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Eugenia ugoensis sp. nov. 



Affinis E. congestae: floribus igiiotis : infrutescentibus terminalibus, 

 brevibus, fructibus subglobosis, ealycis lobis 4 coronatis: foliis oblongifl 

 usque ad obovatis, basi acutis, margine revolutis, apice in acumen breve 

 angustum obtusuin angustatis; venis utrinque 25-30, confertis. 



Infrutescences terminal, excluding the fruits 1-1.5 cm long, the rachifl 

 comparatively stout (about 2 mm in diameter), terete or somewhat 

 quadrangular, not or shortly branched, bearing the scars of many fallen 

 flowers: fruits described as green, yellow, and red, probably indicating 

 stages in maturity, globose or depressed-globose, attaining 1.7 cm dia- 

 meter, thin-walled, 1-celled, 1 -seeded, crowned by 4 somewhat conspicuous 

 calyx-lobes 1.5-2 mm long, with the same range of width, obtuse or 

 rounded at the apex. 



A tree 5 m high, with a trunk described as 30 cm in diameter, the 

 somewhat stout branchlets covered with dark-brown or dark-gray ish- 

 brown bark: leaves with petioles 1-2.5 mm long, the lamina coriaceous 

 or subcoriaceous, varying from oblong-oblanceolate to obovate, 2.5-4 cm 

 long, 1-2.5 cm wide, the base acute, the margin revolute, at the apex 

 narrowed into a slender obtuse acumen 2.5-8 mm long; primary lateral 

 veins on each side of the midrib 25-30, usually nearly straight but also 

 forking or anastomosing, equally elevated and conspicuous on both 

 surfaces, their apices forming a definite submarginal vein. 



Luzon, Province of P.en<ruet. Mount Ugo, at elevations from 1,800 to 2,000 m, 

 For. Bur. 10913 Gurran (type). For. Bur. 180S0 Mei-ritt, Bur. Set. 5707 Ramos. 



78. Eugenia acrophila sp. nov. 



Inflorescentiis terminalibus, brevibus, floribus congestis: ealycis tubo 

 turbinate, lobis 4, rotundatis; corolla calyptrata; staminibus admodum 

 paucis; fructibus globosis: foliis coriaceis, parvis, saepius elliptico- 

 lanceolatis, basi acutis, margine revolutis, apice breviter obtuseque acu- 

 minatis; venis utrinque 8-12, baud confertis. 



Inflorescences terminal, less than 2 cm long, including flowers or fruit, 

 not or hardly prolonged beyond the leaves, the cymes trichotomous, often 

 sessile, the white flowers at the extremities of the short branches, mostly 

 in threes, the forks of the inflorescence with short but broad bractlets: 

 calyx-tube turbinate, about 3.5 mm long, 3.5 mm wide at the base of the 

 lobes; calyx-lobes 4, about 1 mm long, 2 mm wide at the base, rounded 

 at the apex; corolla calyptrate, about 1.5 mm in circumference; stamens 

 few for the genus (about 20), the filaments 2-4 mm long, the suborbicular 

 anthers 0.4 mm in diameter ; style 3 nnn long, subulate ; ovary 2-celled : 

 fruit globose, less than 1 cm in diameter, thick-walled, 2-celled. 



A tree attaining a height of 9 m and a trunk-diameter of 30 cm, the 

 branchlets often roughened by the scars of fallen leaves, covered with 

 pinkish-grav or brownish bark: leaves with petioles 1-3 mm long, the 



