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ROBINSON. 
90. Eugenia robinsonii Elmer Leaf]. Philip. Bot. (1909) 583. 
Infloreseentiis terminalibus vel subterminalibus, paniculato-corymbosis, 
rliaehide ramisque admodum crassis, ramulis ultimis brevissimis, 1-4 
( saepissime 3 ) flores sessiles gerentibus : calycis tubo turbinato, truncato 
vel brevissime 4-lobato; petalis 4, liberis; staminibus numerosis. Arbor, 
foliis mediocriter petiolatis, chartaeeis, ellipticis vel oblongis, basi acute 
acuminatis deeurrentibusque, apice anguste acuminatis; venis utrinque 
15-20. 
Negros, Province of Negros Oriental, Dumaguete, Cuernos Mountains, Elmer 
10050. 
This closely approaches E. benthamii, and may ultimately prove to be con- 
nected; at present, it seems to be well separated from typical specimens of that 
species by its much closer venation, but certain intermediates bring the two very 
near one another. 
91. Eugenia brittoniana sp. nov. 
Infloreseentiis terminalibus vel subterminalibus, floribus saepissime 
sessilibus in triadibus vel sub apice solitariis et breviter pedicellatis, race- 
mose vel paniculatim dispositis, calycis tubo turbinato, margine superiore 
undulato vel truncato; corolla calyptrata: foliis coriaceis, ellipticis vel 
oblongis, basi acute acuminatis, apice acuminatis; venis utrinque 10-12. 
Inflorescences terminal and in the upper axils, the outline of the 
peduncles and the apices of the flowers nearly a square ; the white flowers 
at the tips of the quadrangular branches sessile in threfes, below the apices 
often solitary and shortly pedicelled, individual inflorescences 2.5-4 cm 
long, broad but very short bracteoles present at the articulations : calyx- 
tube turbinate, 4-5 mm long, 4-5 mm in diameter at the apex and 1-1.5 
mm at the base, extending 3 mm beyond the ovary; its apex forming 
shallow undulations or truncate; corolla calyptrate; stamens numerous, 
the filaments 4-6 mm long, the anthers 0.3 mm long: style 7 mm long; 
ovary thick-walled, 2-celled, few-ovuled. 
A tree attaining a height of 10 m with a trunk-diameter of 15 cm, its 
branches covered with gray or mottled gray and dark-brown bark : leaves 
with petioles 5-8 mm long, the lamina coriaceous, elliptic, oblong, or 
nearly oval, 4.5-8 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, the base acutely acuminate and 
somewhat decurrent, the margin slightly recurved, the apex forming an 
obtuse acumen 5-10 mm long; primary lateral veins on each side of the 
midrib 10-12, purplish, the intervening veins few but fairly conspicuous, 
submarginal vein definite but often irregular, when irregular the sub- 
marginal vein of the basal half of the leaf continuing beyond that point 
as a faint outer vein, but sending a stronger reticulation to a vein formed 
by the third or fourth lateral vein which is the true submarginal vein in 
the upper half of the leaf. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, Williams 1461, 146 4 (type). Named 
for Dr. N. L. Britton, of the N. Y. Botanical Garden, under whose direction 
Mr. Williams’s trip was undertaken and the writer began his study of Philippine 
botany. 
