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about 15 on each side of the midrib, anastomosing with the 
equally indistinct marginal nerves 2 to 3 mm from the edge of 
the leaf, the reticulations obscure or obsolete; petioles 7 to 10 mm 
long. Inflorescences terminal, shortly peduncled, about 4 cm 
long, the few branches and the branchlets greatly constricted 
at the nodes, 4 to 8 mm in length, the pedicels Very short. 
Calyx-tube oblong, brown when dry, 7 to 8 mm long, about 3.5 
mm in diameter, truncate or obscurely toothed, narrowed below 
to the blunt base. 
Bucas Grande, Bur. Sci. 35057 Ramos & Pascasio, June 11, 
1919, in dry forests at low altitudes. 
The alliance of this characteristic species is not entirely clear 
although in some respects it is suggestive of Eugenia dura Merr. ; 
it is, however, very distinct from that species. 
