212 ALABASTJRA BORNEENSIA. 



5-meris, plerumque in triadibus dispositis, anguste oblongo- 

 pbovoideis ; calif ce deorsum angustato, basi euneato, Teviter 

 I5hgitudinaliter striato, truncato; petalis 5, liberis, imbricatis, 

 concaviSj exterioribus majoribus. 



A glabrous tree, the branches and branehlets terete or the 

 latter slightly compressed, brown to dark>brown, smooth. 

 Leaves opposite or subopposite, elliptic to broadly oblong- 

 elliptic, coriaceous, 12 to 18 cm. long, 5.5 to 8 cm. wide, apex 

 shortly and bluntly acuminate, base somewhat rounded and 

 slightly decurrent-acuminate, not punctate, the upper surface 

 castaneous or dark-brown when dry, shining, the lower paler; 

 primary lateral nerves about 20 on each side of the midrib, 

 distinct, spreading, slightly curved, anastomosing with the 

 equally distinct marginal nerves about 3 mm. from the edge of 

 the leaf, and with a much less distinct additional marginal 

 nerve closer to the edge of the leaf, the secondary nerves and 

 reticulations rather lax, distinct on both surfaces; petioles 5 to 

 8 mm. long. Panicles terminal, peduncled, corymbose, about 

 10 cm. long including the peduncle, 6 to 8 cm. wide, the 

 branches mostly trichotomous, the flowers mostly in triads at 

 the apices of the branehlets. Flowers 5-merous, including the 

 pseudostalk ahout 6 mm. long, dark-brown when dry. Calyx, 

 in bud, narrowly oblong-obovoid, base cuneate, the limb trun- 

 cate, about 2.5 mm. wide, longitudinally striate. Petals 5, 

 free, strongly imbricate, orbicular, concave, the outer one 2.5 

 mm. in diameter, covering the somewhat smaller inner ones, all 

 falling as a whole hut not at all united. Stamens 40 to 50, 

 their filaments about 2.5 mm. long. 



Saraavak, Native collector 2d k (Bur. Sri.)-. 



In general appearance and especially in its vegetable cha- 

 racters this species closely resembles Eugenia grandis, Wight, 

 to which it is apparently closely allied. It is distinguished by 

 its v much smaller flowers. 



Eugenia castanea, sp. nov. § Jambosa. 



Arbor glabra, ramulis exceptis inflorecentiisque minute 

 castaneo-puberulo-papillatis ; ramis teretibus cortice lamel- 

 lato facile secedente tectis, ramulis junioribus plerumque 4- 

 angulatis ; foliis oppositis, oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, casta- 

 neis vel supra atro-castaneis, nitidis, usque ad 14 cm. longis, 

 epunctatis, perspicue abrupte obtuseque acuminatis, basi acutis, 

 nervis primariis utrinque circiter 25, distinctis cum secondariis 

 in nervum inframarginalem confluentibus ; inflorescentiis ple- 

 rumque terminalibus, corymbosis, circiter 7 cm. longis, pedun- 

 culatis vel e basi ramosis; floribns 5-meris, plerumque in tria- 

 dibus dispositis; calyce circiter 6 mm. longo, anguste oblongo- 

 obovoideo, deorsum valde angustato. 



To;u\ Straits Branch 



