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ROBINSON. 
5. Eugenia bataanensis Merr. Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 Suppl. (1906) 104. 
Jambosa bataanensis Merr. Bur. Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 1 7 (1904) 36. 
Luzon. Province of Cagayan. Claveria. Bur. Sci. 7367 Ramos: Province of 
Pampanga, Mount Arayat, Merrill 3932, 50V/. For. Bur. 12308 Maule: Province 
of Bulacan, For. Bur. 7 1/52 Curran: Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Lamao 
River, Merrill 3761, Elmer 6807, Williams 729, For. Bur. 177 Barnes, For. Bur. 
2083, 2386 Borden, For. Bur. 21/07, 2765, Meyer: Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, 
For. Bur. 26S6 Ahern’s collector, Bur. Sci. 2078 Ramos: Province of Tayabas, 
Mount Banajao, For. Bur. 801/2 Curran & Merritt. Mindoro, Mount Calavite, 
For. Bur. 8687, 8731/ Merritt. 
The species is variable, passing from forms with broader bases, represented 
best by some of the Arayat collections, through those agreeing with the nomen- 
clatorial type where the bases are narrow but still obtuse, to the Mindoro numbers 
where some leaves are acute and some obtuse, the extreme being reached in the 
Cagayan specimen, where the leaves are acute. In rough agreement, there is a 
decrease in thickness. 
The only local names noted are Calubcub and Malaruliat, on Mariveles, both 
more properly applied to other species. 
Endemic. 
6. Eugenia speciosissima sp. nov. 
Floribus solitariis, axillaribus, pedicellis eirciter 2 cm longis suffultis, 
magnis, calycis tubo turbinato, lobis 4; petalis 4, late rotundatis, stamini- 
bus permultis : foliis coriaceis, lanceolatis vel elliptico-lanceolatis, basi 
cordatis subamp lexical) tibus, apice obtusis. 
Flowers solitary, borne in the axils of the leaves or of fallen leaves, 
upon pendulous articulated pedicels about 2 cm long, subtended at the 
distinct articulation by two ovate bracteoles 0.5 mm long, often with 
additional bracteoles elsewhere on the pedicel : calyx- tube turbinate, the 
lower portion about 5 mm in diameter, at the base of the lobes 2-3 cm 
in diameter, calyx-lobes 4, unequal, the larger 2 cm wide, the apices 
broadly rounded; petals 4, rose-purple, broadly rounded, 2.5 cm wide at 
the base; staminal disk well developed; stamens very numerous, the 
filaments about 2 cm long, the anthers 2-3 cm long; style about 2.5 cm 
long. 
A tree 6 m high, with a stem 15 cm in diameter, the branches and 
branchlets covered with grayish bark, the latter somewhat flattened or 
angled at the extreme ajiex : leaves borne on very short petioles, the lamina 
coriaceous, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 11-15 cm long, 3-6.5 cm wide, 
the bases cordate, gradually narrowed from below the middle to the 
obtuse apex, hardly or not acuminate ; primary lateral veins on each side 
of the midrib 10-12, forming a conspicuous submarginal vein. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Cayapa, For. Bur. 10865 Curran (type) ; Mos- 
quito Creek, For. Bur. 11/193 Merritt ; growing at an elevation of 2,000 m. 
Closely allied to E. bataanensis Merr., distinguished by its coriaceous leaves 
with much broader and more cordate bases often overlapping the branches, less 
acuminate apices, flowers larger and so far as seen always axillary and pendulous, 
while in E. bataanensis they are usually but not always terminal. 
