A PRELIMINARY REVISION OF PHILIPPINE MYRTACE.^. 375 



oblongis vel ellipticis, subcoriaceis, basi acutis, apice sul)ito breviterque 

 obtuse acuminatis. 



Cymes terminal, sessile or subsessile, 3-4.5 cm long, the peduncles 

 2.5-4 mm thick, strongly 4-angled, trichotomous, the flowers on pedicels 

 1-2 mm long, usually having a very short margin with several lobes: 

 calyx-tube turbinate, 6-7 mm long, 7-8 mm in diameter at the apex, the 

 lobes 4, unequal, 4-9 mm long, 7-10 mm wide, rounded at the apex, 

 projecting about 2 mm beyond the ovary; petals 4, suborbicular, the base 

 truncate, 8-10 mm long, 9-12 mm wide, sometimes with 4 additional 

 petals, forming an inner row, usually narrower than the outer and 

 irregular in shape; staminal disk rather thick; stamens about 200, the 

 filaments 1-1.5 cm long, the anthers 1.3-1.7 mm long, 0.4 mm wide; 

 ovary 2-celled, the lumen about one-half the diameter of the ovary, each 

 cell containing many ovules; style 1.5 cm long. 



Scrubby, tree-like, about 4.5 m high, the wood hard, the bark rather 

 smooth, the ultimate twigs numerous and erect, covered with reddish, 

 becoming grayish bark, terete or the youngest somewhat angled; leaves 

 borne on petioles 5-10 mm long, the lamina glandular-dotted, suhcoria- 

 ceous, brown when dry, 6-10 cm long, 2.5-4 cm wide, oblong or elliptic, 

 the margins strongly revolute, acute or very shortly acuminate at the 

 base, at the apex suddenly contracted into a short obtuse acumen; 

 primary lateral veins on each side of the midrib 10-12, arching, three 

 or more of them forming submarginal veins, never with the very definite 

 submarginal vein of E. bordenii. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon (Santo Tomas), Elmer 6265 

 (type); Patau, holier 2-' t 92. 



Distinguishable from E. bordenii, not only by the venation, but by larger flowers, 

 much more revolute leaf-margins, stouter peduncles, and the color of the leaves. 



52. Eugenia bordenii Merr. Bur. Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 47. 

 Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Aparri, For. Bur. 11216 Klemme: Province of 



Rizal, Bosoboso, Merrill 2611, For. Bur. 3119 Ahern's collector; Montalban. For. 

 Bur. 2J t 34 Ahern's collector; Antipolo, For. Bur. 393 Ahern's collector: Province 

 of Bataan, Lamao River, For. Bur. 328, ,' f 92, 497, 5>,0 Barnes, For. Bur. 6-13, 

 644, 690, 691, 1206, 1208, 1630, 1136 Borden,- Williams 631, 125, Whitford 362: 

 Province of Camarines, For. Bur. 10101 Curran. Mindoro, Bongabong River, 

 Whitford 1465, For. Bur. 3100 Mcrritt; Iriron, For. Bur. 88J t l Merritt. Min- 

 danao, District of Zamboanga, Port Banga, For. liar. 9446, 9470 Whitford d- 

 Hutchinson. Bash. an. Ilallier s. n. 



Endemic. 



Local names, Amtuc, Maramatam, Cagayan; Panglomboycn, Pangasinan ; 

 Bislot, Tayongtayong, Rizal; Malaruhat, Malaruhat na puti, Malacalubcub, Apa- 

 lang, Bataan; Malaruhat, Aropay, Mindoro. 



53. Eugenia candelabriformis sp. nov. 



Inflorescentiis terminations vel pseudo-terminalibus, multifloris, corym- 

 boso-cymosis, pluri-articulatis ; floribus admodum parvis, tetrameris; 

 calycis tubo turbinate, lobis 4, rotundatis; staminibus admodum paucis: 



