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acuminatis, basi acutis ad rotundatis, puncticulatis, nervis utrin- 
que 6 vel 7, distantibus, tenuibus, anastomosantibus, reticulis 
laxissimis; floribus 4-meris, fasciculatis, axillaribus terminali- 
busque, longe et graciliter pedicellatis, sepalis reflexis, 4 mm 
longis, petalis quam sepalis duplo longioribus. 
A shrub or small tree, nearly glabrous, the leaves deciduous, 
the new ones appearing just before or with the flowers. 
Branches terete, light-gray, the branchlets of the same color, 
slender. Leaves subfasciculate at the tips of very short branch- 
lets, oblong-ovate to ovate, membranaceous, puncticulate, 2 to 
4 cm long, 1.5 to 2 cm wide, olivaceous when dry, somewhat 
shining, the base acute to rounded, the apex rather broadly 
obscurely blunt-acuminate; nerves about 6 on each side of the 
midrib, very slender, obscure, anastomosing, the reticulations 
almost none, very lax; petioles 2 to 4 mm long. Flowers ap- 
parently white, fascicled with the leaves on the very short 
branchlets, axillary and terminal, their pedicels very slender, 1 
to 1.5 cm long, few to rather many flowers together. Sepals 4, 
reflexed, rounded, somewhat pubescent, membranaceous or char- 
taceous, 4 mm long, 2 mm wide, the calyx-tube narrowly funnel- 
shaped, obscurely sulcate. Petals 4, oblong-obovate, membra- 
naceous, apex rounded, narrowed below, 8 mm long, 4 mm wide. 
Stamens many, in several series; filaments slender, 3 to 6 mm 
long; anthers broadly elliptic, 0.8 mm long. Ovary 2-celled, 
ovules numerous, on the central placenta. 
Guam Experiment Station Uhl, July, 1912, no native name known. 
A species rather remotely allied to the Philippine Eugenia loheri C. B. 
Rob., well characterized by its thin leaves and their deciduous character, 
its long-pedicelled, fascicled or falsely fascicled flowers, its elongated, nar- 
rowly obovate-oblong petals, and its reflexed sepals. 
EUGENIA PALU M BIS sp. nov. § Eueugenia. 
Frutex, partibus junioribus calycibusque exceptis glabra; 
ramis ramulisque teretibus, tenuibus, brunneis; foliis subcoria- 
ceis, in siccitate pallidis, ellipticis vel ovato-ellipticis, utrinque 
subaequaliter angustatis, basi acutis, apice obtusis, usque ad 
5.5 cm longis, brevissime petiolatis, subtus puncticulatis, nervis 
utrinque circiter 6, tenuibus, obscuris; floribus axillaribus, soli- 
tariis, brevissime pedicellatis, haud 1 cm diametro. 
A small shrub, quite glabrous except the younger branchlets 
and the calyces. Branches and branchlets slender, terete, pale- 
brownish, the largest ones seen but 2 mm in diameter. Leaves 
subcoriaceous, the very young ones membranaceous, elliptic to 
ovate-elliptic, 3.5 to 5.5 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, about 
