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nerves faint, the intramarginal line ratlier less thin^ '1 in. from the 

 edge ; length 2*5 to 4 in. ; breadth '9 to 1*4 in. ; petiole '2 to '25 in. 

 Panicles usually large, lax, manj-branched, pedunculate, longer than 

 the leaves, mostly terminal but some also from the upper leaf -axils : 

 branches acutely 4-angled, the upper also compressed. Flowers numer- 

 ous, small, white, sessile, usually in threes from the ends of tlie brancli- 

 lets, '2 in. long (including the stamens). Calyx turbinate-clavate, 

 nearly '2 in. long, the lower half contracted, fhe upper part turbinate 

 its mouth truncate or very obscurely toothed. Petals 5 or 6, minute, 

 rotund, clavi^ed, erose, free. Frnit depressed-globular, crowned by the 

 minute circular remains of the calyx, '4 to '5 in. broad and about '35 to 

 •4 in. long. Dutbie in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Tnd. IT, 483. Jamhosa acumina- 

 tissima, Hassk. in Flora (1849), 592; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, 438. Syzyg. 

 aUissimum,^ Wall. Cat. 3588. Myrtus acuminatissima^ Blume Bijdr. 

 1088. 



In all the Provinces except the Nicobar Islands. Distrib. — Burma, 

 Sumatra. 



89. Eugenia Kunstleri, King n. sp. A tall tree ; young branches 

 thinner than a goose-quill, terete, pale. Leaves thinly coriaceous, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, much narrowed at the base : upper surface brown 

 (when dry), with small depressed dots, the nerves indistinct : lower pale- 

 brown with numerous small black dots : main-nerves bold on the under 

 surface, 8 to 10 pairs, curving upwards and interarching '1 to "15 in. 

 from the edge; length 3*5 to 5*5 in.; breadth 1*5 to 2*25 in.; petiole 

 •4 to '5 in. Panicles terminal or from the upper leaf-axils, much shorter 

 than the leaves ; the short peduncle and the numerous spreading 

 branches 4-angled, with many small pustules, minutely bracteolate at 

 the divisions. Flowers small, numerous, greenisb-yellow, in threes at the 

 apices of the branchlets, sessile. Calyx '\ in., funnel-shaped, the mouth 

 with 4 obscure broad teeth. Petals orbicular. Fruit ovoid, contracted 

 somewhat at the base and crowned by the short wide calyx-limb, 

 smooth, 'S-'B in. long. 



Perak: King's Collector 3310, 3680. Penang: Curtis 179. 



A species of which the nearest allies are E. p?(stulata, Duthie, and E. hrachiata, 

 Roxb., bat with more slender panicles and smaller flowers than the former and more 

 acuminate leaves than the latter. It also resembles E. minutijlora, Miq., but that 

 has broadly ovate shortly acuminate leaves and shorter panicles. 



90. Eugenia postdlata, Duthie in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 495. 

 A tree, 20 to 50 feet high j young branches thinner than a goose-quill, 

 terete, pale-brown, minutely warted. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or 

 cbloiig-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, much narrowed to the base : upper 

 surface (when dry) smooth, shining, greenish, the nerves usually 



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