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Although the petals of this are greenish, the stamens are of a brilliant red 

 colour and as these are more permanent than the petals the specific name is some- 

 what misleading. There are however some specimens in which the petals are 

 distinctly stated by the collector to be red. 



In the Herbarium the species is readily recognised by the large persistent 

 spreading calyx-lobes which crown the fruit and by the greenish colonr of the 

 leaves. 



34. Eugenia penangiana, Duthie in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 486. 

 A slender glabrous tree, 40 to 80 feet high : young branches sub-terete, 

 ribbed, those of the inflorescence 4-angled, all pale when dry. Leaves 

 coriaceous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate rarely oblanceolate, obtusely 

 acuminate, the base cuneate ; both surfaces yellowish when dry, the 

 lower slightly paler ; nerves numerous spreading not prominent on either 

 surface ; length 2 to 3 in. rarely 4 in. ; breadth *75 to 1'75 in. ; petiole 

 •1 to '15 in. Panicles mostly terminal, but a few axillary, 1 to 3 in. 

 long, on slender peduncles, the branchlets numerous divaricate, each 

 bearing at its apex 3 to 5 sessile, white, clavate flowers '5 or 6 in. long. 

 Calyx about '4 in. long (longer in fruit), funnel-shaped, abruptly taper- 

 ing to the base, ribbed (when dry), the limb with 4 or 5 short often 

 obscure teeth. Petals orbicular, equal in number to the calyx-lobes, free. 

 Stamens short. Fruit elongate, gradually tapered to the base from the 

 truncate apex, crowned by the cupular, entire calyx-limb, '5 or "6 in. 

 long. 



Penang: Maingay (K.D.) 744; Curtis 193, 2790, 2972. Perak: 

 Scortechini IS2, 184, 1368, 3410, 5651, 6965; Wray 3066. Malacca: 

 Derry 1177. 



It is possible that two species may be covered by the preceding description as 

 some of the specimens have smaller thinner leaves and flowers with more constricted 

 pseudo-stalks than the type specimen {Maingay 744) on which Mr. Duthie founded 

 the species. 



35. Eugenia Ridleti, King n. sp. A tree; young branches 

 thinner than a goose-quill, terete, the bark brown, rather rough. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, oblong- or ovate-lanceolate, acute, or acuminate, the 

 base cuneate; both surfaces rather dull when dry, the upper dark 

 olivaceous brown, the nerves impressed ; the lower pale warm brown, 

 the midrib and nerves very prominent ; main-nerves 7 to 10 pairs, 

 curving upwards and interarching far from the edge, the secondary 

 nerves prominent but the reticulations obscure ; length 3"5 to 4"5 in. ; 

 breadth I "25 to 2 in. ; petiole A to '5 in. Panicles axillary and terminal, 

 half as long as the leaves, the terminal sometimes as long, broad, the 

 branches few and spreading horizontally, compressed especially at the 

 nodes. Flowers "3 in. long (including the stamens), green, sessile, the 

 buds clavate ; calyx '2 in. lung, campanulate above, abruptly narrowed 



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