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32. Eugenia mindanaensis sp. nov. 



Inflorescentiis terminalibus, axillaribus, vel rarius in axillis defoliatis, 

 gracilibus, saepius trifloris; floribus mediocris, 3, terminalibus sessilibus, 

 vel ctiam singulis in ramulis lateralibus suffultis, tetramcris, calycis tubi 

 superiore parte campanulata subtus valde angnstata ; foliis chartaceis, 

 subsessilibus, oblanceolatis vel ellipticis, basi cordatis, apicc acuminatis, 

 venis utrinque 12-14. 



Individual inflorescences solitary or paired, 3-5.5 cm long, terminal, 

 axillary, or sometimes in tbe axils of fallen leaves, most often containing 

 2-4 greenish- white sessile. flowers at the apex of a slender articulated 

 peduncle, or with an additional flower on one or both sides below the 

 apex, these latter borne on pedicels which increase in length according 

 to the distance from the apex : upper portion of the calyx-tube campanu- 

 late, rather abruptly contracted into a narrow pseudostalk, the latter 

 about 6 mm long, the upper portion of the tube 4 mm long and 6 nmi 

 wide at the base of the lobes, its apex extending about 4 mm beyond the 

 ovary, lobes 4, rounded, unequal, though not conspicuously, 2-3.5 mm 

 long, 4-5 mm wide, the margins similar to the petals; petals 4, 6-7 mm 

 long, their margins involute, if spread about 5 mm wide, at the base 

 contracted into a claw 1 mm wide and at least as long; staminal disk 

 well developed; stamens numerous, the filaments 7-10 mm long, anthers 

 0.6-0.7 mm long; ovary 2-celled, near the apex of the tube, style 12-15 

 mm long, stigma capitate, small but fairly conspicuous for the genus. 



A tree 6 m high, its trunk 10 cm in diameter, the branchlets terete or 

 somewhat compressed at the apices, covered with grayish to brownish 

 bark; leaves with petioles not exceeding 2 mm or almost wanting, the 

 chartaceous lamina oblanceolate to elliptic, often somewhat oblique, 7-17 

 cm long, 3-8 cm wide, the base cordate, often more or less overlapping 

 the stem, the apices forming an obtuse acumen; primary lateral veins on 

 each side of the midrib 12-14, rather slender but forming a very definite 

 submarginal vein, another less conspicuous intervening between it and 

 the margin. 



Mindanao, District of Davao, Santa Cruz, Williams 2152 (type), 2801: Luke 

 Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens J/11. Dinagat, Ahern J/19. Basilax, 

 DcYore & Hoover 11. 



Williams 2801 seems certainly to belong with the other collections here cited, 

 but is remarkable for having the calyx developed into a berry about 1 cm in 

 diameter, bearing upon its apex not only tbe unchanged calyxdobes, but the 

 stamens and style. Both this collection and that of Mrs. Clemens record the 

 fruit as edible, the former noting that it rarely contains seeds. 



Local name, Tambis, Dinagat and Basilan. 



33. Eugenia javanica Lam. Encycl. 3 (1789) 200, pro maxima parte. 

 ? E. jambos Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 416, non Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 470. 

 Jambosa alba G. Don Gen. Hist. Dichl. PI. 2 (1832) 868. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Manila, Ahern 135, Merrill .'(106, Bur. Set. 6110 

 Robinson. 



Unfortunately, the three species E. javanica, E. calubcob, and E. mindanaensis 



