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32. Eugenia mindanaensis sp. nov. 
Inflorescentiis terminal ibus, axillaribus, vel rarius in axil] is defoliates, 
gracilibus, saepius trifloris; floribus mediocris, 3, terminalibus sessilibus, 
vel etiam singulis in ramnlis lateralibus suffultis, tetrameris, calycis tubi 
snperiore parte campanulata subtus valde angustata; foliis chartaceis, 
subsessilibus, oblanceolatis vel ellipticis, basi cordatis, apice acmninatis, 
venis utrinque 12-14. 
Individual inflorescences solitary or paired, 3-5.5 cm long, terminal, 
axillary, or sometimes in the axils of fallen leaves, most often containing 
2—4 greenish-white sessile flowers at the apex of a slender articulated 
peduncle, or with an additional flower on one or both sides below the 
apex, these latter borne on pedicels which increase in length according 
to the distance from the apex : upper portion of the calyx-tube campanu- 
late, rather abruptly contracted into a narrow pseudostalk, the latter 
about 6 mm long, the upper portion of the tube 4 mm long and 6 mm 
wide at the base of the lobes, its apex extending about 4 nun beyond the 
ovary, lobes 4, rounded, unequal, though not conspicuously, 2 — 3.5 mm 
long, 4-5 mm wide, the margins similar to the petals; petals 4, 6-7 mm 
long, their margins involute, if spread about 5 mm wide, at the base 
contracted into a claw 1 mm wide and at least as long; staminal disk 
well developed; stamens numerous, the filaments 7-10 mm long, anthers 
0.6-0. 7 mm long; ovary 2-celled, near the apex of the tube, style 12-15 
mm long, stigma capitate, small but fairly conspicuous for the genus. 
A tree 6 m high, its trunk 10 cm in diameter, the branchlets terete or 
somewhat compressed at the apices, covered with grayish to brownish 
bark; leaves with petioles not exceeding 2 mm or almost wanting, the 
chartaceous lamina oblanceolate to elliptic, often somewhat oblique, 7-17 
cm long, 3-8 cm wide, the base cordate, often more or less overlapping 
the stem, the apices forming an obtuse acumen; primary lateral veins on 
each side of the midrib 12-14, rather slender but forming a very definite 
submarginal vein, another less conspicuous intervening between it and 
the margin. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Santa Cruz, Williams 2752 (type), 2801: Lake 
Lanao, Camp Iveithley, Mrs. Clemens 1/77. Dinagat, Ahern 479. Basilax, 
DeVore d Hoover 71. 
Williams 2801 seems certainly to belong with the other collections here cited, 
but is remarkable for having the calyx developed into a berry about 1 cm in 
diameter, bearing upon its apex not only the unchanged calyx-lobes, but the 
stamens and style. Both this collection and that of Mrs. Clemens record the 
fruit as edible, the former noting that it rarely contains seeds. 
Local name, Tamhis, Dinagat and Basilan. 
33. Eugenia javanica Lam. Encycl. 3 (1789) 200, pro maxima parte. 
? E. jambos Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 416, non Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 470. 
Jambosa alba G. Don Gen. Hist. Diehl. PL 2 (1832) 868. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Manila, Ahern 735, Merrill 4106, Bur. Sci. 6710 
Robinson. 
Unfortunately, the three species E. javanica, E. ealubcob, and E. mindanaensis 
