A PRELIMINARY REVISION OF PHILIPPINE -MVKTACE.E. 307 



Iriron, For. Bur. 8827 Mcrritt. MINDANAO, District of Zamboanga, Port Banga. 

 For. Bur. 9167, 9399 Whitford & Hutchinson. 



For. Bur. 7168, Cuming 958, For. Bur. 11256, For. Bur. 8827, in the order 

 named, form an almost perfect transition series. 



Local names, Malalumbay, Zambales; Macaasin, Tayabas and Camarines; 

 Maladuhat, Camarines; Bansalagun, Mindoro. 



Endemic. 



89. Eugenia striatula sp. nov. 



Inflorescentiis terminalibus rel lateral ibus, cymosis, multifloris, calycis 



tubo turbinate, fere truncate petalis liberis: foliis coriaceis, apice breviter 

 lateque acuminatis, basi acutis, venis utrinque 12-20. 



Cymes widely branching, terminal, axillary, or below the leaves, 6-12 

 cm long, trichotomous, the flowers mostly in threes, sessile or the middle 

 one very short-pedicel led, occasionally single and then appearing pedi- 

 celled, bracteoles ovate, very short, the branches of the inflorescence mostly 

 4-angled with fine longitudinal striae which are more conspicuous 

 throughout the length of the calyx : calyx-tube subtruncate, 7-8 mm long, 

 extending about 3 mm beyond the ovary, about 4.5 mm in diameter at 

 the apex, turbinate or nearly obeonic, becoming a pseudostalk at the base; 

 calyx-lobes every short, rounded, inconspicuous; petals 4, white, free, 

 suborbicular, 4 mm in diameter; stamens numerous, the filaments about 

 1 cm long, the anthers 0.4 mm long, tipped by a somewhat conspicuous 

 gland; style 7 mm long; ovary 2-celled with numerous ovules: fruit blue- 

 black, edible, ovoid, 1 cm long, 7 mm in diameter, 1-celled, or at the apex 

 with a rudiment of the second cell, 1-seeded. 



A tree 8 m high, with a trunk attaining 25 cm in diameter, the terete 

 or nearly terete branches covered with gray bark: leaves with petioles 

 3-6 mm long, the himina coriaceous, ranging in outline from elliptic- 

 lanceolate to obovate, 4-12 cm long, 18-55 mm wide, the upper surface 

 nearly olivaceous, the under surface paler, at the apex forming a short 

 obtuse acumen, the base acute and decurrent upon the petiole; primary 

 lateral veins on each side of the midrib 12-20, usually with a strong 

 intervening vein, the anastomoses quite irregular, with a very definile 

 vein about 1-3 mm from the margin, the margin with faint veins only, 

 or these hardly evident. 



LUZON, Province of Zainbales (probably), Cuming 101 t 6 (type) ; Rio Baquiling, 

 For. Bur. 69SS, 6982 Curran: San Juan, For. Bur. 8235 Curran & Merritt : 

 Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 21.' t 3 Ahcrn's collector. Tbe locality 

 ascribed to Cuming's specimen on the sheet itself is Albay Province, but the num- 

 bers from that province run from 834 to 947, while the localities for those between 

 1,040 and 1,112, both inclusive, are not definitely known. Occasional sheets, none 

 so far as I have seen within these limits, are localized as Zambales, so it is 

 nearly certain that Cuming collected in that province; the series ending in 1,039 

 was from Pangasinan, and that beginning with 1,113 from Ilocos Sur. It would 

 thus be extremely probable that the Zambales series, not otherwise accounted 

 for, embraced the intervening numbers, and the present species is evidence in 

 favor of that view. 



