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32. Eugenia Hdlletiana, King n. sp. A tree, 20 to 25 feet high ; 

 youTig branches thicker than a crow-quill, terete, brown. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, with an abrupt, broad, short, apical 

 acumen, the base cuneate, the edge slightly recurved ; upper surface 

 somewhat shining, dull-olivaceous ; the lower tinged with brown ; main- 

 nerves numerous, about '1 in. apart, rather straight, curving upwards 

 at the ends only and there interarching less than '05 in. from the edge, 

 faint on the upper surface and only slightly conspicuous on the lower, 

 the midrib depressed on the upper surface convex on the lower : reti- 

 culations almost invisible on the upper, not prominent on the lower 

 surface; length 325 to 45 in. ; breadth 1-5 to 2 in.; petiole '3 to 

 •4 in. Panicles axillary and terminal, as long or nearly as long as the 

 leaves, lather lax, pedunculate ; the branches few, spreading, 4-angled, 

 compressed. Flotvers pale-green, (the stamens white), in groups of 

 three, sessile at the ends of the branches, about '5 or 6 in. long 

 (including the stamens), clavate in bud. Calyx about '25 in. long, 

 funnel-shaped, the lower two-thirds cylindric and vertically ribbed; 

 the mouth wide, divided into four broad, rounded lobes. Petals 4 sub- 

 orbicular, re flexed, free. Fruit unknown. 



Pebak : King's Gollector 7470. Distrib. — Sumatra, Ridley 8973. 



A species resembling in many respects E. glauca, King, but with larger flowers 

 and differently veined leaves. 



33. Eugenia chlorantha, Duthie in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 487. 

 A small glabrous tree : young branches thin, dark-brown, sub-terete. 

 Leaves coriaceous, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, the apex shortly and abruptly 

 acuminate, the base cuneate, both surfaces olivaceous-green when 

 dry : main-nerves numerous, interarching less than "1 in. from the edge 

 thin bat distinct, the secondary nerves and reticulations also 

 distinct : length 45 to 6 in. ; breadth 2 to 3 in. ; petiole '3 to 35 in. 

 Panicles much shorter than the leaves, axillary and terminal, diva- 

 ricate, many-flowered, condensed, trichotomous, the branchlets com- 

 pressed, 4-augled, short. Flowers -3 in. in diam. (excluding the sta- 

 mens), sessile, clavate. Calyx "35 in. long, contracted into a thick, ridged 

 pseudo-stalk for more than half its length, the mouth with 4 short 

 thick, broad, rounded, spreading or reflexed lobes. Petals orbicular, 

 greenish, not calyptrate. Fruit sub-globular, smooth, crowned by the 

 prominent reflexed or spreading calyx-teeth, '3 to '4 in. in diam. 



Malacca : Griffith (K.D.) 2385 ; Maingay (K.D.) 733. Singapore : 

 Ridley 445, 3910, 5823, 9220. Pahang : Ridley 1096. Penang : Curtis 

 180, 1448; Ridley 7957,7952, 10190 Johore : Ridley 9181. Perak : 

 King's Gollector 1277, 4082, 4220, 4076, 6765, 5619, 7511, 8535. Distrib 

 — Sumatra, Forbes 3098. 



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