A PRELIMINARY REVISION OF PHILIPPINE MYRTACE/H. 393 
84. Eugenia astronioides sp. nov. 
Inflorescentiis paniculato-cymosis, floribus sessilibus, saepissime in 
triadibns dispositis; parvis: calyces tubo turbinato, lobis 4, brevibus, 
rotundatis; corolla calyptrata ; staminibns numerosis; ovario bilocnlari: 
foliis chartaceis, oblongis vel elliptico-lanceolatis, basi acutis, apice angustc 
acuminatis; venis utrinque circiter 12, laterale ab margine remota. 
Inflorescences terminal, the individual flowers in triads, or beneath the 
apex sometimes single, the triads forming lax panicles 2-4 cm long, the 
sessile flowers subtended by a pair of ovate obtuse fleshy bracteoles 0.5 
mm long: calyx-tube turbinate, terete or distinctly angled, 2-2.5 mm 
long, 1.5-2 mm wide just below the apex, the apex often slightly incurved ; 
catyx-lobes 4, about 0.3 mm long, rounded; corolla calyptrate, about 1.5 
mm in diameter; staminal-disk not projecting; stamens numerous, the 
filaments 1-2 mm long, the anthers 0.3-0. 4 mm long; style 1.5 mm long; 
ovary 2-celled, few-ovuled. 
A tree or shrub, attaining a height of 10 m, and a trunk-diameter of 30 
cm, its terete branches covered with gray or pinkish-gray bark: leaves 
with petioles 1-4 mm long, the lamina chartaceous or submembranaceous. 
oblong, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 6-12 cm long, 1.5-3 cm 
wide, the base acute and decurrent, the margin somewhat revolute, the 
apex gradually narrowed and forming a slender obtuse or subacute acumen 
1-1.5 cm long; primary lateral veins on each side of the midrib 10-13, 
slender, much more conspicuous on the under surface, the intervening 
veins only rarely prominent, the apices forming a lateral vein usually 
one-fourth of the distance from the margin to the midrib. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, growing at elevations of 150-300 m above the 
sea, For. Bur. 181/57, 181/67 (type) Alvarez ; Missiones River, For. Bur. 17194 
Curran. All specimens were collected on March 3, 1909, and the flowers, described 
as green and odorless, but pinkish when dry, are slightly immature. It is very 
distinct from any other Philippine species, the leaves resembling those of E. 
mananquil, which is not at all closely allied, and the whole aspect of the plant, 
as seen on a herbarium sheet, suggesting rather indistinctly Astronia cumingiana. 
Local names, Sudsod, Guisgues. 
85. Eugenia costulata sp. nov. 
E. cinnamomea Merr. in Philip. Jour. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 104, pro parte, non 
Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1880) 173. 
Inflorescentiis terminalibus vel subterminalibus, divaricato-cymosis, 
floribus sessilibus : calyce turbinato, lobis parvis, calyee fructibusque 
saepe etiam corolla 4-costatis: foliis petiolatis, elliptieis vel lanc-eolato- 
ellipticis, basi acutis, apice acuminatis ; venis utrinque 8-12. 
Cymes terminal or in the axils of the upper leaves, 4-10 cm long, 
forking trichotomously, often at the base, all of its branches slender at 
anthesis, thickened in fruit, acutely 4-angled, the individual flowers 
usually in threes, sessile, a pair of ovate obtuse bracteoles 0.5 mm long 
subtending the forks of the inflorescence and the flowers : buds about 5.5 
mm long, flowers attaining at least 1 cm in length ; calyx 4.5—5 mm long, 
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