746 Lviii. MYRTACE^. [Eugenia. 



Panicles very numerous, 3 in. long, peduncled with few spreading 

 branches. Flowers small, sessile with ovate bracts at base, crowded 

 at tip -I in. long. Calyx cylindric, truncate. Hab. Perak (without 

 locality) (Scortechini). 



Allied to E. microcalyx, but leaves and flowers very much smaller (prob- 

 ably a high mountain plant). 



(85) E. pseudo-subtilis King, I.e. 123, in part. 



Small bushy conical tree about 20 ft. tall. Bark red flaky; 

 branchlets pale. Leaves coriaceous, obovate or lanceolate, blunt 

 narrowed at base ; nerves faint, 5 to 7 pairs, visible beneath, in- 

 arching within the margin, intramarginal invisible, 2-5 to 3-5 in. 

 long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long. Panicles spreading, lax, 

 2*5 to 4 in. long. Flowers small, sessile. Calyx -05 in. long, urn- 

 shaped to globular, rim of mouth projecting, teeth 4. Fruit .small, 

 globose, as big as a peppercorn, red. Hob. Hilly forests. Singa- 

 pore, Tanglin, perhaps planted here. Malacca, Bukit Sadanen 

 (Derry). 



var. suhacuminata. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate. Penang and 

 Perak (Kunstler). 



(86) E. Kunstleri King, I.e. 127. 



Tree 50 to 80 ft. tall, over 3 ft. through. Leaves thinly sub- 

 coriaceous elliptic acuminate, narrowed to base ; nerves about 

 10 pairs elevate beneath and conspicuously inarching -2 in. from 

 the edge; 5 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles -3 in. long. Panicles 

 terminal from upper axils, 1-5 to 3 in. long, peduncled, branching 

 at the top about 1-5 in. across. Flowers small, greenish yellow 

 about -I in. wide. Calyx obconic, no pseudo-stalk -i in. long, 

 teeth obscure 4. Petals orbicular, calyptrate. Stamens very 

 short. Fruit obovoid, -5 to -6 in. long, green with a reddish tinge. 

 Hah. Forests. Perak, Larut Hills up to 800 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 

 Penang (Curtis). 



(87) E. venulosa Wall. Cat. ; Duthie, I.e. ii. 490 ; King, I.e. 123. 

 Tree about 20 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, obovate or 



oblanceolate blunt or round, base cuneate ; nerves 10 to 14 pairs, 

 with the secondaries and reticulations fine but conspicuous on the 

 paler underside, less so above, 2 to 3 in. long, -8 to 2-2 in. wide; 

 petioles -15 in. long. Panicles terminal wide lax, many-flowered 

 6 in. long and as wide or less ; peduncle and branches 4-angled, 

 ebracteate. Calyx -2 in. long, campanulate, narrowed to a pseudo- 

 stalk as long as the cup, truncate. Petals calyptrate. Fruit 

 globose. Hab. Common in the south in open woody country. 

 Singapore, Tampinis road. Johor, Kota Tinggi ; Gunong Pantai 

 road. Malacca, Bukit Bruang (Derry) ; Bukit Bharu (Maingaj^). 

 Perak, Haram River (Scortechini). Distrib. Karimon isles. Native 

 name : Kelat Putih. 



King's var. inacrothyrsa is not worth keeping up. It is only based on 

 good specimens. 



