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stout, wrinkled psendo- stalk : the mouth undulate and with 4 broad 

 shallow deciduous teeth. Fruit ovoid, smooth, crowned by the wide 

 circular remains of the calyx, '4 in. long (unripe) and '35 in. in diam. 



Singapore : Bidley 4588. Penang : Curtis 194. 



VAR. rohustaj King ; leaves larger (35 to 55 long and 1*5 to 2'2 in. 

 broad) than in the typical form, and young branches thicker. Panicles 

 several, terminal, 2 to 2'5 in. long ; the branches more numerous than 

 in the type form and not crowded at the apex, the lower as much as 

 •4 in. long. 



Penang : Curtis 194, 1448, 3275. 



A very rare but distinct species readily recognised by its short panicles, com- 

 paratively large flowers, and by the boldness of the midrib and of the few nerves on 

 the under surface of the leaves which when dry are of a conspicuous terra-cotta 

 colour. 



43. Eugenia Duthieana, King n. sp. A tree, 40 to 70 feet high 

 young branches thicker than a crow-quill, the bark brown, rather rough. 

 Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, ovate-elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, shortly 

 acuminate, the base cuneate ; both surfaces brown when dry and rather 

 dull, the lower slightly the paler ; main-nerves 4 to 8 pairs, curved, 

 ascending, interarching far from the edge (about '15 in.), impressed 

 on the upper, faintly prominent on the lower surface ; the secondary 

 nerves almost as prominent as the main ones ; the reticulations indis- 

 tinct on the lower, invisible on the upper surface ; length 3 to 5 in. ; 

 breadth 1'25 to 2*25 in. ; petiole '15 to '2 in. Racemes slender, 1 to 2 

 inches long, slender, solitary, clustered, terminal or axillary, the rachis 

 dark, 4-angled. Flowers few, sessile, clavate in bud, sometimes clus- 

 tered at the apex of the rachis. Calyx '2 in. long, funnel-shaped, half 

 of it contracted into a pseudo-stalk, the mouth wide and with 4 broad, 

 rounded teeth. Petals reflexed, orbicular, white. Fruit clavate when 

 young, becoming almost globular when ripe, rugulose, crowned by the 

 wide circular remains of the calyx, '75 in. long and 65 in. in diam. 



Perak : King's Collector 3966, 4218, 6268 ; Scortechini, Malacca 

 Derry 256. Penang : Curtis 653. Singapore : Ridley 3864, 4982, 8400. 

 A species resembling E. minutifiora, Miq., but with larger flowers and more 

 numerously nerved leaves. It is named after Mr. J. F. Duthie, F.L.S., who 

 elaborated the Myrtacex for Hooker's Flora of British India. 



44. Edgenta poltantha, Wight 111. 17 ; Icones 543. A tall, slender 

 tree ; young branches rather thicker than a crow-quill, brown. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, narrowly elliptic or lanceolate, sometimes oblong- 

 oblanceolate, shortly and bluntly acuminate, the base cuneate : upper 

 surface (when dry) dark-brown, shining, the nerves scarcely visible ; 

 lower paler brown, dull, with numerous minute black dots 3 main-nerves 



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