754 LViii. MYRTACE^. [Eugenia. 



long. Flowers greenish white -35 in. long in clusters of 3 to 4. 

 Calyx funnel-shaped, '15 in. long; lobes 5, unequal. Petals 

 calyptrate. Stamens short. Hab. Mountains at 5000 to 7000 ft. 

 altitude. Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). Perak, 

 Ulu Batang Padang (Wray) ; Gunong Kerbau at 7000 ft. altitude 

 (Haniff). 



(116) E. clypeolata Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, 



p. 185. 



Shrub with angled branchlets. Leaves ovate-cordate blunt, 

 imbricating, stiff coriaceous ; nerves very faint, 8 pairs, i in. long, 

 •6 in. wide ; petioles -05 in. long. Flowers in dense heads, terminal, 

 hardly appearing above leaves. Calyx ribbed, -18 in. long, not 

 pustular, gradually dilate from base; lobes round, 5, persistent. 

 Petals calyptrate, white. Stamens rather short ; style rather 

 stout. Hab. On mountain slopes at 5500 ft. altitude. Pahang, 

 Gunong Tahan across the Teku River (Ridley). 



(117) E. Jambolana Lam. Diet. 3, p. 198 ; King, I.e. 131. 

 Tree about 30 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, elhptic-lanceolate 



to ovate blunt acuminate, base cuneate ; nerves very fine close 

 parallel numerous, beneath dotted, 2-5 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. 

 wide ; petioles -6 to -75 in. long. Panicles below leaves, 1-5 to 

 3 in. long and as wide. Flowers white, -3 in. across, sessile. Calyx 

 campanulate suddenly pseudo-stalked, -i in. long, truncate. Petals 

 falling off in a cap. Fruit ovoid, oblong, i in. long, pulp3^ deep 

 purple. Seed i. Hab. Occasionally planted here and there. 

 Native of India. Singapore, Holland Road. Malacca and Penang, 

 Government Hill (Curtis). Native names: Jambelan ; Jiwat; 

 Salam. Use : Fruit eaten. 



(118) E. operculata Roxb. Hort. Beng. 37; Wight, Ic. t. 552; 

 King, I.e. 129. 



Tree 30 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous ovate-oblong 

 to elliptic-acuminate, base cuneate ; nerves 8 to 12 pairs, leaf 

 beneath dotted, 4 to 6 in. long, i-6 to 2-2 in. wide; petioles -2 to 

 •3 in. long. Panicles below leaves, 2 to 3 in. long, lax spreading; 

 branches trichotomous 4-angled. Flowers greenish, sessile, -i in. 

 across. Calyx campanulate, base narrowed, smooth, mouth 

 truncate, no lobes. Petals free. Fruit small, pea-shaped, purple, 

 i-seeded. Hab. Rather scarce in forests. Perak, Matang (Wray). 

 The var. eoriaeea of King with slightly more coriaceous leaves, 

 Penang, Penara Bukit (Curtis). Distrib. India. 



(119) E. balsamea Wight, III. ii. 16; Duthie, I.e. ii. 499. 



Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves rather thin, oblong-lanceolate, 

 shortly blunt cuspidate long-narrowed to base, densely punctate 

 on the lower surface which is shining coppery ; nerves 13 pairs, 

 fine, inarching with marginal nerve, 4-5 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; 

 petioles -25 in. long, slender. Cyme-panicles below the leaves, 

 I in. long and wide. Flowers very small, -05 in. long. Bracts 



