Eugenia.] lviii. myrtace^. 733 



broad obconic, "25 in. long, pseudo-stalk very short. Fruit globose 

 I in. through. Hab. Stony woods, local. Penang, Muka Head 

 and Waterfall near Hindu Temple (Curtis). Native name : Krian. 



(39) E. siibrufa King, I.e. 102. 



Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall. Bark flaky red. Leaves thickly cori- 

 aceous, narrowly elliptic shortly acuminate, base cuneate ; midrib 

 and 7 pairs of fine nerves prominent beneath ; nerves inarching 

 in loops -I in. from edge, 3*5 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide ; petioles 

 •3 to '4 in. long. Panicles terminal and axillary peduncled; 

 branches few crowded at tip. Flowers "5 in. long, sessile in threes. 

 Calyx campanulate funnel-shaped, mouth undulate, 4-toothed. 

 Fruit ovoid, smooth, crowned by the calyx-ring. Hab. Rare in 

 forests. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Changi Road. Penang Hill 

 (Curtis). 



var. robusia. Leaves larger; panicles longer, branches more 

 numerous. Penang (Curtis). 



(40) E. pachyphylla Kurz, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlii. (2), 332. 

 Tree. Branches with white bark. Leaves obovate to oblanceo- 



late, thin coriaceous, shortly blunt apiculate, base cuneate ; 

 nerves over 20 pairs, slender inarching close to the edge, 3*5 to 

 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles thick, '2 in. long. Inflores- 

 cence 2 '5 to 6 in. long, of peduncled few-flowered racemes ; peduncles 

 thick angled. Flowers 2 to 3, sessile on the ends of the branches. 

 Calyx "4 in. wide, funnel-shaped, limb undulate spreading, '4 in. 

 across ; lobes '2 in. long round. Petals orbicular. Stamens '4 in. 

 long. Hab. Malacca (Griffith). Perak, Thaiping Hills at 2000 ft. 

 altitude (Curtis). 



(41) E. Hoseana King, I.e. 106. 



Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Branches pale. Leaves coriaceous, 

 elliptic shortly caudate acuminate, base cuneate ; nerves 15 to 

 20 pairs elevate beneath, inarching 'i in. from edge, 4*5 to 7 in. 

 long, 175 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles -15 in. long. Flowers white, 

 sessile in dense terminal and axillary racemose heads, i in. long 

 with several ovate persistent bracts as long as themselves. Calyx 

 widely campanulate, contracted at base, no pseudo-stalk, leathery, 

 '5 in. across; lobes blunt. Stamens "3 in. long. Fruit globose 

 campanulate crowned by lobes '5 in. long, -4 in. through. Hab. 

 Rather rare in lowland woods. Johor town (Ridley). Perak, 

 Larut (Kunstler). 



(42) E. subhorizontalis King, I.e. 112. 



Small tree. Leaves thin coriaceous oblong acuminate both 

 ends; nerves fine with secondaries numerous (20 pairs or more) 

 inarching -05 to -i in. from edge, 4-5 to 7 in. long, 1-5 to 2-3 in. 

 wide ; petioles '5 in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal, axillary 

 ones I- to 4-fascicled, terminal one 2*5 to 3 in. long; branches few, 

 lax. Flowers sessile white in clusters at ends of branchlets. Calyx 

 •25 in. long, funnel-shaped; lobes 4, round or sub-acute. Rare. 



