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sile, fascicled flowers which are borne on small tubercles on 

 the trunks. 



EUGENIA LANCILIMBA sp. nov. § Jambosa. 



Frutex erectus glaber, ramis ramulisque teretibus, ramulis 

 sulcatis; foliis oppositis, lanceolatis, subcoriaceis, 14 ad 20 cm 

 longis, 2 ad 3.5 cm latis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, basi 

 cuneatis, apice acuminatis, subtus perspicue glanduloso-punc- 

 tatis, nervis utrinque circiter 20, tenuibus; cymis solitariis vel 

 fasciculatis, plerumque e axillis defoliatis, 4 ad 6 cm longis, 

 breviter pedunculatis vel e basi ramosis, laxis, ramis plerumque 

 3-floris, floribus omnibus pedicellatis, calycis tubo circiter 1 cm 

 longo, cuneato, lobis 4, petalis circiter 1 cm diametro, staminibus 

 circiter 2 cm longis, fructibus junioribus urceolatis. 



An erect glabrous shrub 2 to 3 m high, the branches and 

 branchlets terete, the former pale gray, the latter reddish brown 

 and 3 to 4 mm in diameter. Leaves lanceolate, opposite, subco- 

 riaceous, olivaceous and scarcely shining when dry, 14 to 20 cm 

 long, 2 to 3.5 cm wide, subequally narrowed to the cuneate 

 base and to the somewhat acuminate apex, the lower surface 

 slightly paler than the upper and it and also often the upper 

 surface conspicuously glandular-punctate, the midrib strongly 

 impressed on the upper surface, prominent on the lower sur- 

 face ; lateral nerves slender, about 20 on each side of the midrib, 

 anastomosing with the equally slender marginal nerves 1 to 

 2 mm from the edge of the leaf; petioles reddish brown, 10 to 

 14 mm long. Cymes mostly from the axils of fallen leaves, 

 solitary or fascicled, shortly peduncled, 4 to 6 cm long, few- 

 flowered, the ultimate branches for the most part 3-flowered, 

 the axis and branches distinctly glandular-punctate. Flowers 

 4-merous, white, their pedicels 7 to 10 mm long. Calyx tube 

 about 1 cm long, terete, cuneate, the throat 5 to 7 mm in diam- 

 eter, the lobes broadly rounded, persistent, and conspicuously 

 glandular-punctate. Petals about 1 cm in diameter, very con- 

 spicuously glandular-punctate. Stamens numerous, about 2 mm 

 long, white. Immature fruits distinctly urceolate. 



Mindanao, Zamboanga District, Malangas, Bur, Sci. 3693U 

 (type) 36935 Ramos & Edano, November, 1919. On river banks 

 at low altitudes, apparently in situations subject to sudden over- 

 flows ; locally known as salimbangon. 



A remarkably distinct species well characterized by its con- 

 spicuously glandular-punctate, elongated, lanceolate leaves, and 



