarginal vein. 



Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Sax River, at 45 m elevation. Williams 

 2359 (type). Luzon, Province of Oamarinos, Caramoan, San Roque, For. Bur. 

 10677 Curran. The latter collection has more numerously veined leaves than the 

 type, hut there seems to be no essential difference. E. rubrivenia is also very 

 close, but differs by its paler bark, nearly sessile leaves, and sessile flowers. 



