Frsravary 15, 1909] A ScoRE or New PLANTS 583 
the only Philippine species with truly obovate leaves. Ap- 
parently it falls in the same group with E. sablanensis Elm. and 
E. marivelensis Merr. and one or two other very closely allied 
undescribed forms or species. 
Eugenia robinsoni Elm. n. sp. 
Erect tree, with a 6 dm. thick, rather straight 12 m. 
long bole; branches chiefly toward the top, forming a dense 
elongated crown; twigs smooth, quite numerous. Leaves op- 
posite, scattered, chartaceous, glabrous, shining deep green on 
the upper side, much paler beneath, the tips abruptly recurv- 
ed, the lower side densely and minutely puncticulate, oblong 
to subelliptie, the apex abruptly terminating into a 1.5 cm. long 
caudate point, base mostly acute or obtuse, margins entire, 
the medium blades 7 em. long by 3 cm. wide across the 
middle; petiole at least 1 cm. long, the upper portion grad- 
ually expanding into the blade proper, glabrous; midvein 
prominent, caniculate along the upper side; the lateral ones 
more evident on the lower side, subparallel, ascending, sub- 
marginally united. Inflorescence terminal and profuse, corym- 
bosely paniculate, at least 5 cm. across, glabrous; the main 
and secondary peduncles ascending and branched above the 
middle; pedicels 1 to 9 mm. long, subtended by small decid- 
uous very thick bracts, bearing 1 to 4 sessile and fragrant 
flowers; ealyx turbinate, 4 mm. long, about as wide across 
the top, wrinkled in the dry state, glabrous and occasionally 
distinetly glaucous, terminated by a truncate rim, or in the 
bud state with 4 shallow broadly rounded teeth; corolla snow 
white, 4, rather thick, orbicular to broadly elliptie, falling 
off separately, 4 mm. across; stamens indefinite, at first 
inflexed, ultimately spreading and well interlaced; the fila- 
ments glabrous, inserted upon the calyx rim. unequal in 
length, the longer ones 5 mm. long; anthers broadly elliptic, 
0.33 mm. long, basifixed and frequently subcordate at the base; 
style strict, also glabrous, 4 mm. long, bearing a small termi- 
nal stigma; ovary deeply imbedded in the calyx which termi- 
nates into a thick rim; fruit not known. | 
Type specimen 10050, A. D. E. Elmer, Dumaguete, Cuer- . 
nos Mountains, Province of Negros. Oriental, Megion; May, 
1908. 
