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ROBINSON. 
individual flowers few in a head, sessile, racemosely or paniculately 
disposed along the peduncle; calyx-tube in all 5-6 mm long, the lower 2 
mm forming a pseudostalk, the upper part shortly campanulate, 6 mm 
wide at the base of the lobes; calyx-lobes 4, petaloid, 3-3.5 mm long, 4 
mm wide; petals varying from broadly ovate to oblanceolate, 3-4 mm 
long; stamens numerous, the filaments 5-8 mm long, the oval anthers 0.4 
mm long; style about 1 cm long; ovary 2-celled. 
A tree 10 m high, with a trunk 20 cm in diameter, the bark of the 
branchlets varying from greenish at the apex to gray at the base, striate 
and at the apex somewhat flattened ; leaves with petioles 5-8 nun long, the 
lamina chartaceous but rigid, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 13-19 cm 
long, 4-5.3 cm wide, the base acuminately acute and decurrent on the 
petiole; three submarginal veins more or less easily traced from base to 
apex, the two outer arising from the extreme base of the leaf, and more 
easily seen on the upper surface owing to the slightly recurved margins, 
the inner arising from the midrib about 1 cm above the base and very 
conspicuous throughout, additional primary lateral veins on each side of 
the midrib 9-12, prominent, many of the secondary veins also prominent 
but less so than the primary. 
Palawan, 4 km northeast of Puerto Princesa, in level forest near the bay at 
10 in elevation, For. Bur. 3503 Curran. 
57. Eugenia philippinensis sp. nov. 
Inflorescentiis terminalibus vel axillaribus, saepissime fasciculatis, 
floribus albis, saepius apice congestis, mediocris : calycis tubo subturbinato, 
lobis 4 ; petalis 4, liberis ; staminibus numerosis : foliis petiolatis, laminis 
coriaceis, elliptieis vel ovalibus, basi acutis, apice anguste acuminatis; 
venis utrinque 9-14. 
Inflorescences terminal or in the axils of usually the upper leaves, 
solitary or more often fascicled, 3-9 cm long, peduncles 4-angled and 
more or less longitudinally striate, sparingly or not branched except at 
its base, the individual flowers sessile or rarely subsessile, clustered at 
the apex of the peduncle (as many as 12) with a few along its sides: 
calyx-tube turbinate, 7 mm long, 6 mm wide at the base of the lobes; at 
the base contracted to a definite pseudostalk; calyx-lobes 4, unequal in 
pairs, the outer 2.5 mm long, 3 mm wide at the base, the i finer similar 
to the 4 free petals and like them 3-4 mm long, 4-6 mm wide at the 
base ; stamens numerous, the filaments 4—7 mm long, anthers ovate, about 
0.7 mm long; style less than 1 cm long; ovary 2-celled, ovules several. 
A tree attaining a height of 20 m and a trunk-diameter of 50 cm, its 
terete branches covered with gray bark: leaves with petioles 6-12 mm 
long, the lamina coriaceous, elliptic, oblong, oval, or obovate, 6-13 cm 
long, 3.5-6 cm wide, acutely short-acuminate and decurrent at the base, 
the apex contracted into a narrow and usually nearly acute acumen 5-15 
