7i6 LViii. MYRTACE^. [Trisiama. 



cupular with very short points, i in. long; valves broad, oblong, 

 tip round, blunt. Hab. Rocky places near sea, Pulau Battam 

 (Ridley). 



This species grows just outside our area, but so close that we may expect 

 it on our southern coasts. 



(6) T. Whiteana Griff. PL Cantor. i8 ; King, I.e. 73. T. 

 Wightiana Ditthie, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 466 {by error). 



Tree. Leaves oblanceolate, thinly coriaceous, blunt acuminate, 

 long, narrowed to the base, '3 to 5*5 in. long, 75 to 175 in. wide; 

 petioles "25 to "5 in. long. Cymes corymbose panicled ; peduncles 

 5 to 6 in. long. Inflorescence 2 to 3 in. wide, pubescent velvety. 

 Flowers "i in. across, white. Calyx obconic, pubescent. Petals 

 orbicular. Capsule "i in. across, free from calyx except at base. 

 Hab. Woods by the sea and along rivers in the lowlands. Singa- 

 pore (Wallich) ; Pulau Ubin ; Raffles Lighthouse. Johor, Kota 

 Tinggi; Scudai River. Pahang, Tahan River; Kerat Road, 

 Bentong and Sungei Riau, Kwantan (Foxworthy). Distrib. Sumatra. 

 Native names : Pelawan; Changal. 



5. RHODAMNIA, Jack. 



Small trees. Leaves opposite, 3-nerved, silky pubescent beneath. 

 Flowers small, white, fascicled or shortly racemed. Calyx-tube 

 ovoid; lobes 4, persistent. Petals 4. Stamens numerous. Ovar}^ 

 i-celled, placentas parietal ; style filiform. Stigma peltate. Berry 

 globose with few reniform seeds. Species 6, Malaya and Australia, 

 Burma and Siam. 



(i) R. cinerea Jack, Mai. Muse. ii. No. 7, 48. R. trinervia 

 Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 79; King, I.e. 74. R. spectabilis 

 Bl. I.e. 78. 



Tree about 30 ft. or more tall. Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, 

 above glabrous reticulate, beneath white silky (or in shady places 

 green on both sides), 175 to 4"5 in. long, 72 to 2 in. wide; petioles 

 •2 to '35 in. long. Peduncles fascicled, silky, 4 to 6 together, '25 in. 

 long. Flowers '25 in. across, white. Berry black. Hab. Common 

 in secondary jungle and woods all over the peninsula. King's var. 

 coneolor, with the leaves green on both sides, is merely a state of 

 the plant grown in the shade. Distrib. Tavoy, Siam, Malay islands 

 and Australia. Native names : Empoyan ; Empoyan Batu ; 

 Munkoyan Pinang ; Rusa Babi (Johor) ; Sedomang (Malacca) . 

 Use : Timber hard though small. 



var. eatidata Ridl. Leaves rather stiffly coriaceous; nervules 

 more prominent, minutely conspicuously reticulate above, ovate- 

 elliptic 2 "5 to 4 in. long, with a long narrow acute point '5 to i in. 

 long. Pedicels very slender, 2 to '5 in. long, nearly glabrous, as 

 is the narrow, funnel-shaped calyx. Petals glabrous, "2 in. long. 

 Hab. Mountains at 4000 to 5000 ft. altitude. Pahang at Wray's 



