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19. Leptospermum plavescens, var. commune, Bentham. 



Distrib. — Common on all the mountains of the Malay Peninsula 

 from about 4,000 feet upwards to 7,000 feet. Malacca, 

 Pahang, Selangor, Perak and Kedah ; also in the Malay 

 Archipelago and in Australia. 



20. Eugenia valdevenosa, JDuthie. 



Distrib. — Penang and Perak, from 2,500 feet upwai^ds. 



21. Eugenia selangoeensis, sp. nov. 



Branches stout. Leaves thickly coriaceous, elliptic, with a 

 short deflexed point, base cuneate, nerves numerous, fine, 

 secondary nerves nearly as prominent, midrib elevated on 

 the back, depressed above, 8-9 cm. long, 4-5 cm. wide, 

 petiole thick, grooved above, 1 cm. long. Panicle shorter 

 than the leaves, 5 cm. long with numerous thick four-angled 

 branches, 0.3 cm. in diameter. Buds 0.6 cm. long; calyx 

 tube campanulate, tapering to the base, smooth, 0.9 cm. 

 long, 0.5 cm. through at the apex, lobes, four, short, ovate, 

 obtuse. Petals small, obovate rounded, bigger than the 

 calyx lobes. 



Stamens numerous, filaments slender twice as long as the petals. 



In some respects, especially in the form of the flower, this 

 resembles E. le'pidocarpa, Wall, but the calyx is not ribbed, 

 the leaves are thicker and the nerves much more numerous. 



22. Eugenia Wrayi, King. 



Distrib. — Perak mountains at Ulu Batang Padang, 5,000 to 

 5,600 feet. 



The form from the highest point differs in its denser, rounder 

 and even retuse leaves. The fruit (hitherto undescribed) is 

 1 cm. long globose, crowned by the short low annular calyx 

 limb. It appears to have been somewhat pulpy. 



23. Eugenia spissipolia, sp. nov. 



A shrub with crowded coriaceous sessile leaves, elliptic to 

 orbicular, retuse, base cordate, nerves faint on both sides, 

 about 10 pairs, secondary nerves nearly as conspicuous, 

 3-4 cm. long, 2. 5-4 cm. wide. Panicles terminal, shorter 

 than the leaves, or elongating beyond them 2. 5-7 cm. long 

 with short branches. Peduncles and pedicels (0.2 cm. long) 

 short and rather thick. Buds clavate, 0.7 cm. long when 

 open. Calyx tube rather long, dilate upwards, lobes, four, 

 ovate, short. Petals very small, hardly longer than the 

 calyx, lobes white, orbicular ovate. Stamens numerous, 

 very short 0.1 cm. long, hardly longer than the petals. 



This plant is very like E. Wrayi in habit and form of leaves 

 but is quite distinct in the long calyx tube, club-shaped buds, 

 the fewer nerves to the leaf and the very short stamens. 



