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tely oblong, 43 em.long, 1i em. broad or broader, obtuse at the apex, euneately 
at the base, reaching the petioles which are 8 mm.long, entire, chartaceo- 
coriaceous, rubescent when dried, shining above, pale beneath, costa im- 
pressed above, prominent beneath, margin slightly revolute, lateral veins 
slender, straight reaching the margin, connected by a marginal nerve, petioles 
S8 mm.long, suleate above. Flowers eymose, eymes terminal at the apex of 
branehlets, or axillary, 3em.long, ternately branched, pedicels 5 mm. long, 
braets subulate, bracteoles 2, opposite narrowed 1 mm.long, at the base of 
the ealyx. Calyx elongately obconical, 4 mm.long, 9 mm. broad, articulated 
with pedicels at the base, punetate, narrowed at the base, lobes 4, minutely 
triangular, acute, 2 mm.long, 1 mm. broad.  Petals 4, rounded, 2 mm. long, 
more or less connate in calyptra, soon falling. Stamens 20-25, filaments terete 
3 mm.long, anthers cordate, 1 mm.long. Style simple, 4 mm. long, truncate 
nt the apex, stigmatic. Ovary 2-celle. 
Har. Exact locality is not given. 
"his differs from... sinensis HEwsr. in having acute calyx-lobes, and in 
many other points. 
Eugenia formosana HavaraA Materials for a. Flora of Formosa, p. 115, 
and Ie. Pl. T'ormos. Fase. IL. Pl. XXXVI. Branches slender, glabrous, ashy, 
branelilets opposite. Leaves opposite petiolate, oblong or obovate, 6 em. long 27 
mm. broad, abruptly aeuminate at the apex, or acute, obtuse at the extremity, 
gradually nirowed at the base, eoriaceous, glabrous, shining above, pallid be- 
neath, petioles 12 mm.long. Flowers eymosely panieulate, panicles terminal 
or axillary 5 em.long, 3 em. broad, branches fureate, or ternately branched, 
bracts and  bracteoles minute, flowers shortly pedicellate. Calyx-tube 1 mum. 
long, blade eampanulate, 14 mm.long, 3 mm. in dimmeter, truneate, lobes ob- 
solete. Petals strongly imbricate, orbieular, 2 mm. in diameter, more or less 
connate in ealyptra, deciduous.  Stamens o, many seriate 5 mum. long, fila- 
ments distinet patent. Ovary connate to the calyx-tube, styles 54 mm. long. 
Har. Koshün, Kusukusu. 
Near Zwugenia cymosa Law.; but differs from it by the obovate, but not 
enudate, leaves. "The leaves of Z. eymose are generally oblong. 
Eugenia Jambos LiN.; Marscw. ct HavarA Enum, Pl. Foros. p. 145. 
