A PRELIMINARY REVISION OF PHILIPPINE MYRTACEA5. 377 
the lamina ehartaeeous, oblanceolate or elliptic, 10-17 cm long, 3-5 cm 
wide, acutely acuminate and decurrent at the base, at the apex somewhat 
abruptly contracted into a slender subacute acumen 1.5-2 cm long, the 
upper surface when dry chocolate-brown, the lower paler-brown ; primary 
lateral veins on each side of the midrib 23-35, not crowded, very distinct, 
the finer venation quite evident but comparatively inconspicuous, a very 
definite submarginal vein also extending from base to apex. 
Basilan, between Gnion and Malusu, For. Bur. 1/.026 Hutchinson. 
Local name, Malatambis. 
55. Eugenia lacustris sp. nov. 
Cymis terminalibus vel axillaribus, floribus mediocris: calycis tubo 
turbinato, lobis 4, rotundatis, inaequalibus ; petalis 4, liberis; staminibus 
numerosis; ovario 2-loculari : foliis coriaceis, ellipticis vel ovalibus, basi 
acutis, apice anguste acuminatis; venis utrinque 15-20. 
Cymes terminal or axillary, 2.5-9 cm long, sessile or peduncled, tricho- 
tomous, their branches mostly stout, 4-angled, the flowers in threes, sessile : 
calyx-tube about 8 mm long, extending about 4 mm beyond the ovary, 7 
mm in diameter at the base of the lobes, the basal 3.5 mm or less forming 
a pseudostalk, turbinate ; calyx-lobes 4, the pairs of unequal size, the outer 
1.5 mm long and 4 mm wide at the base, the inner 3.5 mm long, 6 mm 
wide, all rounded at the apex; petals 4, orbicular-ovate, about 4.5 nun 
long, rounded but sometimes pointed at the apex ; stamens numerous, the 
filaments 7-8 mm long, the anthers 0.3 mm long; style 1.5 cm long; 
ovary 2-celled with numerous ovules. 
Presumably a tree, the branches terete or sometimes angled toward the 
tips, covered with gray bark: leaves with petioles 3-10 mm long, the 
lamina coriaceous, elliptic to ovate, 10-23 cm long (few perfect on speci- 
men), 4-11 cm wide, usually inequilateral, the apex somewhat abruptly 
contracted into a slender acumen about 1 cm long, the base acuminately 
acute and decurrent ; the under surface highly glandular ; primary lateral 
veins on each side of the midrib 15-20, the main submarginal vein 
originating from the second or third from the base, the more basal veins 
also continuing almost to the ajrex. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 299. “Lacustris” is a 
translation both of “Lake” and of “Lanao.” 
56. Eugenia palawanensis sp. nov. 
Inflorescentiis axillaribus, 7-9 cm longis, floribus in capitulis racemose 
vel paniculatim dispositis, tetrameris : calycis lobis petalis subsimilibus : 
foliis petiolatis, lanceolatis vel elliptico-lanceolatis, basi acutis decurren- 
tibusque apice tenuiter acuminatis, venis marginalibus tribus, exteriore vel 
duabus exterioribus parurn conspicuis, interiore valde conspicua, venis 
utrinque 9-12. 
Inflorescences axillary, 7-9 cm long, the peduncles flat or angled, the 
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