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of Mr, Elmer the stamens are described as “about 10,” but I 
find them to vary from 15 to 20. The ovary is two-thirds to 
three-fourths superior, 3-celled, each cell with about 6 ovules 
ascending from the inner basal angle. The apical gland of the 
anthers, or continuation of the connective, is unusually conspi- 
cuous, being longer than the anther-cells. The fruits of the 
Philippine species are as yet unknown. The leaves are distinctly 
Eugenia-Uke and are glandular-punctate. 
TRISTAN I A R. Brown 
TRISTANIA OBLONGIFOLIA sp. nov. 
Species T. decorticatae similis, differ! foliis junioribus 
utrinque dense ferrugineo-pubescentibus, inflorescentiis et flo- 
ribus dense fulvo-pubescentibus, staminibus circiter 35. Arbor 
circiter 5 m alta, ramis teretibus, glabris; foliis coriaceis, ob- 
longis, in siccitate brunneis, usque ad 9 cm longis, utrinque 
subaequaliter angustatis, basi cuneatis, apice leviter obtuse acu- 
minatis, nervis primariis utrinque circiter 20, tenuibus ; inflores- 
centiis axillaribus, corymbosis, circiter 3 cm longis; capsulis 
glabris, subovoideis, circiter 5 mm longis. 
A tree, about 5 m high, the older parts glabrous, the younger 
leaves very densely ferruginous-tomentose on both surfaces, the 
inflorescences densely fulvous-tomentose. Branches brown, 
smooth, terete, glabrous, the younger branchlets dark-brown. 
Leaves oblong, coriaceous, brown when dry, shining, of about 
the same color on both surfaces, glandular beneath, 6 to 9 cm 
long, 1.8 to 2.4 cm wide, subequally narrowed to the cuneate base 
and to the slightly acuminate apex, the tip obtuse or subobtuse ; 
primary lateral nerves about 20 on each side of the midrib, 
slender, about equally distinct on both surfaces, not much more 
prominent than are the secondary ones; petioles 5 mm long or 
less. Inflorescences axillary, about 3 cm long, rather stout, few- 
flowered, densely fulvous-pubescent. Flowers about 4 mm long, 
their pedicels stout, pubescent, 1 to 2.5 mm long, the buds ellip- 
soid. Calyx ovoid, the lobes 5, ovate, obtuse, 1.2 mm long. 
Stamens in 5 phalanges of about 7 each, indexed in bud. Infruc- 
tescences glabrous, 4 to 5 cm long. Capsules somewhat ovoid, 
dark-brown, glabrous, about 5 mm long. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Binuang, Bur. Sci. 28617 
Ramos & Edaho, May 28, 1917, on forested slopes, altitude at 
least 400 meters. 
In the vegetative characters, other than the very densely fer- 
ruginous-tomentose young leaves, this species greatly resembles 
