314 MERRILL. 



with longer filaments than the five alternate with the lobes, all 

 inserted with the scales, not below them, the scales 10, oblong, 

 ciliate, alternating with the filaments, about 1 mm long. Ovary 

 ovoid, 2-celled, slightly pubescent; style 1 mm long. Capsule 

 narrowly obovoid, 2-valved, more or less compressed, 1.2 to 1.5 

 long, the seed pubescent, including the projecting ends, about 1 

 cm long. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Abulug River, Bur. Sci. 13862 Ramos 

 (type), For. Bur. 19562 Curran, January, 1912; Pamplona, Bur. Sci. 7U89 

 Ramos, March, 1909, distributed as G. cumingiana Decne. 



A species in vegetative characters closely resembling Gyrinopsis cuming- 

 iana Decne., but w^ith entirely different flowers. In floral characters it 

 approaches the genus Aquilaria, and appears to be more or less inter- 

 mediate between Gyrinopsis and Aquilaria. In consideration of its axillary 

 inflorescence, and in its having 10 scales at the throat instead of five, I 

 have referred it to the former genus. In structure the flower appears to 

 differ a little from both genera cited above in that the stamens are inserted 

 with and alternate with the scales, not below them. 



MYRTACE^. 



EUGENIA L. 

 EUGENIA CAMIGUINENSIS sp. nov. § Syzygium. 



Species E. densinerviae Merr. simillima et valde affinis, differt 

 foliis minoribus, floribus brevioribus. 



A glabrous tree about 8 m high, the branches terete, light-gray, 

 the ultimate ones 3 to 4 mm thick. Leaves elliptic to elliptic- 

 obovate, thickly coriaceous, 8 to 11 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, some- 

 what shining when dry, the lower surface glandular-punctate, 

 a little paler than the upper one, the apex broad, rounded or very 

 broadly and obtusely acuminate, the base acute; nerves dense, 

 slender, indistinct, parallel, 25 to 30 on each side of the midrib, 

 anastomosing into a very obscure submarginal nerve; petioles 

 stout, 5 to 7 mm long. Inflorescence terminal, corymbose, many 

 flowered, peduncled, or branched from the base, the branches 

 trichotomous, the whole inflorescence up to 8 cm long, 7 to 13 

 cm in diameter. Ultimate branchlets short, densely arranged, 

 the flowers in threes, subsessile, each subtended by a pair 

 of ovate, concave, stiff, rounded bracteoles 1.5 mm long, the 

 bracts similar, a little larger. Buds 6 to 7 mm long, narrowly 

 obovoid to broadly club-shaped. Calyx about 5 mm long, 3 mm 

 wide at the apex, obscurely 4-toothed. Petals calyptrate. 



Camiguin de Mindanao, in forests near the summit of Mount Mahinog, 

 Phil. PI. 117.5 Ramos, April, 1912. 



