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the lamina chartaceous, oblaneeolate or elliptic, 10-17 cm long, 3-5 cm 

 wide, acutely acuminate and decurrent at the base, at the apex somewhat 

 abruptly contracted into a slender subacute acumen 1.5—2 cm long, the 

 upper surface when dry chocolate-brown, the lower paler-brown ; primary 

 lateral veins on each side of the midrib 23-35, not crowded, very distinct, 

 the finer venation quite evident but comparatively inconspicuous, a very 

 definite submarginal vein also extending from base to apex. 



Basilax, between Guion and Malusu, For. Bur. J026 Hutchinson. 



Local name, Malatambis. 



55. Eugenia lacustris sp. now 



Cymis terminalibus vol axillaribus, floribus mediocris : calycis tubo 

 turbinate, lobis 4, rotundatis, inaequalibus ; petalis 4, libcris; staminibus 

 numerosis; ovario 2-loculari: foliia coriaceis, ellipticis vel ovalibus, basi 

 acutis, apice anguste acuminatis; venis utrinque 15-20. 



Cymes terminal or axillary, 2.5-9 cm long, sessile or ped uncled, tricho- 

 tomous, their branches mostly stout, 4-angled, the flowers in threes, sessile : 

 calyx-tube about 8 mm long, extending about 4 mm beyond the ovary, 7 

 mm in diameter at the base of the lobes, the basal 3.5 mm or less forming 

 a pseudostalk, turbinate; calyx-lobes 4, the pairs of unequal size, the outer 

 1.5 mm long and 4 mm wide at the base, the inner 3.5 mm long, 6 mm 

 wide, all rounded at the apex; petals 4, orbicular-ovate, about 4.5 mm 

 long, rounded but sometimes pointed at the apex; stamens numerous, the 

 filaments 7-8 mm long, the anthers 0.3 mm long; style 1.5 cm long; 

 ovary 2-celled with numerous ovules. 



Presumably a tree, the branches terete or sometimes angled toward the 

 tips, covered with gray bark: leaves with petioles 3-10 mm long, the 

 lamina coriaceous, elliptic to ovate, 10-23 cm long (few perfect on speci- 

 men), 4-11 cm wide, usually inequilateral, the apex somewhat abruptly 

 contracted into a slender acumen about 1 cm long, the base acuminately 

 acute and decurrent ; the under surface highly glandular ; primary lateral 

 veins on each side of the midrib 15-20, the main submarginal vein 

 originating from the second or third from the base, the more basal veins 

 also continuing almost to the apex. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 299. "Lacustris" is a 

 translation both of "Lake" and of "Lanao." 



56. Eugenia palawanensis sp. nov. 



Inflorescentiis axillaribus, 7-9 cm longis, floribus in capitulis racemose 

 vel paniculatim dispositis, tetrameris: calycis lobis petalis subsimilibus : 

 foliis petiolatis, lanceolatis vel elliptico-lanceolatis, basi acutis decurren- 

 tibusque apice tenuiter acuminatis, venis marginalibus tribus, exteriore vel 

 duabus exterioribus parum conspicuis, interiore valde conspicua, venis 

 utrinque 9-12. 



Inflorescences axillary, 7-9 cm long, the peduncles flat or angled, the 



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