730 Lviii. MYRTACE^. [Eugenia. 



(26) E. lepidocarpa Wall. Cat. 3618 ; King, I.e. 89. 



Tree about 40 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves smooth dark green, elliptic 

 stiffly coriaceous blunt to cuspidate, very shortly narrowed at 

 the base ; nerves very fine, hardly elevate, about 20 pairs inarching 

 close to the edge, 4*5 to 6 in. long, 2'$ to 3 in. wide ; petioles "5 to 

 I in. long. Panicles terminal, 3 in. long, 4 in. wide, many-flowered. 

 Flowers white clustered on the ends of branches i in. across. 

 Calyx campanulate narrowed to a short pseudo-stalk, "2 in. long, 

 longitudinally ribbed ; lobes short rounded. Stamens short. 

 Fruit sub-globose, crowned by the conspicuous calyx-rim, ribbed. 

 Hab. Common in woods and thickets, Singapore, Johor, Malacca, 

 Perak. Distrih. Burma. Native names : Samak Tebrau ; Samak 

 Ular. Use : Bark for tanning nets. 



(27) E. selangorensis Ridl. Jotirn. F.M.S. Mtis. v. 32. 



Tree. Branches thick. Leaves thickly coriaceous elliptic 

 with short deflexed point, base cuneate ; nerves very numerous 

 with secondaries and reticulations fine and conspicuous on both 

 sides, 4'5 in. long, 2 in. wide ; petioles thick, grooved, '5 in. long. 

 Panicles sessile terminal, 2 in. long with numerous very thick 

 4-angled branches (longest 'i to 75 in. long). Calyx-tube cam- 

 panulate, narrowed to a short thick ribbed pseudo-stalk; lobes 

 short, caducous in flower, 3 in. long. Petals short, oblong, soon 

 falling. Stamens 3 in. long. Hah. Mountains. Selangor, Meng- 

 kuang Lebah at 5000 ft. altitude (Robinson). 



(28) E. quadrata King, I.e. 86. 



Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, 3 to 4 in. through. Branches 4-angled. 

 Leaves thin coriaceous, narrow oblong acuminate, base round 

 cordate; nerves 20 to 25 pairs, inarching "i in. from the margin, 

 8 to 10 in. long, 175 to 275 in. wide; petioles -05 in. long. Cymes 

 axillary and terminal, 3 to 5 together or fewer, short ; peduncles 

 i"5 to 2 in. long. Flowers "5 in. across, white. Catyx campanulate, 

 gradually narrowed into a pseudo-stalk "5 in. long. Petals 

 orbicular. Hab. Low wet ground. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 



(29) E. garcinifolia King, I.e. 90. 



Tree 70 to 80 ft. tall, 2 to 4 ft. through. Leaves glossy bright 

 green stiffly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong blunt or with a short point, 

 base narrowed ; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, fine but conspicuous, 

 inarching "2 in. from the edge with an intramarginal nerve close 

 to edge, reticulations conspicuous on both sides, 7 to 8 in. long, 

 3*5 to 4 in. wide; petioles channelled i in. long. Panicles 3 in. 

 long, 3*5 in. wide, sessile. Flowers 2 to 3, terminal on branches, 

 white tinted pink. Calyx narrow, campanulate, '4 in. long, no 

 pseudo-stalk ; lobes ovate. Petals orbicular. Fruit (young) 

 globular, ovoid. Hab. Perak, Coping and Larut (Kunstler). 

 Distrib. Sumatra. 



(30) E. papulosa Duthie, I.e. ii. 495 ; King, I.e. 84. 



Big tree. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, amplexicaul oblong-elliptic, 



