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shining, about 8 mm long excluding the basal appendage which 

 is conical in shape and about 3.5 mm long. 



Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, Mount Camates, Bur. ScL 

 38601 Ramos & Edano, July 14, 1920. In dry forests, altitude 

 about 1,100 meters. 



This species is probably most closely allied to Aquilaria ma- 

 laccensis Lam. from which it is readily distinguished by its apicu- 

 late and retuse capsules and by characters of its inflorescences 

 and flowers. 



MYRTACEAE 



EUGENIA Linnaeus 

 EUGENIA MIRABILIS sp. nov. § Jambosa. 



Arbor parva, glabra, ramulis valde incrassatis, usque ad 2 

 cm diametro; foliis verticillatis, sessilibus, oblanceolatis, co- 

 riaceis, usque ad 70 cm longis, deorsum valde angustatis, basi 

 obtusis, nervis utrinque circiter 30, valde perspicuis; floribus 

 caulinis, fasciculatis, sessilibus, 4-meris, calycis infundibuli- 

 formibus, circiter 1 cm longis, lobis orbiculari-reniformibus, cir- 

 citer 8 mm diametro; filamentis usque ad 3.5 cm longis. 



A glabrous shrub or small tree about 4 m high, the ultimate 

 branches thick, somewhat angled, up to 2 cm in diameter. Leaves 

 sessile, verticillate, in whorls of 4 or 5, oblong-oblanceolate, 

 coriaceous, 60 to 70 cm long, 10 to 12 cm wide, smooth, brownish 

 or olivaceous on the upper surface when dry, the lower surface 

 pale, apex acute or acuminate, gradually narrowed to the abruptly 

 obtuse base, the basal portion of the leaves 2.5 to 3 cm wide, 

 the midrib very prominent on the lower surface and usually about 

 5 mm in diameter; lateral nerves about 30 on each side of the 

 midrib, rather distant, very prominent, anastomosing 5 to 10 

 mm from the margin with the equally prominent, somewhat 

 arched marginal nerves, the reticulations rather lax, not prom- 

 inent. Flowers white, sessile, in fascicles or 5 or 6 on small 

 tubercles along the trunks, the buds oblong-ovoid. Calyx about 

 1 cm long, funnel-shaped, the throat about 1 cm in diameter, 

 lobes orbicular-reniform, about 8 mm in diameter; filaments 

 slender, up to 3.5 cm long. 



Mindanao, Zamboanga District, Malangas, Bur, Sci. 36772 

 (type) , 37238, 373h7 Ramos & Edano, October, 1919. In forests 

 at low altitudes, locally known as culodlab and as gulodlab. 



A remarkable species, at once distinguished by its greatly 

 elongated, oblanceolate, sessile, verticillate leaves and by its ses- 



