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7. Eugenia long iped icellata (Men.) comb. nov. 
.Jamiosa longipedicellata Men. Bur. Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 37. 
Luzon, Province of Principe, Baler, Merrill 101/6, 101/7. 
Endemic. 
8. Eugenia longissima Men. Bur. Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 50. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Sablan, Elmer 6218: Province of Zambales, Mount 
Tapulao, Bur. Sci. 5121/ Kamos. 
Endemic. 
9. Eugenia ramosii sp. nov. 
Inflorescentiis terminal ibus, composito-subumbellatis, multifloris : 
calyce petalisque extus sericeis ; cahycis tubo turbinato, lobis 4, rotundatis ; 
petalis 4, liberis ; staminibus numerosis : foliis brevissime petiolatis, 
chartaceis, anguste oblongis, oblanceolatis vel lanceolatis, longissimis, basi 
cordatis, apice acuminatis, venis utrinque 25-30. 
Inflorescence terminal, including the flowers about 10 cm long, branch- 
ing usually four times, the branches terete, at each articulation usually 
5, the ultimate branches terete, 1—1.5 cm long, 1 -flowered, bracteoles 
lanceolate, 1 mm long; the branches of the inflorescence and the outer 
surface of the calyx and petals silky-glandular; flowers described as 
yellow: calyx-tube turbinate, about 2 cm long and 1 cm in diameter at 
the base of the lobes, extending about 7 mm beyond the ovary, contracted 
into a pseudostalk below; calyx-lobes 4, unequal in pairs, 2.5-4 mm long, 
7-8 mm wide at the base, rounded at the apex ; petals 4, free, suborbicular, 
about 1 cm in diameter; stamens numerous, the filaments about 1 cm 
long, the oblong anthers nearly 1.5 mm long; style about 1.5 cm long; 
ovary 2-celled, several-ovuled. 
A tree 10 m high, with a trunk 10 cm in diameter, the branchlets 
strongly 4-angled and winged, when dry with brownish or yellowish-brown 
bark : leaves with petioles about 5 mm long, the lamina chartaceous or 
subcoriaceous, narrowly oblong, lanceolate or oblanceolate, 30 to at least 
55 cm long, 3-8 cm wide, the base cordate, the margin barely revolute, 
at the apex forming a narrowing acumen, probably 3-5 cm long, but 
the actual apex wanting on all leaves collected, upper surface pale-green, 
lower surface glaucous to brownish ; primary lateral veins on each side 
of the midrib 25-30, forming three submarginal veins throughout the 
length except at the extremities, the innermost the thickest. 
Luzon, Province of Isabela, San Luis, Bur. Sci. 8030 Ramos, growing in forests 
near the river at an elevation of 600 m. 
10. Eugenia merrillii sp. nov. 
Cymis terminalibus, multifloris, floribus mediocris, breviter vel non 
pedicellatis, tetrameris; foliis lanceolatis, basi cordatis, apice acutis 
falcatisque ; venis utrinque 50-60. 
Cymes terminal, widely branching, many-flowered, 4-7 cm long, the 
ultimate pedicels 5 mm long or wanting: calyx-tube 1.5 cm long, 6-7 
