A PRELIMINARY REVISION OF PHILIPPINE MYBTAOELE. 391 



Inflorescences terminal or subterminal, 1-2 cm long, the rachises 



Bilbterete, striate, the bractlets ovate, obtuse, 0.5 mm long, the flowers 

 sessile in heads of 4 to 8, paniculately disposed: buds 3.5-4 mm long; 

 calyx-tube turbinate, 2.5 mm long, 2 mm wide at the apex, the lobes 

 merely forming undulations less than 0.5 mm long, ridge running down 

 the side of the tube corresponding to their most elevated point; corolla 

 calyptrate, 2 mm in diameter; stamens numerous, the filaments not 

 exceeding 2 mm in length, the anthers oblong, 0.3 mm long; style as 

 yet only 1 mm long; ovary somewhat thick-walled, 2-celled, few-ovuled. 



A tree attaining a height of 5 m and a trunk-diameter of 20 cm, its 

 branches covered with gray to pinkish-gray bark: leaves with petioles 

 3-5 mm long, the lamina coriaceous, ovate, oblong, or more usually 

 lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 3.5-8 cm long, 1.8-3.2 cm wide, the 

 base acute or acutely acuminate, usually decurrent, the margin not or 

 barely revolute, the apex obtusely acuminate or caudate, at least the 

 upper surface shining: primary lateral veins on each side of the midrib 

 18-25, usually much more conspicuous than the intervening irregularly- 

 reticulated intervening veins, their apices forming a vein close to the 

 margin, in the intervening space on the upper surface pinkish like the 

 under surface and not showing any veins. 



Luzon, Province of Ilocos Norte, Mount Piao, For. Bur. 1391, 5 (type), 13990 

 Merriit d Darling: Province of Ilocos Sur, Mount Bulagao, For. Bur. 14054 

 Merritt d Darling. 



This species approaches K. slriatula, but the latter is easily distinguished not 

 only by its widely branching inflorescence and free petals, but by its few^r 

 leaf-veins. 



Local name, l'amayausin. Ilocos ]S'orte. 



81. Eugenia perpallida Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. IOC. 

 Syzygium pallidum .Merr. in Bur. Govt, Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 38; 



non Eugenia pallida Berg, in Mart. PI. Bras. 14: 1 231. 



Luzon, Province of Isabel*, Baler, Merrill 1048: Province of Pangasinan, near 

 Eguia, For. Bur. 828// Gurran d Merr it t: Province of Zambales, Subig, Merrill 

 1764, For. Bur. 378, 904 Maule; Selangan, For. Bur. 5924 Gurran; Cauag, For. 

 Bur. 6019 Aguilar; Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. 8258 Gurran d Merriit: Province 

 of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Whitford 1209, For. Bur. 8124 Meyer; Limay, 

 Bur. fc'ct. 6192 Robinson: Province of Batangas, For. Bur. 7689 Gurran: Province 

 of Albay, Manito, For. Bur. 10570 Gurran. LUBANG, For. liur. 12238 Rosenbluth. 

 Negros, Province of Negros Occidental, Gimagaan River, Whitford 1587 (closely 

 allied, but probably distinct) ; Mount Silay. Whitford 1528. 



Local names, Malaruhat na pula, Payetan, Pangasinan; Arinaya, Bignay- 

 maehing, rielan, Malaruhat na )>uti. Zambales; liulog, Negros. 



Endemic. 



82. Eugenia parva comb. nov. 



E. acuminatissima parva Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (DOG) Suppl. 104. 



Luzon, Province of Ilocos Norte, Mount Piao, For. Bur. 13980, 13981 Merriit d 

 Darling: Province of Ilocos Sur, Mount Bulagao, For. Bur. 14029 Merritt d 

 Darling: Province of Zambales, Candelaria, For. Bur. 8247 Gurran d Merritt: 

 Province of Pangasinan, northwest of Baui, For. Bur. 8359 Gurran d Merritt: 

 Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Whitford 1136, 1218: Province of Camari- 

 nes, near Lagonoy, For. liur. 10646 Gurran: Province of Albay, Cuming 861. 



