296 55. MYRTACEiE : MYETE.D. 



Fokien: Amoy interior (Swinhoe !) ; Kwangtttng : Macao 

 {Millett ! Tate I Vachelll), Pakhoi (Plat/fair !) ; Hongkong 

 (Champion ! Hinds ! Urquhart !) ; Hainan : Hoihow (Hancock !), 

 without locality (Swinhoe !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



India, Malaya, Japan, and the Philippine Islands. 



1. Eugenia acuminatissima, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 xlvi. 1. p. 67, et Forest, Fl. Burnt, i. p. 487 ; Duthie in RooJc.f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 483 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 483. 



Myrtus acuminatissima, Blume, Bijdr. p. 1088. 

 Jambosa acuminatissima, Hassk. in Flora, 1849, p. 592. 

 Hongkong (Ford I). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 

 Malay peninsula and archipelago. 



2. Eugenia Bullockii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 227. 

 Hainan : around Hoihau (Bullock, hb. Hance, 20289 !). Mus. 



Brit. 



3. Eugenia Championi, Hemsl. 



Acmena Championi, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 118, et Fl. 

 Hongk. p. 119 ; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 840. 

 Hongkong (Champion ! Irwin !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



4. Eugenia fluviatilis, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Frutex 6-8-pedalis (Henry), oleoides, undique glaberrimus, ra- 

 mulis floriferis elongatis rectis graciliusculis. Folia opposita, bre- 

 viter petiolata, subcoriacea, lineari-oblonga, interdum supra 

 medium latiora, l|-3 poll. longa,4-6 lineas lata, basi attenuata, apice 

 obtusissima vel rotundata, supra minute punctata, venis immersis 

 obscuris, costa impressa, subtus Yenis paucis lateralibus pri- 

 mariis leviter elevatis. Flores parvi, in cymas axillares et 

 terminales pedunculatas 2-3-chotomas foliis dimidio breviores 

 dispositi ; calyx elongato-turbinatus, dentibus 4 brevissimis 

 rotundatis ; petala plus minusve connata citoque decidua ; ova- 

 rium 2-loculare, multiovulatum, stylo unico elongato persistente. 

 Fructus non visus. 



Hainan : iu water-courses (B. C. Henry, 55 !). Herb. Kew. 



Very distinct from all other Chinese species at present known, 

 though remotely resembling E. myrsinifolia in foliage. 



5. Eugenia gracilenta, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 7. 

 Kwangtung : Saichushan on the North river (B. C. Henry, 



hb. Hance, 22268 !). Mus. Brit. 



