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shining, apex rounded to somewhat obtuse, base rounded to dis- 
tinctly cordate; primary lateral nerves slender, scarcely more 
distinct than are the secondary ones and the reticulations, about 
14 on each side of the midrib, rather densely arranged. Inflores- 
cence terminal, 5 to 8 cm long, 4 or 5 primary branches termin- 
ating each branchlet, flower bearing only in the upper part, the 
flowers cymosely arranged, few, in triads on the ultimate branch- 
lets. Flowers sessile, the bracteoles obscure or obsolete. Calyx- 
tube somewhat funnel-shaped, about 4 mm long, in bud obovoid, 
narrowed below, the lobes 4, about 1.5 mm wide and 1 mm long 
or less. Petals orbicular to ovate, 2.5 to 3 mm long, apparently 
ultimately free. 
Luzon, Province of Camarines, Mount Calisuga, For. Bur. 21687 Mi- 
randa, April 24, 1914, in mossy forest at the summit, altitude about 700 
meters. 
A species well characterized by its very thickly coriaceous, sessile leaves 
with rather densely arranged nerves and which are rounded at both ends 
or the base distinctly cordate. It somewhat resembles Eugenia congesta 
Merr., but is quite different in the characters of its leaves and inflorescence. 
EUGENIA PALLIDIFOLIA sp. nov. § Jambosa. 
Arbor glabra, ramis ramulisque teretibus; foliis oppositis, 
oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 11 cm longis, in siccitate pallidis, 
utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, basi acutis, apice acuminatis ; 
nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 8, subtus valde prominentibus ; 
floribus (semper?) terminalibus, solitariis, brevissime pedicel- 
latis, calycis tubo cupulato, circiter 1.5 cm longo, distincte 
4-lobato. 
A glabrous tree, the branches and branchlets slender, terete, 
usually grayish, the branchlets sometimes reddish-brown. Leaves 
opposite, oblong-elliptic, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, 7 to 11 
cm long, 3.5 to 5 cm wide, pale when dry, shining, eglandular, 
the lower surface much paler than the upper, subequally narrowed 
to the acute base and to the rather prominently acuminate apex; 
lateral nerves prominent on the lower surface, distant, about 8 
on each side of the midrib, curved, anastomosing with the equally 
prominent and slightly undulate marginal nerves 3 to 4mm from 
the edge of the leaf, reticulations very slender; petioles 3 to 5 
mm long. Flowers terminal, solitary (always?), rather large, 
very shortly pedicellate, the pedicel subtended by several pairs 
of ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, 1 to 2 mm long scales or bracts. 
Calyx cup-shaped, pale-brown when dry, glandular-punctate, 
about 1.5 cm long and at least as thick, the limb very slightly 
spreading or recurved, and with four rounded lobes wider than 
long, 5 to 6 mm wide, 3 to 4 mm long. Style 2.5 cm long. 
