A PRELIMINARY REVISION OF PHILIPPINE MYRTACEJE. 347 
plant most closely approaching among Philippine species that of the otherwise 
very different E. rnimica, while the leaves (except in size) and the venation of 
E. pasacaensis are similar to those of E. bordenii and E. robertii, whose affinities 
are also very different. To those who have no Philippine material for comparison, 
it may suffice to call attention to the position of the submarginal vein. 
4. Eugenia d i plycosifol ia sp. nov. 
Floribus axillaribus vel terminalibus, solitariis vel duo bus vel tribus 
in pedunculo sessilibus; peduneulis, bracteis, bracteolis, calycibus, et 
novellis incano-villosis : calycis tubo turbinato ; calycis lobis 4, ovatis ; 
petalis 4, liberis, omnibus conspicue glandulosis; staminibus paucis; foliis 
breviter petiolatis, coriaeeis, ovalibus, obovatis, vel orbieularibus, basi 
acutis, apice breviter obtuseque acuminatis, venis utrinque 5-8. 
Flowers terminal or in the upper axils, borne singly or in pairs or 
threes upon peduncles 7-11 mm long, the bracts at the base of the 
peduncle oval, 3.5 mm long, obtuse; when three flowers in a head, the 
two lateral with 3 bracteoles each, the anterior bracteole lanceolate, 2 
mm long, the lateral ones shorter and narrower, the central flower 
ebracteolate, when flowers solitary or paired bracteoles as in lateral flowers 
of a triad ; bracts, peduncles, bracteoles, and calyx wliite-villose and with 
the exception of the peduncles but including the petals densely pellucid- 
punctate : calyx-tube turbinate, 2.5 mm long, 2 mm in diameter at the 
base of the lobes ; calyx-lobes 4, slightly less than 2 mm long, obtuse ; 
petals 4, yellow, free, suborbicular with a basal claw, 3 mm long, 3-nerved 
with lateral branches, glabrous; disk of the diameter of the apex of the 
calyx-tube, glabrous; stamens 20-25, biseriate, the filaments 3—4 mm 
long, the anthers 0.3 mm long; style about 6 mm long; ovary 2-celled, 
or 3-celled, with several ovules. 
A shrub 3 m high, its stems about 2 cm in diameter, the bark deciduous, 
that of the younger branches light-brown, densely covered with dark- 
brown glandular tubercles, the youngest shoots hoary-pubescent, vegetative 
parts otherwise glabrous, leaves with petioles 1-2.5 mm long, the lamina 
coriaceous, oval, obovate, or orbicular, 17—22 mm long, 10-15 mm wide,\ 
the base acutely acuminate, the margin revolute, the apex forming a 
very short and obtuse acumen, the under surface very densely covered 
with brown glands; primary lateral veins on each side -of the midrib 
5-8, but homologous veins irregular as regards meeting the submarginal 
vein or not, the submarginal vein definite from base, sometimes prolonged 
upon the petiole. 
Luzo.v, Province of Bontoc, Talubin-Barlig trail. For. Bur. 13J/08 Kleme, in 
dense forest at an elevation of 1,600 m. 
Closely allied to E. mabaeokles Wight, from which, however, it differs in 
several particulars. Copeland 1186, Mount Apo. Mindanao, and an unnumbered 
specimen collected by H. N. Whitford on Mount Silay, Negros, cospecific with one 
another, are very closely allied to E. diplycosifolia, but probably distinct. One 
specimen is in early fruit, the other sterile, and a final opinion can not be given 
until more material is obtained. 
Local name, Titimi, Ig. 
