448 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



30 to 35 in tropical Asia, Australia, and Pol}Tiesia ; 1 species in 

 Madagascar. 



Leaves with main nerves curving upwards ; stamens near the 

 top of the corolla-tube : — 



Leaves chartaceous or coriaceous ; branchlets stout ; calyx- 

 lobes thick, broad, short : — 



Cymes glabrous or very slightly pubescent . • .. 1. E, corymbosa. 



Cymes hirsute .. .. .. ..2. E. hirta. 



Leaves membranous ; branchlets slender : — 

 Calyx-lobes very small, under -1 in. long: — 



Calyx-lobes ovate, acute ; follicles oblong, keeled, beak 



slightly recurved ; seeds 3 to 6 .. .. ..3. E. coronaria. 



Calyx-lobes ovate, rounded ; follicles twisted, beak much 



recurved ; seeds 1 to 2 . . . . . . 4. E. peduncularig. 



Calyx-lobes lanceolate, over -1 in. long: — 



Calyx-lobes over 3 in. long; follicles 1-5 to 3 in. long, 



narrowly cyUndric, not keeled . . . . . . 5. E. cylindrocarpa. 



Calyx-lobes -lo to -2 in. long; follicles -75 to r2o in. 



long, oblong falcate, 3-keeled . . . . . . 6. E. malaccensis. 



Calyx-lobes -1 to -15 in. long; follicles 1 to l-o in. long, 



ovoid, long-acuminate, not keeled . . ..I.E. Curtisii. 



Leaves with main nerves at right angles to midrib and straight 

 or very slightly curving ; branchlets stout ; stamens near the 

 middle of the corolla-tube . , . . . . . . 8. £. polyneura. 



1. Eevata:mu. corymbosa, King & Gamble. A shrub or small tree, 

 reaching 30 to 40 feet in height and 8 to 10 in. in diameter ; branchlets 

 stout, smooth, uppermost internodes somewhat flattened. Leaves 

 chartaceous ; elhptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, obtusely acuminate 

 at apex, cuneately narrowed at base ; dark green above, pale beneath ; 

 margins sometimes sUghtly recurved ; those of each pair often very 

 unequal in size ; 6 to 16 in. long, 2 to 6 in. broad ; midrib stout, raised 

 beneath ; main nerves 12 to 16 pairs, leaving the midrib at an angle of 

 65'-' to 7o'" and at first nearly straight, then cunnng upwards to and along 

 the margin, usually impressed above and strongly raised beneath ; 

 reticulations few, inconspicuous ; petiole stout, o to -8 in. long, base 

 enlarged half-stem-clasping ; axillaiy glands prominent, meeting at the 

 nodes. Cymes many-flowered, much-branched, usually in pairs in the 

 axils of the second uppermost pair of leaves, di-tri-chotomous ; peduncles 

 variable, 'O to 2-5 in. long, stout ; secondary peduncles similar, 1 to 

 1-5 in. long ; pedicels slender, -5 to 1 in. long, somewhat clavate ; bracts 

 obsolete ; flowers spreading, corymbose, waxy cream-colour ; buds 

 clavate, the top large, globose, often minutely grey-pubescent. Calyx- 

 tube campanulate, "5 in. long, thick; lobes ovate, rounded, ciliate, -1 in. 

 long ; glands, if present, two at the base of the lobes inside. Corolla- 



