Eugenia.'] MX. MYRTACE/E. (J. F. Duthie.) 487 



52. E. chlorantha, Duthie ; leaves ovate acuminate thick opaque shin- 

 ing nerves numerous close, cymes in short racemes from the upper axils or ter- 

 minating previous year's shoots, calyx-tube ^ in. cylindrical below, petals free 

 greenish, berry globose about ^ in. crowned with 4 rounded unequal calyx- 

 lobes. Syz. rigidum, Wall Cat. 3581 ; not of DC. (Eug.). 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay, 733 ; SINGAPORE, Wallich. DISTRIB. Malay Islands. 



" A very elegant tree when in flower " (Maingay MS.). Branchlets terete. Leaves 

 2-5 by 1 -3 in. ; midrib impressed above, prominent beneath ; primary nerves 

 slender prominent on both surfaces, uniting in loops within the margin, interspaces 

 finely reticulate. Calyx-tube furrowed below. Petals in., reflexed. Filaments 

 bright red. 



53. E. lineata, Blume Bijd. 1087 (Myrtus) ; Mus. JSot. i. 116 (Clavi- 

 myrtus) ; leaves lanceolate-oblong or nearly elliptic obtusely acuminate narrow 

 at the base, cymes axillary and terminal shorter than the leaves, calyx-tube 

 clavate lobes 4, petals free, berry size of large pea crowned with the constricted 

 calyx-limb. E. corymbosa, Wall. Cat. 3566 F. Jambosa lineata, DC. Prodr. 

 iii. 287 ; Miq. Fl. 2nd. Bat. i. pt. i. 428. 



MALACCA, Maingay (720), Griffith (2390 in part) ; PENANG, Jack. DISTRIB. Java, 

 Borneo, Sumatra. 



A shrub or small tree. Branchlets terete. Leaves 2-3^ by 1-2 in., coriaceous, 

 shining above, finely nerved. Extreme branches of inflorescence 3-fl. Calyx-tube 

 about ^ in. ; lobes about equal, persistent. Petals shortly clawed, suborbicular, twice 

 the calyx-lobes. 



54. E. rubricaulis, Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. i. pt. i. 432 (Jambosd) ; leaves 

 elliptic from an acute base long and obtusely acuminate shining above, smaller 

 nerves and dots pellucid, cymes axillary and terminal, calyx-tube ^ in. obovate- 

 cylindrical, lobes 4, petals free. 



TENASSERIM, Heifer ; MALACCA, Griffith. DISTRIB. Java. 



Branchlets subterete, reddish. Leaves 2-3 by -| in., stiffly cartilaginous ; midrib 

 prominent beneath, tinged with red ; lateral nerves close, distinct beneath, inter- 

 spaces subreticulate ; petiole ^-^- in., channelled above. Flowers nearly sessile. 

 Calyx-lobes ovate, rounded, scarious at the edges. Anthers cordate-apiculate. 



55. E. pyrifolia, Wall. Cat. 3584 (Syzyginm} not of Desv. leaves ovate 

 or oblong-lanceolate with a long* obtuse acumen coriaceous dark and shining 

 above, corymbs terminal trichotomous long-peduncled, calyx-tube about | in. 

 gradually tapering to the base lobes 4 shallow, petals united, berry oblong. 

 Syzygium pyrifolium, DC. Prodr. iii. 261 (Syzyy.) ; Korth. in Ned. Kruidk. i. 

 204 j Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 457. Oalyptranthes pyrifolia, JBlume Sijd. 

 1090. 



SINGAPORE, Wallich. DISTRIB. Java. 



A tree. Leaves lf-3 by f-2 in. ; acumen sometimes in. long ; lateral nerves 

 close, conspicuous ; petiole about % in. Flowers sessile, in threes. Syz. punctulatum, 

 Wall.. Cat. 3583, with less acuminate dull-coloured leaves, nerves less distinct, and more 

 elongate fruit, may perhaps belong here ; there are no flowers with the specimens. 



56. E. tumid a, Duthie ; leaves oblong-ovate or obovate shortly acuminate 

 narrowed at the base closely nerved, cymes terminal and axillary equalling or 

 exceeding the leaves, calyx-tube ^ in. narrow swollen below the middle. 



MALACCA, Maingay, 755. 



Branchlets terete. Leaves 2^-3^ in., chocolate-coloured above, rusty-yellow 



