A PRELIMINARY REVISION OF PHILIPPINE MYRTACEHD. 397 
Iriron, For. Bur. 8827 Merritt. Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Port Banga, 
For. Bur. 9167, 9399 Whitford cC- Hutchinson. 
For. Bur. 7168, Cuming 958, For. Bur. 11256, For. Bur. 8827, in the order 
named, form an almost perfect transition series. 
Local names, Malalumbay, Zambales; Macaasin, Tayabas and Camarines; 
Maladuhat, Camarines; Bansalagun, Mindoro. 
Endemic. 
89. Eugenia striatula sp. nov. 
Inflorescentiis terminalibus vel lateralibus, eymosis, multifloris, calycis 
tubo turbinato, fere truncato, petalis liberis : foliis coriaceis, apice breviter 
lateque aciiminatis, basi acutis, venis utrinque 12-20. 
Cymes widely branching, terminal, axillary, or below the leaves, 6-12 
cm long, trichotomous, the flowers mostly in threes, sessile or the middle 
one very short-pedicelled, occasionally single and then appearing pedi- 
celled, bracteoles ovate, very short, the branches of the inflorescence mostly 
4-angled with fine longitudinal striae which are more conspicuous 
throughout the length of the calyx : calyx-tube subtruncate, 7-8 mm long, 
extending about 3 mm beyond the ovary, about 4.5 mm in diameter at 
the apex, turbinate or nearly obconic, becoming a pseudostalk at the base ; 
calyx-lobes every short, rounded, inconspicuous; petals 4, white, free, 
suborbieular, 4 mm in diameter; stamens numerous, the filaments about 
1 cm long, the anthers 0.4 mm long, tipped by a somewhat conspicuous 
gland; style 7 mm long; ovary 2-celled with numerous ovules: fruit blue- 
black, edible, ovoid, 1 cm long, 7 mm in diameter, 1-celled, or at the apex 
with a rudiment of the second cell, 1-seeded. 
A tree 8 m high, with a trunk attaining 25 cm in diameter, the terete 
or nearly terete branches covered with gray bark : leaves with petioles 
3-6 mm long, the lamina coriaceous, ranging in outline from elliptic- 
lanceolate to obovate, 4-12 cm long, 18-55 mm wide, the upper surface 
nearty olivaceous, the under surface paler, at the apex forming a short 
obtuse acumen, the base acute and decurrent upon the petiole; primary 
lateral veins on each side of the midrib 12-20, usually with a strong 
intervening vein, the anastomoses quite irregular, with a very definite 
vein about 1-3 mm from the margin, the margin with faint veins onty, 
or these hardly evident. 
Luzon, Province of Zambales (probably), Cuming 101/6 (type) ; Rio Baquiling, 
For. Bur. 6953, 6982 Curran; San ,Tnan, For. Bur. 8235 Curran & Merritt: 
Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, * For. Bur. 211/3 Ahern’s collector. The locality 
ascribed to Cuming’s specimen on the sheet itself is Alfc^ay Province, but the num- 
bers from that province run from 834 to 947, while the localities for those between 
1,040 and 1,112, both inclusive, are not definitely known. Occasional sheets, none 
so far as I have seen within these limits, are localized as Zambales, so it is 
nearly certain that Cuming collected in that province; the series ending in 1,039 
was from Pangasinan, and that beginning with 1,113 from Ilocos Sur. It would 
thus be extremely probable that the Zambales series, not otherwise accounted 
for, embraced the intervening numbers, and the present species is evidence in 
favor of that view. 
