132 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peiiinsuld, [No. 1, 



Ham. in Wall. Gat. 3560 B. E. caryophylUfoUa, Lam. Diet. Ill, 198'^, 

 Roxb. Hort. Beng. 37 ; Fl. Ind. II, 486 ; AVight Ic. II, 553. 

 E. calypirata, Roxb. Ic. 1142? Syz. caryophyllifoUum, DC. Prodr. Ill, 

 259; Wall. Cat. 3562 partly, and 3551, C. ; Thwaites Enum. 116. 

 iS. Jamholanum, var. viicrocarpum, Thwaites Enum. 417 ; Wall. Cat. 

 3562 C. Syz. lateriflorum, Rojle. Myrtus Cumini, Linn. : exclude syn. 

 Rumph. and Burm.— Pluk. Aim. t. 274, 2. Rheede Hort. Mai. Y, t. 29. 

 Rumph. Herb. Amb. I. t. 41. E. obtusifolia, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 37 ; FL 

 Ind. II, 485; Wight Ic. t. 620. JamhoUfera pedunculata, Gaertn. Fruct. 

 I, 78, t. 36.— Rumph. Herb. Amb. I, t. 42 ; (bad). 



Not uncommon in cultivation in all the provinces and also in 

 British India but rarely wild in any of the Malay provinces. The fruit 

 although rather austere is eaten. 



Species op doubtful position. 



The under-noted three species were described by Mr. Duthie in Hooker's Flora 

 of British India. They are all founded on scanty specimens collected by Maingay. 

 I quote the author's descriptions verbatim. 



E. fusiformis, Duthie; young branches 4-gonous, leaves petioled obovate-lanceo- 

 late cuneate below subcoriaceous pellucid-punctate, lateral nerves rather close, cymes 

 terminal compact branches angular and somewhat winged, flowers 2 or 3 together 

 on short pedicels, calyx- tube narrowly fusiform much produced above the ovary. 



Malaya : Maingay 743. 



Baric yellowish. Leaves 4^ by 3 in., shining a little above, minutely dotted ; 

 midrib and nerves dark-coloured ; lateral nerves uniting within the margin ; petiole 

 about f in. Calyx-tube | in. in length and ^ in. across at the widest part ; lobes 4, 

 rounded, reflexed after flowering. Style persistent, exserted portion equalling the 

 calyx-tube. — Closely allied to 2236 of Beccari's Borneo plants. 



E. maingayi, Duthie ; leaves shortly petioled long oblong-lanceolate acuminate 

 rounded at the base, racemes short axillary or from the leafless axils of the rugged 

 lower branchlets, calyx-tube elongate clavate about f in. glandular, lobes 4 rounded 

 deciduous. 



Malaya : Maingay 750. 



Older branchlets with rugged corky bark, upper stout, terete, reddish. Leaves 

 4|-.7^ by If -2^ in., indistinctly nerved above, midrib stout beneath; petiole ^ in. 

 Style short, acute. — This plant seems to approach nearest to E. clavijiora, and has a 

 general resemblance to E. borneensis, Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. I, Ft. 1, 434 (Jaw&osa), but 

 the petioles of the latter are much longer. 



E. tumida, 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^-35 in., chocolate-coloured above, rusty-yellow 

 beneath when dried ; lateral nerves slender, uniting close within the margin ; petiole 

 I in. Panicles lax, spreading ; branches acutely angular. Calyx with 4 nearly 

 equal shallow lobes. — The petals are probably free, thongh not expanding. The 

 swollen part of the calyx- tube is occupied by the ovary. , 



