Eugenia.] lviii. myrtace^. 731 



blunt; nerves about 18 pairs, strong, elevate, 8 to 12 in. long, 

 3 to 5 in. wide ; petioles very thick, "i in. long or less. Panicles 

 sub-terminal, velvety, 4 in. long, wide-spreading. Flower white, 

 •2 in. wide glabrous. Calyx club-shaped, sessile, "2 in. long; lobes 

 ovate, sub-acute. Petals orbicular. Stamens short. Hub. Low- 

 lying wet swamps. Singapore, Tanglin. Malacca, Bukit Bruang ; 

 Ayer Panas (Holmberg) . Selangor, Kwala Lumpur ; Sungei Buluh 

 (Foxworthy). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Native name: Samak 

 Bukit. 



(31) E. Griffithii Duthie, I.e. ii. 481; King, I.e. 92. E. 

 Valetoniana King, I.e. 112. 



Small tree 50 to 80 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or 

 narrowly elliptic, shortly acuminate, base cuneate ; nerves fine, 

 15 to 20 pairs, inconspicuous above, inarching -i in. from the edge, 

 reticulations faint or invisible, 4"5 to 6 in. long, 2 to 2"5 in. wide; 

 petioles '5 in. long. Panicles terminal and in upper axils, about 8, 

 terminal 2 to 6 in. long, with distant flowers solitary or in cymes 

 of 3, pedicelled. Calyx campanulate, barely "2 in. long, narrowed 

 to the pedicel '2 in. long, lobes short. Petals free, orbicular. 

 Stamens -2 in. long. Fruit globular ovoid, green, -5 in. through. 

 Hab. Lowland woods. Singapore, Changi ; Garden Jungle. 

 Malacca, Bukit Bruang; Merlimau (Derry). Perak, Goping 

 (Kunstler). Matang (Wray). Native name : Kelat Bising. 

 E. Valetoniana King, seems to me to be the same thing. 



(32) E. Duthieana King, I.e. 103. 



Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous elliptic, or ovate- 

 elliptic acuminate (caudate-acuminate) ; nerves 4 to 8 pairs, 

 inarching "2 in. from the edge, impressed above, elevate beneath, 

 reticulations faint, 3 to 5 in. long, 1-25 to 2'25 in. wide; petioles 

 •15 to "2 in. long. Racemes axillary and terminal, as many as 

 6 together. Flowers few sessile, white, '3 in. across. Calyx cam- 

 panulate, with pseudo-stalk, "2 in. long ; mouth wide, lobes rounded. 

 Petals orbicular. Fruit globular, 75 in. long, green. Hab. Dense 

 jungle, sea level to 2500 ft. antitude. Singapore, common. Garden 

 Jungle ; Bukit Timah ; Jurong. Johor, Bukit Banang. Malacca, 

 Mt. Ophir. Pahang, Pekan. Perak, Larut (Kunstler) up to 

 2500 ft. altitude. Penang Hill (Curtis). 



(33) E. Goodenovii King, I.e. 117. 



Tree 50 to 70 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic or oblong, 

 cuneate acuminate (drying pale green) ; nerves numerous very fine, 

 invisible above, 3-5 to 5-5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles -3 in. 

 long. Panicles fascicled, terminal and axillary, i to i'5 in. long 

 and as wide. Branches few. Flowers shortly pedicelled when 

 adult, "2 to -3 in. across. Buds club-shaped, as long. Calyx 

 funnel-shaped, gradually narrowed downwards into a rather thick 

 pseudo-stalk ; lobes broad round, 4. Petals calyptrate. Fruit 

 broad, urn-shaped, apex truncate with a thick calyx ring, with the 



