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MERRILL. 
co, multo-seriata. Capsula in calyce persistente inclusa ad apicem de- 
hiscens, 2-loculare. Semina co, anguste-ob 1 o nga . Arbor. Folia op- 
posita, pennivenia. Flores in peduncnlos laterales cymosi vel raceniosi. 
Mearnsia halconensis Merrill n. sp. 
Arbor ad 10 m. alta; foliis oppositis, oblongo-lanceolatis, coriaceis, 
acuminatis, glabris, ad 6 cm. longis; cymis lateralibus, paucifloribus, 
staminibns longe exsertis. 
A tree about 10 m. high, nearly glabrous throughout. Branches terete, 
rough, gray or brownish, the younger branchlets brownish, glabrous, 
obscurely 4-angled, the growing tips appressed-pubescent. Leaves op- 
posite, oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, • glabrous, 5 to 6 cm. long, 1.5 to 
2 cm. wide, entire, the margins sightly recurved, cartilaginous, the apex 
sharply acuminate, the ' base acute, glandular-punctate beneath ; lateral 
nerves numerous, ascending, not very distinct; petioles stout 1 to 2 mm. 
long. Inflorescence from the branches below the leaves, the short few- 
flowered cymes or racemes solitary or fascicled, the rachis appressed- 
pubescent, 5 mm. long or less, the bracts deciduous, narrowly ovate, 
2 mm. long, the pedicels 1 mm. long or nearly obsolete. Calyx tube 
narrowly campanulate, sparingly appressed pubescent, about 3 mm. long, 
the lobes 4, broadly ovate, obtuse or acute, 1.5 mm. long, persistent. 
Petals 4, free, deciduous, glabrous, red., orbicular, 3.5 mm. in diameter, 
apex broad, rounded, base narrow. Stamens 8, 1 -seriate, free, exserted, 
glabrous; filaments red, nearly 2 cm. long; anthers ovoid, 0.6 mm. long, 
versatile, 2-eelled. Ovary inferior, 2-celled, the ovules many-seriate; 
style slender, exserted, slightly exceeding the stamens. Capsule about 7 
mm. long, ovoid, slightly compressed, 4-ridged, coriaceous, crowned by 
the persistent calyx tube and teeth, 2-celled, many seeded, dehiscing by 
a single slit at the apex only and inside the persistent calyx tube. Seeds 
narrowly oblong, about 2 mm. long. 
On exposed ridges at 1,400 m. alt. (No. 5792.) 
The genus here proposed is apparently related to Baclchousia Hook, et Harv., 
and to Metrosideros Banks, but appears to me to be very distinct from both and 
from all other described genera in this family. It is dedicated to Maj. Edgar A. 
Mears, surgeon, United States Army, with whom the author made the ascent of 
Mount Halcon. 
LEPTOSPERMUM Forst. 
Leptospermum amboinense Blume Bijdr. (1826) 1100. 
In open heaths and thickets at and above 2,400 m. alt. (Nos. 5746, 5747). 
On most of the higher mountains of the Philippines. 
Malacca through Malaya to Australia. 
EUGENIA Linn. 
Two species of Eugenia are represented in Merritt’s material, from forests 
below 900 m. alt., but the specimens are too fragmentary for accurate deter- 
mination. , 
