Eugenia.] lviii. myrtace^. 725 



(5) E. pseudo-formosa King, I.e. 83. E. formosa, King, I.e. 

 80, not of Wallich. E. nemoricola Ridl. Joiirn. Roy. As. Soc. S. 

 Br. 61, p. g. Jambosa lanceolata Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 1426. 



A shrubby plant or straggling tree. Branchlets pale. Leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate or narrow lanceolate, base cordate, rather stiffly 

 coriaceous, pale when dry; nerves 12 to 14 pairs, prominent, in- 

 arching '2 in. from the edge, 8 to over 12 in. long, 2*5 to 4 in. wide; 

 petioles thick, corky, '2 in. long. Flowers white, i in. across or 

 more, 3 to 5 shortly stalked, at the end of the branch. Calyx 

 campanulate with a rather long pseudo-stalk; lobes short, round, 

 I in. long on pedicel "5 in. long. Fruit globose, medium-sized. 

 Hab. Thick forests up to 2000 ft. altitude. Singapore, Garden 

 Jungle. Selangor, Weld's Hill, Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy). 

 Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Richmond Pool; Moniot's 

 Road (Curtis). Distrib. vSumatra. 



The Burmese E. formosa Wall, differs in being a big tree with axillary- 

 pink flowers and a different venation. A plant collected by me at Klang 

 Gates may possibly be this, but it was in too poor a condition to be certain. 



(6) E. tiumanensis Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 299. 



A big tree. Branches slender. Leaves thin, narrow lanceo- 

 late acuminate, 4 in. long, i in. wide; petioles i in. long, slender. 

 Flowers sessile in a terminal head, white. Calyx campanu- 

 late; lobes large round, '5 in. long. Petals short, oblong, round. 

 Stamens "5 in. long. Hab. Rare in rocky jungle. Pulau Tinman 

 (Ridley). 



(7) E. johorensis Ridl. Joiirn. Roy. As. Soe. S. Br. 61, p. 8. 

 Tree. Branches 4-angled. Leaves elliptic acuminate blunt, 



base round, coriaceous ; nerves beneath elevate 8 pairs, secondaries 

 nearly as prominent, intramarginal "25 in. from the edge, 4 to 

 5 in. long, 2 in. wide ; petioles '25 in. long stout. Raceme terminal, 

 I in. long. Flowers in pairs 2 in. across. Calyx short, campanu- 

 late, abruptly narrowed ; lobes 4, ovate obtuse. Petals "5 in. long. 

 Stamens i in. long. Hab. Forests. Johor, Gunong Pulai (Ridley). 



(8) E. Scortechinii King, I.e. 85. 



Tree 20 to 30 ft. tali. Branches angled. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 

 ovate oblong to lanceolate acute, base rounded, narrowed ; nerves 

 prominent, 7 to 10 pairs inarching to form an intramarginal -2 in. 

 from edge, with another much finer near the edge, 4 to 6 in. long, 

 i"35 to 235 in. wide; petioles "15 in. long or o. Racemes terminal, 

 condensed, about 7-flowered, 1*5 in. long. Flowers i in. across, 

 red. Calyx campanulate, narrowed to a short pseudo-stalk '4. in. 

 long; lobes broad, short, unequal. Petals red, orbicular. Fruit 

 oblong "5 in. long, crowned by a deep-cupped calyx. Hab. Swampy 

 forests. Johor, Kota Tinggi. Malacca (Maingay). Perak, Ulu 

 Bubong and Goping (Kunstler). 



var. parvifolia King. Leaves narrow lanceolate. Hab. Pulau 

 Tinman (Burkill). Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 



