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 ing nerves numerous close^ cymes in short racemes from the upper axils or ter- 

 minating previous year's shoots, calyx-tuhe ^ in. cylindrical below, petals free 



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Malacca, Griffith, Mahgay, 733 ; Sixcapore, WaUkh.—DisTiiiJi. Malay Islands. 



" A very elegant tree when in flower" (Maingay MS.). BrancMets terete. Leaves 



"?~^2 by 1^-3 in. ; midrib impressed above, prominent beneath; primary nerves 



slender prominent on both surfaces, uniting in loops within the margin, interspaces 



finely reticulate. Calyx-tube furrowed below. Petals | in., reflexed. Filaments 

 onght red. 



53. E. lineata, Blame Bijcl 1087 {Myrtus)-, Mm. Bot. i. IIG (Clavi- 

 ^nyrius) ; leaves lanceolate-oblong or nearly elliptic obtusely acimiinate narrow 

 at the base, cymes axillary and terminal shorter than the leaves, calyx-tube 

 clavate lobes 4, petals free, ben*v size of large pea crowned with the constricted 

 calyx-limb. E. corvmbosa. Wall Cat 35GG F. Jambosa lineata, DC Brodr. 

 111. 287 ; Miq. FL IiuL Bat, i. pt. i. 428. 



Malacca, Maingay (720), Griffith (2300 in part) ; Penang, JacJc—DisTmB, Java, 

 ^rneo, Sumatra. 



A shrub or small tree. BrancMets terete. Leaves 2-3^ by 1-2 in., coriaceous, 

 snining above, finely nerved. Extreme branches of inflorescence 3-fl. Calyx-tuhe 

 about \ in. ; lobes about equal, persistent. Petals shortly clawed, suborbicular, twice 

 tile calyx-lo])es. 



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'54. E. rubricaulis, Miq. FL Lid. Bat. i. pt. i. 432 (Jambosa) ; leaves 

 elliptic from an acute base long and obtusely acuminate shining above, smaller 

 Serves and dots pellucid, cvmes axillary and terminal, calvx-tube ^ in. obovate- 

 cyhndrical, lobes 4, petals free. 



Tenasserim, Heifer ; Malacca, Griffith. — Distkib. Java. 



Branchlets subterete, reddish. Leaves 2-3 by f-§ in., stiffly cartilaginous ; midrib 

 prominent beneath, tinged with red ; lateral nerves close, distinct beneath, inter- 

 spaces subreticulate ; petiole ^-^ in., channelled above. Flowers nearly sessile. 

 ^<^lyx-hbcs ovate, rounded, scarious at the edges. Anthers cordate-apiculate, 



55. E. pyrifolia, Wall Cat. 3584 (Syzygium) not of Be^v. ; leaves ovate 

 or oblong-lanceolate with a long obtuse acumen coriaceous dark and shining 

 above, corymbs terminal trichotomous long-peduncled, calyx-tube about i in. 

 ^anally tapering to the base lobes 4 shallow, petals united, berry oblong. 



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 1000. 



SixcAPORE. Wallich.—DiSTRiB. Java. 



A tree. Leaves ia~3 by ^-2 in. ; acumen sometimes ^ in. long; 'ateral nerves 

 ™se conspicuous ; petiole abo*ut ^ in. Flotvers sessile, in threes.— Sy^. puncttdatiC7n, 

 ^J^^ll, Cat. 3583, with less acuminate dull-coloured leaves, nerves less distinct, and more 

 «^ongate fruit, may perhaps belong here ; there are no flowers with the specimens. 



56. E. tumida, Buthie ; leaves oblung-ovate or obovate shortly acuminate 

 ^larrowed at the base closely nerved, cymes terminal and axillary equalhug or 

 .^^ceeding the leaves, calyx-tube {^ in. narrow swollen below the middle. 



^Ialacca, Maingay, 7o5. 



:\ :Oranchl€ts terete. Leaves 2A-3A in., chocolate-coloured above, rusty -yellow 



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