88 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 



ill., laterally compressed. Panicles 3 or 4 inches long, solitary in the 

 leaf- axils or in groups of 2 or 3 at the apices of the branches ; the 

 branchlets few, short, spreading, bearing 3 or 4 flowers at their apices. 

 Flowers "6 in. in diara. ; depressed globular in bud. Calyx-tube shortly 

 and widely campanulatcj suddenly contracted into a pseudo-stalk "1 in. 

 long : the teeth 4, short, unequal, rounded, inflexed. Petals 4, orbicular- 

 ovate, pellucid-dotted, not much longer than the stamens, free. Fruit 

 globular, smooth, crowned by the short calyx-cup, 1 in. in diam., black 

 when dry. Syzygium subdecussattim, Wall. Cat. 5589 in part, 



Penang : Curtis 1440. 



Since the time of Wallich who issued it along with his Syz. suhdecussatum 

 this has been collected by Mr. Curtis only. The elongate leaves of parchment-like 

 texture with many straight very regular nerves and short panicles and globular 

 fruit distinguish it. 



15. Eugenia Dteriana, King n. sp. A tree, 40 to 50 feet high ; 

 young branches as thick as a goose-quill ; young branches terete below, 

 compressed near the apex, dark-brown. Leaves thickly coriaceous, 

 elliptic, (oblong in the variety), slightly narrowed at each end; both 

 surfaces dark-brown when dry and shining ; the upper with midrib and 

 main-nerves impressed, the reticulations invisible ; the lower of a 

 warmer brown colour, the main-nerves and midrib (but not the reticu- 

 lations) very bold: main-nerves 13 to 20 pairs, slightly curved, ascend- 

 ing, interarching *1 in. or more from the recurved edge ; length 7 to 9 

 in. ; breadth 3"5 to 5 in. ; petiole '4 to '6 in. ; short. Panicles narrow, 

 few-flowered, much shorter than the leaves, terminal or from the 

 upper leaf-axils, usually pedunculate : branches few, short, spreading, 

 much compressed, the flowers crowded at their apices. Flowers 4 in. 

 across when expanded, sessile, obovoid in bud. Calyx campanulate, 

 •3 in. long, abruptly constricted into a very short pseudo-stalk, the 

 mouth wide and with 4 small rounded lobes. Petals 4, free, not calyp- 

 trate, orbicular. Stamens white, only '25 in. long. Fruit (unripe) 

 globular, smooth, crowned by the small, short, circular remains of the 

 calyx, '75 in. in diam. 



Perak: Scortechini 2018 ; Wray 2094<; King's Collector 6196, 6404, 

 6767. 



var. ohlonga ; leaves oblong or narrowly oblong-elliptic, 4 to 8 in. 

 long and 1*25 to 2*75 in. broad ; panicles nearly as long as the leaves. 



Perak : King's Collector 7669. 



A species near £•. Ciarfceana, King, but with larger leaves with more nerves, 

 larger flowers but smaller panicles. 



16. Eugenia Hemsletana, King n. sp. A tree, 30 or 40 feet high : 

 young branches thinner than a goose-quill, the bark yellowish-grey. 



