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must be left in an unsatisfactory condition. E. subrot undifolia is undoubtedly 
allied, but quite distinct. E. mindanaensis seems separable in the herbarium by 
its smaller flowers, but is probably closer to what is here named E. javanica. 
Regarding the remaining two, there seems to be no tangible method of separat- 
ing them in the herbarium except by at least nearly mature fruit. When living 
trees at that stage are examined, there is no doubt possible as to their distinctness. 
The calyx-lobes of the “calubcob” have- retained their size at flowering, are not 
thickened, and are widespreading or reflexed; the disk between them being nearly 
flat : the other species, here locally called “macupa,” has the calyx-lobes very 
fleshy, incurved and nearly concealing the disk. The trees are different in habit, 
and the two can be compared side by side in the Manila Botanical Gardens. 
In attempting to correlate these with the species of other countries, there is 
considerable difficulty. E. javanica and E. sabglauca Koord. & Val. are constantly 
separable by the leaves, those of the former having the odor of cinnamon, those 
of the latter entirely odorless. This test is of no assistance here. Leaves taken 
from the two trees above mentioned were at once compared, and both when 
crushed, had the same odor, which did not suggest that of cinnamon or of cloves 
to any of several persons present. To me, the odor most strongly suggests that 
of similarly crushed leaves of Myrica carolinensis of the Atlantic coast of North 
America; the fruit, which rarely contains seeds, has a faintly coniferous taste. 
“Macupa” seems not to exist in the Philippines apart from cultivation, “calub- 
cob” is widely distributed, usually if not always along streams, and is in all 
probability indigenous. All attempts to satisfactorily identify it with exotic 
species having failed, it is here described as new. 
It has been the custom to reduce E. jambos Blanco to E. malaccensis Linn., 
but it much more likely belongs here. I have not been able to get any record of 
E. malaccensis anywhere in the neighborhood of Manila. 
34. Eugenia calubcob sp. nov. 
E. montana Naves in FI. Filip, ed. 3 (1877) pi. 1J/5, dubie Blanco 1. c. (1837) 
416, non aliorum. 
E. javanica Auct. Philip., pro majore parte, non Lam. 1. c. 
Inflorescentiis saepissime terminalibus, sed etiam in ramis subtus foliis 
suffultis, floribus sessilibus vel pedicellatis, spurie racemose vel subcorym- 
bose dispositis : calycis lobis 4, rotundatis, sub fructu nec incrassatis nee 
incurvatis ; petalis 4, liberis : foliis chartaceis, lanceolatis ad ovalibus, basi 
cordatis vel obtusis, apice breviter obtuse acuminatis; venis utrinque 
10-15. 
Inflorescences on any part of the branch from below the leaves to the 
apex, 6-18 cm long, including the flowers, the individual flowers sessile 
or with pedicels up to 5 mm long, usually in threes at the apices of the 
branches of the cyme, or often solitary on its lower branches, then falsely 
longer-pedicelled : calyx-tube turbinate, about 1 cm in length to the bases 
of the lobes and there of about 1 cm diameter; calyx-lobes 4, 2.5-5 mm 
long, 4-7 mm wide at the base, the apex rounded; petals 4, free, white, 
orbicular-ovate, 6-8 mm in diameter; disk thick; stamens numerous, the 
filaments 10-15 mm long, the anthers about 0.7 mm long; style 2. 5-3. 5 
cm long ; ovary 2-celled, each cell with several ovules : fruit edible, 2-3 
cm in diameter, the calyx-lobes withering-persisting, erect, spreading, or 
recurved, not becoming fleshy, nor strongly incurved, the disk flat or 
nearly so, 1-eelled, not more than one perfect seed found. 
