Eugenia.] lviii. myrtace^. 749 



(95) E. oblata Roxh. Hort. Beng. 37; King, I.e. 114. E. 

 laevicaulis Duthie, I.e. ii. 492. 



Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves elliptic acuminate, base shortly 

 cuneate; nerves as in inophylla, 3-5 to 5 in. long, i to 2-5 in. wide; 

 petioles -5 in. long. Panicle 1-5 in. long, terminal and axillary. 

 Calyx funnel-shaped, narrowed to base and with distinct rounded 

 lobes -2 in. long. Petals calyptrate. Fruit depressed globose 

 •5 in. through when dry. Hah. Forests. Johor, Pengerang (Cant- 

 ley) ; Sungei Tebrau. Malacca, Merhmau (Cantley). Pahang, 

 Pekan; Rumpin River mouth (Evans). Perak (Scortechini). 

 Penang, Batu Feringhi ; Bahk Pulau. Province Wellesley, Kubang 

 Ulu (Curtis) ; Nibong Tebal. Distrih. Assam to Tenasserim and 

 Yunnan. 



This is hardly distinct from E. inophylla except in the shorter panicles 

 and shape of calyx and larger flowers. 



(96) E. Curtisii King, I.e. 129. 



A tree 60 to 80 ft. tali, 10 to 15 in. through. Leaves coriaceous, 

 oblong-lanceolate short, blunt, acuminate (grey when dry) pustu- 

 late beneath; nerves very fine, numerous faint joining the intra- 

 marginal, which is -i in. or more from the edge, 3 to 5-5 in. long, 

 I to 2 in. wide ; petioles '15 to -2 in. long. Panicles terminal, sessile ; 

 branches rather thick with red flaky bark, scurfy 4-angled, 3 in. 

 long and as wide. Flowers numerous, white, densely crowded. 

 Calyx campanulate, narrowed to the base, pseudo-stalk minute or 

 o, -I in. long and wide, lobes 5, very small. Petals 5, free, orbicular. 

 Stamens numerous short. Hah. Open jungle, low ground, Pahang, 

 Bentong (Foxworthy). Perak, Goping (Kunstler) ; Tapah (Wray). 



var. minor King is a form or state with narrower lanceolate 

 leaves. It was found in Malacca by Hervey and at Tapah by Wray. 



(97) E. linocieroidea King, I.e. 118. 



Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall. Stem 10 to 20 in. through; branches 

 rather slender. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate caudate, base 

 acuminate; nerves very fine, numerous inconspicuous, intra- 

 marginal close to edge, 2 to 3 in. long, -6 to i in. wide; petioles 

 •I in. long. Panicles terminal, corymbose, many-flowered, 2 to 

 3 in. long, 2 in. or more wide; branches many-angled. Flowers 

 •4 in. long, sessile, white; buds club-shaped. Calyx -3 in. long, 

 gradually narrowed to a ribbed pseudo-stalk, lobes round 4. Petals 

 free. -Fruit oblong vertically ridged, apex crowned by calyx-tube 

 enlarged, and 4 inflexed teeth, -35 in. long, pale red. Hah. Forests, 

 Perak, Relau Tujor (Wray); Batang Padang (Kunstler). 



(98) E. cyrtophylloides Ridl. Joiirn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 



79, P- 65. 



Tree. Leaves stiffly coriaceous lanceolate acute or cuspidate, 

 base rounded, beneath black-dotted; nerves very numerous, fine 

 above, very inconspicuous beneath; midrib strongly elevate, 

 2-5 to 4 in. long, i to 1-5 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. Panicles 



