398 K0B1NS0N. 



90. Eugenia robinsonii Elmer Leafl. Philip. Bot. (1909) 583. 

 Inflorescentiis terminalibus vel subtcrminalibus, paniculato-eorymbosis, 



rhachide ramisque admodum crassis, ramulis ultimia brevissimis, 1-4 

 (saepissime 3) flores sessiles gerentibuB: calycis tubo turbinate, truncate 

 vel brevissime 4-lobato; petalis 4, liberis; staminibus numerosis. Arbor, 

 foli is mediocriter petiolatis, chartaceis, ellipticis vel oblongis, basi acute 

 acuminatis de<!Urrentibu8que, apice angoste acuminatis; renis utrinque 

 15-20. 



Negkos, Province of Negros Oriental, Dumaguete, Cuernos Mountains, Elmer 

 10050. 



This closely approaches E. benthamii, and may ultimately prove to he con- 

 nected; at present, it seems to he well separated from typical specimens of that 

 species hy its much closer venal ion, but certain intermediates bring the two very 

 near one another. 



91. Eugenia brittoniana sp. nov. 



Inllorescentiis terminalibus vel subterminalibus, floribus saepissime 

 Besailibus in triadibus vel sub apice solitariis et breviter pedicellatis, race- 

 mose vel paniculatim dispositis, calycis tubo turbinate-, margine superiore 

 undulato vel truncato; corolla calyptrata: foliis coriaceis, ellipticis vel 

 oblongis, basi acute acuminatis, apice acuminatis; venis utrinque 10-12. 



Inflorescences terminal and in the upper axils, the outline of the 

 peduncles and the apices of the flowers nearly a square; the white flowers 

 at the tips of the quadrangular branches sessile in threes, below the apices 

 often solitary and shortly pedicelled, individual inflorescences 2.5-4 cm 

 long, broad but very short bracteoles present at the articulations : calyx- 

 tube turbinate, 4-5 mm long, 4-5 mm in diameter at the apex and 1-1.5 

 mm at the base, extending 3 mm beyond the ovary; its apex forming 

 shallow undulations or truncate; corolla calyptrate; stamens numerous, 

 the filaments 4-6 mm long, the anthers 0.3 mm long: style 7 mm long; 

 ovary thick- walled, 2-celled, few-ovuled. 



A tree attaining a height of 10 m with a trunk-diameter of 15 cm, its 

 branches covered with gray or mottled gray and dark-brown bark : leaves 

 with petioles 5-8 mm long, the lamina coriaceous, elliptic, oblong, or 

 nearly oval, 4.5-8 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, the base acutely acuminate and 

 somewhat decurrent, the margin slightly recurved, the apex forming an 

 obtuse acumen 5-10 mm long; primary lateral veins on each side of the 

 midrib 10-12, purplish, the intervening veins few but fairly conspicuous, 

 snbmarginal vein definite but often irregular, when irregular the sub- 

 marginal vein of the* basal half of the leaf continuing beyond that point 

 as a faint outer vein, but sending a stronger reticulation to a vein formed 

 by the third or fourth lateral vein which is the true snbmarginal vein in 

 the upper half of the leaf. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, William* 1461, l',GJ t (type). Named 

 for Or. N. L. Britton, of the N. Y. Botanical Garden, under whose direction 

 Mr. Williams's trip was undertaken and the writer began his study of Philippine 

 botany. 



