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contracted apex forming, sometimes barely, an obtuse acumen attaining 
a length of 15 mm, the under surface of young leaves with a few hairs, 
soon glabrous; all veins very slender and with the exception of those of 
the youngest leaves difficult to count, usually only the three basal pairs 
conspicuous, the uppermost of these pairs forming the main submarginal 
vein, the more apical veins nearly obsolete, or other leaves showing traces 
of 3—5 others. 
Luzon, Province of Pampanga, Mount Arayat, Loher 21/75 (type), distributed 
as Decaspermum paniculatum : Province of Nueva Ecija, Cuming 1388, an ex- 
cellent match. 
3. Eugenia pasacaensis sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbuscula : fioribus axillaribus terminalibusque, saepius 
solitariis, mediocriter pedicellatis, bracteatis; calycis tubo turbinato; caly- 
cis lobis 4, oblongo-orbicularibus, nrox patentibus vel reflexis; petalis 4, 
liberis; disco pubescente ; staminibus numerosis : foliis subcoriaceis, lance- 
olatis vel elliptico-lanceolatis, basi acutis, apice obtuse acunrinatis; venis 
utrinque 7 vel 8, teneris, marginem baud attingentibus. 
Flowers white, fragrant, axillary or terminal, solitary or in fascicles of 
2 or 3, the pedicels 5-12 mm long, their bases sometimes united for a 
short distance, puberulent; the 2 bracteoles at the base of the flower 
1-1.2 mm long, oval, obtuse, shortly villose; calyx-tube turbinate or 
subcampanulate, 2 mm long, 3 mm in diameter at the base of the lobes, 
1.3 mm in diameter at its base, puberulent; calyx-lobes 4, spreading or 
reflexed, persistent, oblong-orbicular, 27—3.3 mm long, and with the same 
range of width, though some are longer than wide and others wider than 
long, eiliate, the apices rounded; petals 4, free, broadly oblong, obtuse, 
6 mm long, 3 mm wide; both calyx-lobes and petals veined, densely 
glandular ; disk as broad as the calyx-tube, pubescent ; stamens numerous, 
the filaments 3-4 mm long, minutely puberulent, anthers 0.5 mm long, 
the connectives glabrous; style 6 mm long; ovary 2-celled, several-ovuled. 
A small tree or shrub 7 m high, with a stem 10 cm in diameter, the 
branches covered with gray or light-brown bark, the branchlets glandular 
and often pubescent, the vegetative parts otherwise glabrous ; leaves with 
petioles 1-2 mm long, the lamina subcoriaceous, lanceolate or elliptic- 
lanceolate, 3-5 cm long, 14-22 mm wide, the base acute, the margin 
revolute, the apex forming an obtuse acumen 4-7 mm long, densely but 
not very conspicuously glandular on the under surface; primary lateral 
veins on each side of the midrib 7 or 8, often somewhat obscure, the 
second from the base forming a definite vein 1-2 mm from the margin. 
Luzon, Province of Camarines, Pasacao, For. Bur. 10487 Curran, growing on 
limestone cliffs along the beach at an elevation of 100 m. 
This species is so close to E. bracteata Roxb., that if niv only knowledge of that 
species were obtained from its descriptions, it would be impossible to separate it. 
There is, however, in this herbarium, a Ceylon specimen of E. bracteata. Thwaites 
1588. and it shows not only a difference in the color of the pubescence, and longer 
and narrower bracteoles, but the leaf-venation is very different, that of the Ceylon 
