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84. Eugenia astronioides sp. nov. 



Infloreecentiis paniculato-cymosis, floribus sessilibus. saepissime in 



triadibus dispositis; parvis: calyces tubo turbinate, lobifl 4, brevibus, 

 rotundatis; corolla calyptrata; staminibus numerosis; ovario biloculari: 

 foliis ehartaceis, oblongis vel elliptico-lanceolatis, basi acutis, apice anguste 

 acuminatis; venis utrinque circiter 12, laterale ab margine remota. 



Inflorescences terminal, tbc individual flowers in triads, or beneath the 

 apex sometimes single, the triads forming lax panicles 2-4 cm long, the 

 sessile flowers subtended by a pair of ovate obtuse fleshy .braeteoles 0.5 

 mm long: calyx-tube turbinate, terete or distinctly angled, 2-2.5 mm 

 long, 1.5-2 mm wide just below the apex, the apex often slightly incurved; 

 calyx-lobes 4, about 0.3 mm long, rounded; corolla calyptrate, about 1.5 

 mm in diameter; staminal-disk not projecting; stamens numerous, the 

 filaments 1-2 mm long, the anthers 0.3-0.4 mm long; style 1.5 mm long; 

 ovary 2-celled, few-ovuled. 



A tree or shrub, attaining a height of 10 m, and a trunk-diameter of 30 

 cm, its terete branches covered with gray or pinkisli-gray bark: leaves 

 with petioles 1-4 mm long, the lamina chartaceous or submembranaceous, 

 oblong, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, (i-12 cm long, 1.5-3 cm 

 wide, the base acute and decurrent, the margin somewhat revolute, the 

 apex gradually narrowed and forming a slender obtuse or subacute acumen 

 1-1.5 cm long; primary lateral veins on each side of the midrib 10-13, ' 

 slender, much more conspicuous on the under surface, the intervening 

 veins only rarely prominent, the apices forming a lateral vein usually 

 one-fourth of the distance from the margin to the midrib. 



LtrZOW, Province of Cagayan, growing at elevations of 150-300 m above the 

 sea, For. Bur. 18457, IS',67 (type) Alvarez; Missiones River, For. Bur. 17194 

 Curran. AH specimens were collected on March 3, 1909, and the flowers, described 

 as green and odorless, but pinkish when dry, are slightly immature. It is very 

 distinct from any other Philippine species, the leaves resembling those of E. 

 miuianquil, which is not at all closely allied, and the whole aspect of the plant, 

 as seen on a herbarium sheet, suggesting rather indistinctly Astronia cumingiana. 



Local names, Sudsod, Guisgues. 



85. Eugenia costulata sp. nov. 



E. einnamomca Merr. in Philip. Jour. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 104, pro parte, non 

 Yidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1880) 173. 



Tnflorescentiis terminalibus vel subterininalibus, divaricato-cymosis, 

 floribus sessilibus: calyce turbinate, lobis parvis, calyce fructibusque 

 >aepe etiam corolla 4-costatis: foliis petiolatis, ellipticis vel lanceolato- 

 ellipticis, basi acutis, apice acuminatis; venis utrinque 8-12. 



Cymes terminal or in the axils of the upper leaves, 4-10 cm long, 

 forking trichotomously, often at the base, all of its branches slender at 

 anthesis, thickened in fruit, acutely 4-angled, the individual flowers 

 usually in threes, sessile, a pair of ovate obtuse bracteoles 0.5 mm long 

 subtending the forks of the inflorescence and the flowers : buds about 5.5 

 mm long, flowers attaining at least 1 cm in length ; calyx 4.5-5 mm long, 



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