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in ramulis ultimis solitaries, basi bracteolis 2 crasse coriaceis 
1 mm longis persistentibus suft'ultis; calycis tubo 5 mm longo, 
truncato vel obscurissime late 4-lobato, cleorsum angustato. 
A shrub 1 to 4 m high, entirely glabrous, the branches and 
branchletes slender, terete, reddish-brown. Leaves opposite, 
coriaceous, oblong-obovate to broadly oblong-oblanceolate, 5 to 
9 cm long, 1.5 to 3.2 cm wide, eglandular, apex rounded, obtuse, 
or very broadly, shortly, and obtusely acuminate, base gradually 
narrowed, cuneate, margins slightly recurved, shining on both 
surfaces, the upper surface olivaceous, the lower much paler; 
primary lateral nerves about 15 on each side of the midrib, 
slender, obscure, straight, scarcely more prominent than are 
the secondary nerves and the reticulations, rather densely dis- 
posed, more distinct on the upper than on the lower surface; 
petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Cymes terminal or in the uppermost 
axils, up to 6 cm long, few-flowered, mostly 2- or 3-branched, 
narrow, the flowers solitary on the ultimate branchlets, the ulti- 
mate branchlets in pairs or in threes and about 3 mm long. 
Bracteoles subtending the flowers thickly coriaceous, persistent, 
ovate, concave, obtuse, about 1 mm long. Calyx narrowly 
funnel-shaped, about 5 mm long, 3 mm in diameter at the apex, 
gradually narrowed to the base, tinged with purple when fresh, 
truncate or with four very broad obscure lobes. Petals and 
stamens white, the petals united into a calyptra about 2.7 mm 
in diameter. Stamens numerous. 
Palawan, Malampaya Bay, Mount Capoas, Merrill 9\9S, April 21, 1913, 
forming dense thickets on exposed wind-swept ridges in the mossy forest 
at the summit of the mountain, altitude about 1,000 meters. 
The alliance of this species is with Eugenia densinervia and E. sabla- 
naiisis, but it is entirely different from both in its appearance and in its 
vegetative and floral characters. Its eglandular leaves at once distinguish 
it from Eugenia crassibracteata Merr. 
EUGENIA CRASSIBRACTEATA sp. nov. § Syzygium. 
Species E. densinerviae Merr. affinis, differt foliis multo bre- 
vioribus, oblongo-ellipticis ad oblongo-oblanceolatis, haud 7 cm 
longis, subtus minute glanduloso-puncticulatis. 
A tree about 7 m high, entirely glabrous. Branches terete, 
brownish, the branchlets somewhat olivaceous or brownish, 
terete, or very obscurely angled. Leaves opposite, brown and 
shining when dry, oblong-elliptic to oblong-oblanceolate, 4 to 
6 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, apex acute or shortly and obscurely 
acuminate, base acute, the margins recurved; lateral nerves 
numerous, very slender, primary not more distinct than the 
secondary ones, sometimes nearly obsolete; petioles 5 mm long 
