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gray except the glabrous browu tips. Leaves subchar- 

 taceous, opposite, subelliptic or oblongish, 10 to 15 cm. 

 long by 4 to 6 cm. wide, comparative^ grayish brown 

 beneath when dry, abruptly short acute, broadly obtuse 

 at the base, upon caniculate nearly black petioles less 

 than 1 cm. in length, glabrous, sublucid and deeper green 

 on the upper side; midrib rather prominent beneath, 

 with 5 to 7 ascending nerves on each side and whose 

 tips are much curved, reticulations evident from both 

 sides. Flowers subsessile, glabrous, in small lateral 

 clusters; calyx very short stipulate, thick, the flat cup 

 shaped portion 5 to 8 mm. across; the 4 lobes well sep- 

 arated, thinner, 4 mm. wide, a trifle less in length, 

 very broadly rounded; petals slightly longer and alter- 

 nating with the calyx segments, about as wide, whitish 

 and pellucid glandular, very short clawed; stamens 

 numerous, inserted on the calyx rim, the outer or longer 

 ones 7.5 mm. in length, free; anthers minute; ovary disk 

 flat and glabrous; style terete, fleshy, curved, somewhat 

 longer than the stamens. Fruit usually few clustered 

 upon short gray thick woody stalks, short ellipsoid or 

 subglobose, 2.5 cm. thick, occasionally a trifle oblique, 

 terminated by a calyx rim, longitudinally striate or sub- 

 sulcate, green and hard. 



Type specimen number 18069, A. D. E. Elmer, Los 

 Batios (Mt. Maquiling), Province of Laguna, Luzon, June- 

 July, 1917. In woods or along the edge of the lower 

 forests. 



Closely related to Eugenia rubrovenia C. B. Rob. and 

 to Eugenia agusanensis Elm.., both of which have much 

 smaller flowers and whose leaves have conspicuous sub- 

 marginal veins. 



Eugenia maquilingensis Elm. n. sp. 



A small but stocky tree. Branches numerous, terete, 

 the smooth twig portion turning deep brown while 

 drying. Leaves copious, conduplicate, opposite, scattered, 

 rigidly coriaceous, shining and much deeper green on 

 the upper surface, brown beneath and nearly black above 

 on the dry specimens, glabrous, subelliptic to oblong, 

 up to 10 cm. long by 4 cm. wide across the middle, 

 abruptly caudate, base broadly obtuse to obtusely rounded, 

 upon 5 to 8 mm. long petioles; midrib dark brown, 

 conspicuous, the 8 to 12 lateral nerves on each side 

 form a submarginal vein 3 mm. below the leaf edge, 

 reticulations evident. Inflorescence terminal, usually 

 shorter than the leaves, riged, glabrous, usually with 



