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terete. Leaves 8 to 13 cm. long, 3 to 6 cm. wide, the base cuneate, the 

 apex usually short, broad, blunt-acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous, shining, 

 light brown above, pale and with few small scattered dark glands beneath ; 

 nerves obscure, 10 to 12 on each side of the midrib, irregular, anastomosing 

 and forming a faint marginal nerve, the secondary nerves nearly as prom- 

 inent as the primary; petioles stout, about 3 mm. long. Panicles 4 to 

 6 cm. long, densely flowered, the branches stout, spreading, the lower ones 

 3 cm. long or less. Flowers white, sessile or nearly so, the buds obovoid. 

 CaljTC funnel shaped, 1 cm. long, 5 to G mm. thick above, the lobes reniform, 

 glandular punctate, 5 to 6 mm. long, spreading. Petals 4, free, broadly 

 ovate, 8 to 9 mm. long, glandular-punctate. Stamens many, 1 cm. long, 

 the anthers 0.7 mm. long. Style 1.5 cm. long. Fruit globose, 1.5 cm. in 

 diameter, cro^vned by the calyx lobes. 



Specimens examined, all from Luzon: Province of Bataan, Lamao River 

 (633, 644, 690, 691, 1206, 1208, 1630, 1736 Borden), April to August, 1904; 

 (328 (type), 492, 497, 540 Barnes, same locality; (302 Whitford), same 

 locality; Province of Rizal (393, 2434 Ahern's collector). 



A large tree with light gray bark, growing in the lower hill forests very 

 common at Lamao River. 



Eugenia lobas Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 1, 857. 1837. Eugenia cauliflora 

 Blanco, ed. 2, 291. 1845 (err. typ. canliflora) ; ed. 3, 2:177; F.-VilL 

 Nov. App. 86. 1880, not Jamhosa cauliflora DC. § Jamhosa. 



A tree reaching a height of 20 m., with elliptical-oblong to lanceolate- 

 oblong few nerved leaves 10 cm. long or less, tlie flowers in 3 to 5 flowered 

 cymes, arranged is small or very large fascicles on the trunk and larger 

 branches. Branches light gray to grayish red, glabrous, leaves 7 to 10 cm. 

 long, 2 to 5 cm. wide, pellucid-punctate, the apex acuminate, the base acute, 

 glabrous and shining on both surfaces; nerves 6 to 8 on each side of the 

 midrib, distant, rather prominent beneath, anastomosing and forming a 

 rather prominent marginal nerve, the reticulations lax, not prominent; 

 petioles glabrous, about 4 mm. long. Cymes 2 to 5 cm. long, glabrous, borne 

 on nodules throughout the length of th'e trunk, the pedicels 6 mm. long or 

 less. Flowers white or pink, the buds obovoid. Calyx funnel shaped, about 8 

 mm. long, the lobes spreading, reniform. Petals 4, free, not cohering, 

 orbicular, about 5 mm. in diameter, strongly glandular punctate. Stamens 

 many; filaments about 6 mm. long; anthers 0.4 mm. long. Fruit ovoid, 

 about 4 cm. long, when mature, very fleshy, acid, crimson. 



Specimens examined, Luzon: Province of Tayabas, Atimonan (3995 

 Merrill), March, 1905 (flower); Guinayangan (837 Hagger), May, 1904 

 (sterile). Province of Camarines, Pasacao (187 Ahem), January, 1902 

 (sterile). Province of Pampanga, Mount Arayat (112 Bolster), May, 1905 

 (fruit). Mindanao, District of Davao (504 Copeland), March, 1904 

 ( flowers ) . 



A very distinct species, there being no doubt as to the identity of Blanco's 

 species with the form here described. It is well characterized by its 

 cauline inflorescence, and rather large, crimson, very fleshy, acid fruits. 

 Blanco states that he saw specimens cultivated in Manila, and that the 

 natives called the tree Lolas. I have been unable to find it in the city and 



