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on a 1-2 lin. long petiole, acute or obtuse at the base, bluntish 
acuminate, 2-3 in. long, coriaceous, entire, glabrous, somewhat 
glaucous and opaque beneath, the midrib impressed above and pro- 
minent beneath, the lateral nerves unequal, faint, anastomosing to- 
wards the margin ; flowers rather small, white, sessile, with a pedi- 
cel-like calyx-base, usually by 3-7, forming a brachiate glabrous 
panicle in the axils of the leaves and at the end of the branchlets ; 
calyx smooth, in a dried state longitudinally folded-wrinkled, about 
} in. long, contracted in a short pedicel-like stalk, the 5 lobes broad 
and narrow, rounded or somewhat acute; petals 5, almost orbicular, 
about a line long; filaments slender, glabrous ; berries ovoid, ellip- 
tical, the size of a pea, smooth, blackish (?), somewhat pruinous, 
crowned by the-short calyx-limb, 1-seeded. 
Has.—Tenasserim, apparently frequent.—Fl. Jan.-March. 
beneath somewhat pale-coloured, the midrib impressed above and 
prominent beneath, the lateral nerves numerous, rather parallel, 
very faint, anastomosing tow the margin ; flowers white, ses- 
sile, wit pedicel-like calyx-base, usually ternary and forming 
a rigid brachiate glabrous panicle in the axils of the upper leaves 
and at the end of the branchlets; calyx obovate-cuneate, at the 
base pedicel-like contracted, usually granular-tubercled, pruinous, 
about 2 lin. long, the 4 or 5 lobes small and rounded ; petals 4 or 
5, almost orbicular, about a line long, free; filaments long and 
slender, glabrous; berries globular, white, the size of a pepper- 
kernel or very small pea, crowned by the lobed calyx-limb, sappy, 
1-seeded (?). 
Has.—Not unfrequent in the tropical forests of the Andamans; also in 
Tenasserim.—Fl. May-June.—s.—SS.=SiS. Chloritic rocks. 
5. E. contracta, Wall.—An evergreen small shrub, 2-4 ft. high, 
all parts quite glabrous ; leaves linear to linear-oblong, acuminate at 
the base, on a rather strong petiole 1-2 lin. long, bluntish or bluntish 
acuminate, entire, thin chartaceous, 2-3 in. long, glabrous, the midrib 
somewhat impressed above and prominent beneath, the lateral nerves 
and the confluent copious net-veination faint, but prominent, anasto- 
mosing towards the margin ; flowers small, white, by 3-5, sessile with 
a narrow calyx-base, forming a glabrous, brachiate, stiff, corymb-like 
panicle at the end of the branchlets and occasionally in the axils of 
the leaves; calyx tubular-funnel-shaped, about 2 lin. long or a 
little longer, smooth, the limb widened, almost truncate, the 4 lobes 
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