362 B0BIN80N. 



side of the midrib 10-13, arching and forming a definite submarginal 

 vein except sometimes near the base, veins of lower orders loosely anas- 

 tomosing, distinct on both surfaces but hardly conspicuous. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Lamao River, For. Bur. 193 

 Barnes (type), Ahem 751. With these may possibly belong For. Bur. .'i2SI 

 Klritniir, collected at San Vicente, Province of Cagayan, Luzon, with similar 

 inflorescence, but the flowers more attenuate below, longer petioles, but smaller 

 leaves. 



SI. Eugenia subrotundifolia sp. nov. 



Floribus pennagnis. cyinoso-paniculatis : calycis tubo turbinato, lobis 

 4; disco stamineo eonspicuo; Btaminibus numerosisaimis; ovario 2-cellu- 

 lari: foliis coriaceis, ovalibus, late ovatis, late obovatis, vel subrotundis, 

 basi rohmdatis, apicc breviter acuminalis. 



Flowers terminal on thickened usually short lateral or terminal branch- 

 lets, the inflorescence 1-9-flowered, eymose-paniculate, the ultimate 

 pedicels stout, 3-15 mm long, or in terminal flowers sometimes wanting. 

 the bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, acute, 2.5-3 mm long: calyx-tube 

 turbinate. 8 cm in diameter at the base of the lobes; the lobes 4, unequal, 

 gemiorbicular, 8 nun long, 8-12 mm wide; staminal disk conspicuous; 

 stamens very numerous, the filaments 2-2.5 cm long, dilated at the base. 

 the anthers oblong-lanceolate, 1.5 mm long; style 3-4 cm long, thickened 

 near the base and there 1.5 mm wide; ovary 2-celled, the cells containing 

 each several ovules, or all except one aborting, the walls thick, containing 

 a row of glands ; ovules about 2 mm long. 



A tree attaining a height of 15 m and a trunk-diameter of 50 cm, the 

 bark of the branches grayish or brownish, that of the flowering branchlets 

 yellow, brown, or purplish: leaves with stout usually purplish petioles 

 2-3 mm long, the lamina coriaceous, oval, broadly ovate, broadly obovate. 

 or nearly round. 8-15 cm long, 6-11.5 cm wide, the base rounded or 

 truncate 1 or at the extreme base often acute, the apes very shortly acu- 

 minate; primary Lateral reins on each side of the midrib 7-10, arched, 

 forming a very definite submarginal vein and a fainter but equally 

 definite one still nearer the margin, one or both surfaces at least when 

 dry often brownish or purplish. 



Batanes Islands, Patau Island, Santo Domingo <le Pasco, Bur. Sci. 359Jf Ft ni.r 

 (type), Bur. Hci. 8208 1/ ranis; Kuga Island. Bur. Set. 3237 Mcarns. Luzon, 

 Province of Cagayan, Aiming. For. Bur. 17109 Curran: Province of Ilocos Norte, 

 Cuming 1251: Province of Tayabas, between Paete (Laguna) and Piapi, For. 

 Bur. 10121 Curran; Tinuan River, Whit ford 756; Mauban, For. Bur. 10185 

 Curran; Atimonan, Whitford 70J/ : Province of Sorsogon, Sngod Pay, For. Bur. 

 8164 Bridges. 



Compared with the type of F. ainpli.rieaulis - Roxb. to which it is allied, by 

 W. W. Smith Esq., of the Poyal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, who (inds that it 

 differs from that species by its stouter pedicels, flowers half as large again, and 

 comparatively much broader leaves. 



Local names, liai/aehae, Patau Island; Baraebae, Cagayan; Malaamhu. Tinuan 

 River; Barangan, Sorsogon. 



