Eugenia.] lix. MTETACEiE. (J. F. Duttie.) 487 



53. E. chlorantha, Duthie ; leaves ovate acuminate tMck opaque shin- 

 iag nerves numerous close, cymes in short racemes from the upper axils or ter- 

 minating previous year's shoots, calyx-tuhe i in. cylindrical below, petals free 

 greenish, berry globose about ^ in. crowned with 4 rounded ■ unequal calyx- 

 lobes. Syz. rigidum, Wall. Cat. 3681 ; not of DC. {Eug.). 



Maxacca, Grigith, Maingay, 733 ; Sincapoke, WaUich.—T)isiRiB. Malay Islands. 



" A very elegant tree when in flower " (Maingay MS.). Brmichlets terete. Leaves 

 2|-5|- by 1^-3 in. ; midrib impressed above, prominent beneath ; primary nerves 

 slender prominent on both surfaces, uniting in loops within the margin, interspaces 

 finely reticulate. Calyx-twbe furrowed below. Petals \ in., reflexed. Filaments 

 bright red. 



53. E. lineata, Blume Bijd. 1087 (Myrtus) ; Mm. Bot. i. 116 {Clavi- 

 myrtus) ; leaves lanceolate-oblong or nearly elliptic obtusely acmninate narrow 

 at the base, cymes axillary and terminal shorter than the leaves, calyx-tube 

 clavate lobes 4, petals free, berry size of large pea crowned with the constricted 

 calyx-limb. E. corymbosa, Wall. Cat. 3566 F. Jambosa lineata, DC. Prodr. 

 iii. 287 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 428. 



Malacca, Maingay (720), Griffith (2390 in part) ; Penang, t7flcA.— Distkie. Java, 

 Borneo, Sumatra. 



A shrub or small tree. Branchlets terete. Leaves 2-3^ by 1-2 in., coriaceous, 

 shining above, finely nerved. Extreme branches of infioresoenoe 3-fl. Calyx-tuhe 

 about \ in. ; lobes about equal, persistent. Petals shortly clawed, suborbicular, twice 

 the calyx-lobes. 



54. E. rubricaulis, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 432 {Jambosa) ; leaves 

 elliptic from an acute base long and obtusely acuminate shining above, smaller 

 nerves and dots pellucid, cymes axillary and terminal, calyx-tube ^ in. obovate- 

 cylindrical, lobes 4, petals free. 



Tenasseeim, Selfer ; Malacca, Griffith. — Disteib. Java. 



Branchlets subterete, reddish. Leaves 2-3 by f-S in,, stifily cartilaginous ; midrib 

 prominent beneath, tinged with red ; lateral nerves close, distinct beneath, inter- 

 spaces subreticulate ; petiole ^-J in., channelled above. Flowers nearly sessile. 

 Calyx-lobes ovate, rounded, scarious at the edges. Anthers cordate-apiculate. 



55. E, pyrifolia, Wall. Cat. 3584 (Syzygium) not of Desv. ; leaves ovate 

 or oblong-lanceolate with a long obtuse acumen coriaceous dark and shining 

 above, corymbs terminal trichotomous long-peduncled, calyx-tube about 5 in. 

 gradually tapering to the base lobes 4 shallow, petals united, berry oblong. 

 Syzygium pyrifolium, DC. Prodr. iii. 261 {Syzyg.) ; Kwth. in Ned. Kruidh. i. 

 204 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 457. Oalyptranthes pyrifolia, Blume Bijd. 

 1090. 



SufCAPOEE, Wallich. — Distbib. Java. 



A tree. Leaves l|-3 by J-2 in. ; acumen sometimes i in. long; lateral nerves 

 dose, conspicuous ; petiole about j in. Flowers sessile, in threes. — Syz. punctulatiim, 

 Wall, Cat. 3683, with less acuminate dull-coloured leaves, nerves less distinct, and more 

 elongate fruit, may perhaps belong here ; there are no flowers with the specimens. 



56. E. tuiuida, Duthie ; leaves oblong-ovate or obovate shortly acuminate 

 narrowed at the base closely nerved, cymes terminal and axUlarjr equalling or 

 exceeding the leaves, calyx-tube /„ in. narrow swollen below the middle. 



Malacca, Maingay, 755. 



Branchlets terete. Leaves 2^-3J in., chocolate-coloured above, rusty-yellow 



