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ROBINSON. 
side of the midrib 10-12, arching and forming a definite submarginal 
vein except sometimes near the base, veins of lower orders loosely anas- 
tomosing, distinct on both surfaces but hardly conspicuous. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Lamao River, For. Bur. 193 
Barnes (type), Ahern 7 51. With these may possibly belong For. Bur. 4281 
Klemme, collected at San Vicente, Province of Cagayan, Luzon, with similar 
inflorescence, but the flowers more attenuate below, longer petioles, but smaller 
leaves. 
81. Eugenia subrotundifol ia sp. nov. 
Floribus permagnis, cymoso-panieulatis : calycis tubo turbinato, lobis 
4; disco stamineo conspicuo ; staminibus numerosissimis ; ovario 2-cellu- 
lari : foliis coriaceis, ovalibus, late ovatis, late obovatis, vel subrotundis, 
basi rotundatis, apice breviter acuminatis. 
Flowers terminal on thickened usually short lateral or terminal branch- 
lets, the inflorescence 1-9-flowered, cymose-paniculate, the ultimate 
pedicels stout, 3-15 mm long, or in terminal flowers sometimes wanting, 
the bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, acute, 2.5-3 mm long : calyx-tube 
turbinate, 2 cm in diameter at the base of the lobes; the lobes 4, unequal, 
semiorbicular, 8 mm long, 8-12 mm wide; staminal disk conspicuous; 
stamens very numerous, the filaments 2-2.5 cm long, dilated at the base, 
the anthers oblong-lanceolate, 1.5 mm long; style 3-4 cm long, thickened 
near the base and there 1.5 mm wide; ovary 2-celled, the cells containing 
each several ovules, or all except one aborting, the walls thick, containing 
a row of glands ; ovules about 2 mm long. 
A tree attaining a height of 15 m and a trunk-diameter of 50 cm, the 
bark of the branches grayish or brownish, that of the flowering branchlets 
yellow, brown, or purplish : leaves with stout usually purplish petioles 
2-3 mm long, the lamina coriaceous, oval, broadly ovate, broadly obovate, 
or nearly round, 8-15 cm long, 6-11.5 cm wide, the base rounded or 
truncate or at the extreme base often acute, the apex very shortly acu- 
minate ; primary lateral veins on each side of the midrib 7-10, arched, 
forming a very definite submarginal vein and a fainter but equally 
definite one still nearer the margin, one or both surfaces at least when 
dry often brownish or purplish. 
Batanes Islands, Batan Island, Santo Domingo de Basco, Bur. Sci. 3594 Fenix 
(type), Bur. Sci. 3203 Hearns; Fuga Island, Bur. Sci. 3237 Hearns. Luzon, 
Province of Cagayan, Abulug, For. Bur. 17109 Curran: Province of Ilocos Norte, 
Cuming 1251: Province of Tayabas, between Paete (Laguna) and Piapi, For. 
Bur. 10121 Curran; Tinuan River, Whitford 756; Mauban, For. Bur. 10185 
Curran; Atimonan, Whitford 704: Province of Sorsogon, Sugod Bay, For. Bur. 
5164 Bridges. 
Compared with the type of E. amplexicaulis Roxb. to which it is allied, by 
W. W. Smith Esq., of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, who finds that it 
differs from that species by its stouter pedicels, flowers half as large again, and 
comparatively much broader leaves. 
Local names, Bayacbac, Batan Island; Baracbac. Cagayan; Malaambu, Tinuan 
River; Barangan, Sorsogon. 
