400 ROBINSON. 



of the lobes, projecting about 3 mm beyond the ovary; calyx-lobes 1, 

 rounded, 1-1.5 mm long, 2-3.5 mm wide; petals free or apparently 

 sometimes calvptrate, white, suborbicular, 5 mm in diameter; disk 

 evident: stamens numerous, the filaments 7-14 mm long, the anthers 

 about 0.5 mm Long; style slightly exceeding 1 cm in Length; ovary 

 8-celled. 



A tree 15-20 m high, with a trunk 50-75 em in diameter, the branches 

 and branchleta -1 -angled and sometimes slightly winged, with gray or 

 purplish bark : leaves wiih petioles about 5 mm long, or less often subses- 

 iile, the lamina subcoriaceous, oblanceolate or elliptic, 6-20 cm long. 

 4-7.5 cm wide, the base acuminate and shallowly cordate, the apex some- 

 what abruptly contracted into a short obtuse acumen; lateral veins on 

 each side of the midrib 14-18, forming a definite submarginal vein. 



Luzon, Province of Laguna, near Cavinti, For. Bur. 10163 Gurran: Province 

 of Tayabas, Lnehan, Elmer 8233, 0233: Province of Camarines, Pasacao, Ahem 

 203: Province of Sorsogon, Sorsogon, For. Bur. 10521 Gurran (type). 



This and the allied species seem closely related to Eugenia polycepkalc Miq.. 

 but do not apear to be identical with it. 



Local names, Balasuf/aii. Cagayan; Lapotc, Laguna; Baleyan, Sorsogon; 

 Maigang, Leyte. 



95. Eugenia oblanceolata sp. nov. 



Inllorescentiis cymoso-paniculatis, axillaribus vel terminalibus, floribus 

 sessilibus, tetrameris; calycis tubo subhemispherico, staminibus brevibus: 

 foliis Bubcoriaceis, oblanceolatis vel late oblanceolatis, acuminatis, basi 

 saepissime cordatis rarius obtusis, magnis; veins ufrinque 10-25. 



Inflorescence eymose-panieulate, about 6 cm long, the rachis and its 

 branches stout, 4-angled, subtended by bracts attaining 7 mm in length 

 bul often shorter, the individual flowers sessile, their bractlets 4, con- 

 spicuous, oval or nearly orbicular, 2-3 mm long: calyx-tube nearly hemi- 

 spherical, I nun long, 3-5 mm in diameter at the base of the lobes. 

 extending 2-3 mm beyond the ovary; calyx-lobes 4, 0.7-0.8 mm long, 

 1.5-2 nun wide, their apices rounded or truncate; petals falling calyp- 

 i lately, the cap about 3 mm in diameter, about 1 mm in vertical height; 

 stamens numerous, the filaments 2-4 mm long, the anthers about 0.4 mm 

 long; style 0-7 mm long, tapering; ovary 2-celled. 



A tree about 10 m high, with a trunk 17.5 cm in diameter, its ultimate 

 branches 4-angled and often narrowly winged, with brownish or purplish 

 bark when dry: leaves sessile or subsessile, the lamina subcoriaceous, 

 oblanceolate or broadly oblanceolate, the youngest excepted 16-32 cm 

 long, 0-11 cm wide, acuminate at both extremities, at the base often 

 for one-third the length of the leaf, shortly and obtusely at the apex, the 

 base auriculate or merely obtuse; lateral veins 10-25, less distinct toward 

 the extremes, crowded near the base, the midvein strongly developed and 

 projecting; finer venation evident but not conspicuous. 



Samar, (probably), Curving 1616 (type). MINDANAO, District of Davao, Santa 

 Cruz, Williams 2862. 



