Eugenia.] lviii. myrtace^. 739 



(61) E. grata Wight, III. ii. 15 ; King, I.e. 109. 



Shrub or small tree. Leaves coriaceous ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate blunt ; nerves faint, numerous, intramarginal close 

 to edge, 2 to 3-5 in. long, -85 to i"5 in. wide; petioles 'i^ to '25 in. 

 long. Panicles i in. long, axillary and terminal. Flowers numerous. 

 Calyx longer than in E. zcylanica and ribbed, not pustular, '2$ in. 

 across. Fruit ovoid '2 in. long, black. Hab. River-banks and 

 edges of woods. A pretty shrub or treelet. Johor, Sempang 

 Kanan, Batu Pahat ; Panchur. Pahang, Pekan. Dindings, 

 Lumut and Pangkor, Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Telok 

 Bahang; Batu Feringhi. Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur. 

 Adang islands. Lankawi, Kwala Kwah. Distrih. Anda- 

 mans, Tenasserim, Siam, Sumatra. Native name : Gelam Tikus 

 (Penang). 



(62) E. polita King, I.e. no. 



Shrub or small tree up to 40 ft. tall and 6 to 10 in. through. 

 Branches 4-angled. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate or ovate blunt 

 acuminate, base cuneate ; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, secondaries 

 numerous, hardly visible above, fine beneath, i'5 to 2*25 in. long, 

 •75 to I in. wide; petioles under "i in. long. Panicles axillary and 

 terminal, condensed i in. long ; branches short, thick, 4-angled 

 and winged. Bracts oblong-lanceolate blunt as long as calyx. 

 Flowers sessile "35 in. long, white. Calyx strongly angled, oblong 

 funnel-shaped; lobes 5. Petals orbicular. Stamens few, short. 

 Fruit globular, small. Hah. Johor, Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall). 

 Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Holmberg). Dindings, Lumut (Curtis). 

 Perak, Ulu Kerling and Larut (Kunstler). Penang (Wallich) ; 

 Hill at 1200 ft. altitude (Curtis). 



(63) E. tecta King, I.e. 109. 



Tree 20 to 25 ft. tall. Branches slender 4-angled; bark loose, 

 red. Leaves ovate, thin, coriaceous acuminate, base round; 

 nerves fine inconspicuous, midrib tubercled; 2*5 to 3*25 in. long, 

 1*1 to i'6 in. wide; petioles "05 to i in. long, thick densely black 

 tubercled. Flowers '5 in. long, in dense fascicles terminal or 

 axillary " golden " sessile. Cah^x wide funnel-shaped, 5-lobed. 

 Hah. Perak, Larut, below 500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 



(64) E. pseudo-tetraptera King, I.e. 109. 



Shrub about 2 ft. tall. Branchlets 4-angled and with 4 crenulate 

 wings. Leaves ovate short acuminate, base round ; nerves 14 

 to 18 pairs, deep depressed above, elevate beneath intramarginal 

 •I in from edge, 2 to 275 in. long, i"5 in. wide; petioles minute 

 wrinkled. Flowers in terminal and upper-axillary heads, sessile, 

 about 14 in. a head, white, about 25 in. Bracts as long as flowers, 

 oblong, blunt. Calyx cylindric, lobes 5. Fruit globular, '25 in. 

 through. Hah. In forests, not rare, but very seldom flowering. 

 Johor, Gunong Pantai (Ridley). Selangor; Sungei Buluh (Ridley). 

 Distrih. Carimon isles. 



