A PRELIMINARY REVISION OP PHILIPPINE MYRTACEiB. 387 



Eugenia djouat Perr. in Mem. Stic. Linn. Paris 3 (1824) llti. 



Myrtus cumini Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 471. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Linao River, For. Bur. 18473 Alvarez: Province 

 of Ilocos Norte, Mount Piao, For. Bur. 1/(007 Mcrritt it Darling: Province of 

 Abra, Ikmen, For. Bur. 1)553 Darling: Province of Union, Bauang, Elmer 5551: 

 Province of Nueva Ecija, Talavera, For. Bur. 8^70 Curran: Province of Zambales, 

 Botolan, Merrill £914; Cuming 1098: Province of Pampanga, Martinez s. n.: 

 Province of Bulacan, For. Bur. 1230.) Maule: Province of Kizal, Novaliches, Loher 

 2505; San Mateo, Merrill Dee. Philip. For. Fl. 109 Ahem's collector; Bosoboso, 

 Merrill 1836, For. Bur. 2S68 Ahem's collector; Antipolo, Merrill 1323, liur. Sci. 

 5186, 5187, 5188, 5189, 5190, 5191, 5192. 5193, 5191,, 5195, 5196, 5197 Ramos: 

 Manila, Marave l, f /0, A hern 7 1 ', : Province of Bataan, Moron, For. Bur. 6363 

 Curran; Lamao River, Whiff ord s. n. ; Mariveles, Ahem 779: Province cf Tayabas, 

 Laguimanoc, Merrill 2125; Malichoi. Richie s. n. Lubanc. Merrill 970. MlN- 

 doro, Calapan, Merrill 2575; Maugao, For. Bur. 9857 Merrill. NegbOS, Rio de 

 Cadiz, For. Bur. 7300 Everett. Cebu, Talisay, For. Bur. 1239 Everett. (insiA- 

 ras, For. Bur. 268 (Samnnll. Palawan, Puerto Princesa, For. Bur. 3600 Curran, 

 Bur. Sci. 285 Bermejos. 



Universally recognized throughout the islands, either by the name Duhat or 

 Lumboi, or very slight variants of the latter, the former being especially Tagalog, 

 the other preferred by the other races and the Spaniards. 



India to Malaya. 



It will probably be possible to avoid changing the specific name, in spite of the 

 fact that Linmeus did have and describe specimens of this species under a name not 

 yet used in the genus. Myrtus cumini is based upon his older description in the 

 Flora Zeylanica 185. That (adapted from Richter) is as follows. "Arbor ramis 

 teretibus, cinereis. Folia lanceolata, vel ovato-lanc, oppos., glabra, integerrima, 

 minus acuta, petiolis longiusculis. Corymbi trilidi, compositi, laterales. Arbor 

 zeylanica cuminum redolens Burm. Zeyl. 27. Ankaenda Herm. Zeyl. 23." The 

 identification of the specimens in Hermann's herbarium has been carefully made by 

 Trimen (Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 24: 140, 142; Handbook FL Ceyl. 1: 21G, 2:179), 

 and the confusion by Linnanis and his successors of Eugenia jambolana and Ano- 

 nychia laurifolia definitely traced. The specimens of these two species seem to 

 have occupied three folios of Hermann's herbarium, one was entirely A. laurifolia, 

 another a mixture of the two, the remaining one was that upon which Myrtus 

 cumini was based, and was entirely E. jambolana. Had Linnams adopted any 

 specific name, other than "cumini," not subsequently used, it would be obligatory 

 to take it up by transfer into Eugenia, in place of E. jambolana. The name was 

 obviously borrowed from Burmann, and although the description and specimens 

 belong to Eugenia, the name seems to belong with Acronychia laurifolia, as is 

 inferentially stated by Duthie under E. jambolana. For nomenclatural purposes, 

 then, it seems better to refer both Myrtus cumini and Jambolifera pedunculata 

 of Linnaeus to Acronychia. Certainly, changes are necessary in that genus, at 

 least in the specific name. The generic name, is partially protected by the list 

 of nomina conservanda adopted by the Vienna Congress, which excludes two 

 of Adanson's names, but makes no mention of the earlier Jambolifera of Linnaeus, 

 concerning which there is no doubt. 



73. Eugenia densinervia Merr. in Philip. Jour. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 105. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan. Mount Mariveles, Lamao River, Whitford 12'i9, 

 For. Bur. 719, 813, 1178, 1815, 2921 Borden, For. Bur. 6232 Curran: Province of 

 Isabela, Baler, Merrill 1052. 



Endemic. 



