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The alliance of this species is manifestly with Eugenia, brit- 
toniana C. B. Rob. to which it is indeed closely related. It 
differs in its larger, more-numerously nerved leaves, and in all 
of its flowers being pedicelled. 
EUGENIA DIFFUSA sp. nav. § Syzygium. 
Arbor glabra, circiter 15 m alta, ramis et ramulis teretibus, 
tenuibus; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis ad oblongo-obovatis, usque 
ad 6 cm longis, subcoriaceis, apice breviter obtuse acuminatis, 
basi acutis, supra subolivaceis, subtus pallidioribus, obscuris- 
sime glandulosis, nervis primariis supra obsoletis, subtus ob- 
scuris, tenuibus, densis; inflorescentiis terminalibus et in axillis 
superioribus, diffusis, circiter 10 cm longis, ramis ramulisque 
elongatis; floribus 4-meris, sessilibus, in triadibus dispositis; 
calycibus turbinatis, 5 mm longis ; petalis calyptratis. 
A glabrous tree about 15 m high, the branches and branchlets 
slender, terete, brown, the ultimate ones about 1.5 mm in diam- 
eter. Leaves opposite, subcoriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to 
oblong-obovate, 4 to 6 cm long, 1.5 to 2.3 cm wide, the apex 
broadly and obtusely acuminate, base acute, the upper surface 
subolivaceous, smooth, slightly shining, the lower paler, obscure- 
ly glandular, the midrib prominent on both surfaces; lateral 
nerves very slender, obscure on the lower surface, entirely ob- 
solete on the upper surface, densely arranged, the primary ones 
scarcely more distinct than are the secondary ones ; petioles 1 to 
2 mm long. Panicles terminal and in the upper axils, about 10 
cm long, lax, diffuse, the primary branches racemosely arranged, 
2 to 3 cm long, the secondary ones bearing a terminal triad of 
sessile white flowers, the bracteoles none or very minute and 
caducous. Calyx-tube about 5 mm long, turbinate, pale when 
dry, terete, gradually narrowed below, the tip 3 to 3.5 mm 
wide, with four, broad, short, rounded lobes about 1.5 mm wide 
and 0.5 mm long. Petals wholly united into a calyptra about 3 
mm in diameter. Filaments indefinite, slender, 3 to 8 mm long. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Burgos, Bur. Sci. 27155 Ramos, 
March 14, 1917, in dry forests at low altitudes. 
This strongly marked species falls in the group with Eugenia 
perpallida Merr. and E. parva Merr., but is at once distinguished 
from both in its diffuse panicles and much larger flowers. 
EUGENIA NEEI sp. nov. § Syzygium. 
Arbor glabra, circiter 15 m alta, ramis ramulisque teretibus; 
foliis subcoriaceis, oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 10 cm 
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