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ROBINSON. 



lamina coriaceous, shining on both surfaces but paler beneath, ranging 



in outline from elliptic-lanceolate to oval or obovate, 12— ^-"j mm long. 

 8-15 mm wide, the base acute, the margin revolute, the apex contracted 

 into a short obtuse acumen; primary lateral veins on each side of the 

 midrib 8-12, widely separated considering the shortness of the leaf, minor 

 reticulations i\>\v hut comparatively conspicuous, all somewhat coarse, a 

 definite vein present just within the margin. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Pulog, For. Bur. 18068 (type), t80S6 

 Curran Merriti & Ztchcfcke: Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. 

 8066, 8088 Curran d- Merritt, at elevations from over 2,000 to 2,700 in, the young 

 leaves noted ;is giving a reddish-brown color to the forest. 



Local lmnie, Baltic, Benguet. 



79. Eugenia alvarezii sp. nov. 



Inflorescentiis terminalibus et subterminalibus. brevibus, trichotomis, 

 floribus in ramulorum apicibis confcrtis: calycis tubo turbinato-hemis- 

 pherico, lobis 4, brevibus: petalis liberis; staminibus multis : foliis coria- 

 ceis, supra praesertim nitidis, ellipticis, elliptico-lanceolatis vel oblongis, 

 basi acutis, margine lente revolutis, apice anguste acuminatis; venis 

 utrinque 10-15, baud confertis. 



Inflorescences terminal and subterminal. about 2 cm long, forming a 

 leafy panicle, the sessile white flowers all crowded at the extremities of the 

 main branches : calyx-tube turbinate-hemispheric, 4 mm long, 4 mm wide 

 at the apex, the lobes very short, merely forming an undulate border; 

 petals 4, free, orbicular-ovate, 8.6-3 mm long: stamens numerous, the 

 filaments about 3 mm long, the anthers 0.5 mm long: style subulate, 4 

 mm long, ovary somewhat thick-walled, 8-celled, several-seeded: fruit 

 reddish, slightly exceeding 1 cm in diameter, thick-walled. 2-celled, the 

 seeds immature. 



A tree 20 m high, with a trunk 40 cm in diameter, the branches 

 covered with cinnamon-colored bark: leaves with petioles 3-fi mm long, 

 the lamina coriaceous, the upper surface vitreous-shining, the under 

 somewhat shining but much less so than the upper, elliptic, elliptic- 

 lanceolate, or oblong, 4.5-6 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, the base acute, the 

 margins slightly revolute, the apex rather gradually contracted into a 

 slender acumen not exceeding 1 cm long; primary lateral veins on each 

 side of the midrib 10-15, not at all crowded, raised on both surfaces, 

 their apices forming a submarginal vein as definite as themselves, a faint 

 vein on the extreme margin. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Sapuan, For. Bur, I8.ir,.{ Alvarez (type, flower 

 ing) ; Pauai, For. Bur. 18379 Alvarez (fruit). 

 Local name, Balteak. 



80. Eugenia roseomarginata sp. nov. 



Inflorescentiis terminalibus vel subterminalibus. floribus sessilibus, in 

 4-8-floris capitulis congestis: calycis tubo turbinate, margine undulato; 

 corolla calyptrata: foliis coriaceis, ovatis usque ad oblongis, basi acutis, 

 apice acuminatis; margine rosea; venis utrinque circiter 20. 



