Eugenia.'] 



LVIII. MYRTACE.E. 



741 



innumerable parallel, sometimes invisible beneath, 2 to 3 in. long, 

 I to i'2 in. wide ; petioles "2 in. long. Flowers in small terminal 

 cymes, 75 in. long. Flowers small, "3 in. long, under "i in. wide, 

 white, pustular. Calyx cup-shaped with a long cylindric stalk. 

 Petals very small. Stamens short. Fruit clubbed from a narrow 

 base upwards crowned by the cupular calyx limb, "5 to '6 in. long. 

 Hab. Dry woods. Malacca, Merlimau (Derry). Selangor, Klang 

 Gates (Brooks). Penang Hill (Curtis, Maingay). Waterfall to 

 500 ft. altitude. 



(69) E. leptantha WigJit, III. ii. 15; Ic. t. 528; Duihie, I.e. 



Fig. 63. — Eugenia claviflora. 



ii. 484. Syzygium longiflorum Wall. Cat. 3572. E. claviflora 

 var. leptantha. King, I.e. 108. 



Tree about 60 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate 

 acuminate, base cuneate ; nerves slender, very numerous and 

 indistinct, 4 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles "i in. long. Cymes 

 racemose, axillary often below the leaves, i to 1-5 in. long. Flowers 

 club-shaped. Calyx obovoid -i in. with a long cylindric pseudo- 

 stalk, -3 in. long; lobes very short, pale orange colour. Stamens 

 •3 in. or less long. Fruit clavate oblong. Hab. Sea coasts and 

 open country. Singapore (Wallich). Malacca (Griffith). Pahang, 

 Pekan. Bindings, Pangkor. Penang (Wallich). Perils, Bukit 

 Lagi. Distrib. Tenasserim. 



