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lateral veins on each side of the midrib 18-22, somewhat thin, and 
nearly the same color as the lamina, forming a definite submarginal vein, 
the secondary veins nearly as conspicous on the upper as on the under 
surface. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Davao, Copeland s. n. 
15. Eugenia phanerophelebia sp. nov. 
Inflorescentiis terminalibus vel in axillis defoliatis, paucifloris ; floribus 
magnis, tetrameris ; calycis tubo turbinato, 4-lobato : arbor ramulis saepius 
tetragonis, foliis brevissime petiolatis, lanceolatis vel ellipticis, basi ad- 
modum angustatis, cordatis, apice acuminatis. 
Inflorescence terminal or rarely on the branches below the leaves, 
1-3-flowered, the peduncles none or attaining 1.5 mm, the pedicels some- 
times articulate, and then attaining in all a length of 6 mm, bearing 
a pair of ovate bracteoles 0.5 mm long at each articulation : calyx-tube 
turbinate, about 2 cm long and about 1.5 cm in diameter at the base 
of the lobes, the later 4, rounded, unequal, 2-6 mm long, 5-7 mm wide ; 
petals 4, broadly oval or orbicular, 8-10 mm long ; stamens very numerous, 
the filaments 2-2.5 cm long, the anthers 1.5 mm long; style about 3 cm 
long; ovary 2-celled, with several ovules in each cell: only very young 
fruit known. 
A small tree, its branchlets nearly always 4-angled and margined, 
covered with gray bark: leaves with petioles 1-5 mm long, the lamina 
chartaceous, lanceolate to elliptic, 14-25 cm long, 4-7 cm wide, the base 
cordate, the apex contracted to a slender obtuse acumen, the lower surface 
much paler than the upper; primary lateral veins very conspicuous on 
the under surface and often reddish, impressed on the upper surface, 
15—18 on each side of the midrib, forming usually three sub marginal 
veins, the outermost very faint, the middle one quite evident, the inner 
very conspicuous. 
. Luzon. Province of Rizal, Antipolo, Bur. Sci. 3361 Ramos (type) ; Tanay, 
Merrill 2336: Province of Tayabas, Atimonan, For. Bur. 15265 Rosenblutlij Gui- 
nayangan, For. Bur. 12260 Rosenbluth. Mindoro, Balete, For. Bur. 6200 Merritt. 
From comparisons made at Kew, this species has been noted by Mr. Merrill 
as the Eugenia coarctata of Ceron’s Catalogue, which seems to be the place where 
that species was first transferred from Jambosa, although the credit is there 
given to Blume. I have been quite unable to trace Blume’s species in recent 
botanical literature, and E. rn acrocarpa Roxb., to which it is reduced in the 
Index Kewensis is not enumerated among the species of Java by Koorders and 
Valeton, even as a synonym, consequently it has been impossible to ascertain the 
limits of E. coarctata, and the present species has been described as new. It is 
certainly very closely allied to E. macrocarpa, comparison with Wight’s figure 
indicating as apparent differences the much more acuminate apex, more condensed 
inflorescence and shorter bracteoles. Dutliie 0 says that the figure shows the 
leaves too acute: if so, the most conspicuous distinction is removed. 
Local name, Malayambo, (Tag.), Tayabas. When large, used as timber. 
FI. Br. Ind. 2 (1878) 474. 
