x, c, 3 Merrill: New Species of Eugenia 215 
A species belonging in the group with Eugenia zeylanica Wight and very 
closely allied to Eugenia nitidissima Merr., from which it differs in its 
oblong, not lanceolate leaves which are obtuse or merely acute, not at all 
acuminate; in Eugenia nitidissima Merr. the leaves are lanceolate and 
prominently caudate-acuminate. 
EUGENIA PAUCIPUNCTATA sp. nov. § Syzygium. 
Arbor glabra, 12 ad 15 m alta, ramis ramulisque teretibus; 
foliis oppositis, petiolatis, coriaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 7 
cm longis, nitidis, in siccitate supra brunneis vel olivaceo-brun- 
neis subtus pallidioribus, paucipunctatis, utrinque subaequaliter 
angustatis, basi acutis, apice acute subcaudato-acuminatis ; ner- 
vis lateralibus tenuibus, dense dispositis, subtus distinctis, utrin- 
que 20 ad 25; inflorescentiis terminalibus, paniculatis, 4 ad 5 
cm longis, floribus sessilibus in ramulis ultimis plus minusve 
confertis; calycibus infundibuliformibus, circiter 4 mm longis, 
truncatis. 
A glabrous tree 12 to 15 m high, the branches and branchlets 
terete, pale-brown in color, the ultimate ones 1 to 2 mm in 
diameter. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic, coriaceous, 5 to 7 
cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, brownish or olivaceous-brownish 
when dry, the lower surface more greenish and slightly paler, 
upper surface eglandular, the lower with scattered distinct 
glands, subequally narrowed to the acute base and to the usually 
caudate-acuminate apex, the acumen sharp or blunt, 1 to 1.5 
cm long; lateral nerves slender but distinct on the lower surface, 
brownish, densely arranged, 20 to 25 on each side of the midrib, 
the primary ones scarcely more distinct than the secondary ones 
and the reticulations, anastomosing and forming a submarginal 
nerve about 1 mm from the edge of the leaf ; petioles reddish- 
brown, about 7 mm long. Panicles terminal, 4 to 5 cm long, the 
branches rather stout, rigid, spreading. Flowers sessile and 
somewhat crowded in triads at the apices of the ultimate branch- 
lets, the subtending bracteoles obsolete or very small. Calyx 
purple when fresh, about 4 mm long, 3 mm in diameter at the 
mouth, somewhat funnel-shaped, truncate, with no vestiges of 
teeth or lobes, the limb slightly spreading in anthesis. Calyptra 
about 3 mm in diameter. Stamens numerous, 4 to 6 mm long. 
Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, near Baguio, Phil. PI. 1709 Merrill, May 
16, 1914, in thickets about limestone cliffs and boulders, altitude about 
1,300 meters. 
The type number of this species was distributed as Eugenia calcicola 
Merr., a species typified by Merrill 9746 from the same locality and habitat. 
While somewhat resembling Eugenia calcicola Merr. in facies, the present 
species is entirely different in details, and belongs in the alliance with 
Eugenia ugoensis C. B. Rob. 
