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obloDg, tapering to eacb end, the apex crowned by the 4 persistent 

 qalyx-teeth, minutely rugalose, length {very unripe) *25 in. Kurz in 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI, Pt. 2, 66 ; For. Flora Burm. I, 482 ; 

 Duthie in Hook. fil. Fl. Bv. Ind. II, 488. 



Malacca: Maingay (K.D.) 770. Pbnang: Curtis 1089, 3175. 

 Perak: very common. DisiRiB. — Burma: Gri^th {K.D.) 2387; Heifer 

 (K.D.) 2386, 2373. 



Easily recognised by its profnsely bracteolate inflorescence and acutely 4- 

 angled branches and panicle. Curtis's 1089 is when dry of a much paler colour than 

 the Perak specimens, otherwise it agrees. 



81. Ecgenia vknulosa, Wall, in Cat. ex Duthie in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. 

 Ind. II, 490. A tree, 20 to 25 feet high ; young branches thicker than 

 a crow-quill, terete, pale. Leaves coiiaceous, elliptic-rhomboid to oblan- 

 ceolate, the apex obtuse or sub-acute, tlie base cuneate ; upper surface 

 pale-brown often with an olivaceous tint (when dry), dotted, shining, 

 duller, the nerves faint; under surface paler, and not olivaceous, the main- 

 nerves 10 to 14 pairs, rather straight, sub-erect, not much more promi- 

 nent than the secondary nerves, both sets connected by numerous loops, 

 the intramarginal nerves about "1 in. distant from the slightly recurved 

 edge; length 2 to 3 in.; breadth '8 to 2*2 in. ; petiole '1 to 'lb in. 

 Panicles terminal, broadly corymbose, much- branched, usually shorter 

 or not much longer than the leaves (longer in var.) ; peduncle and 

 branches 4-angled, the flowers in threes at the apices of the branchlets, 

 clavate in bud, sessile. Calyx '2 in. long, rugulose, cauipanulate in 

 its upper half, the lower contracted, the mouth truncate, or slightly 

 lobed. Petals calyptrate. Fruit globular, submamiliate, the apex with 

 ^ deep, circular, entire pit bounded by the calyx-walls, "5 in. in diam. 



Malacca: Griffith (K.D.) 2405; Maingay (K.D.) 74]. Singapore: 

 Wallich ; Ridley 5985. Johore : 4986. Perak : Scortechini 188 ; Wray 

 3016. 



VAR. macrothyrsa ; 'panicles longer than the leaves and as much as 

 4 in. broad. 



Malacca: Griffith {K.D.) 2405; Derry 21 ; Maingay (K.D.) 719. 

 Johore : Ridley 4196. Perak : Scortechini 188. 



82. Eugenia pseddo-scbtilis, King. A tree, 30 or 40 feet high ; 

 young branches pale greyish-yellow, or almost white, slightly thicker 

 than a crow-quill, terete. Leaves very coriaceous, narrowly oblong- 

 elliptic tapering from the middle to each end, the apex sub-acute or 

 obtuse, the base cuneate ; both surfaces when dry dull, pale-brown ; the 

 upper pellucid-pitted and the nerves faint; the lower paler not pitted, 

 the midrib prominent but the 5 to 7 pairs of main-nerves faint, sub- 

 erect, curved, not interarching near the edge, length 2*25 to 4 in. ; 



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