21G ALAB ASTRA BORNEENSIA. 



reticulations very lax; petioles nearly black when dry, 1.5 to 



2 cm. long. Panicles terminal, lax, about 10 cm. long,, 

 branched at or from near the base, the branches spreading, the 

 lower ones up to 4.5 cm. long. Flowers few, all sessile, mostly 

 in threes on the ultimate branchlets, the buds ovoid-ellipsoid,, 

 about 3 mm. long, bladk when dry, the calyx-limb with 4, 

 shallow, broad, obscure lobes, young fruit ovoid, black when 

 dry, crowned by the shallow calyx-lobes. 



Sarawak, Native collector 260 (Bur. Sci.). 



The alliance of this species is apparently with Eugenia 

 mulleri, Miq., from which it is distinguished by its leaves 

 usually being more or less acuminate, never retuse at the apex, 

 by being distinctly glaucous beneath, and by its sessile flowers. 

 In aspect the leaves strongly resemble those of some species of 

 Lit sea. 



Eugenia caudatilimba, sp. nov. § Jambosa. 



Arbor glabra, ramis ramulisque tenuibus teretibus; foliis 

 oblongo-ovatis, coriaceis, usque ad 9 cm. longis, caudato- 

 acuminatis, basi acutis vel subrotundatis, in siccitate brunne'w. 

 supra parce impresso-punctatis, subtus glanduloso-puneti- 

 culatis, nervis utrinque circiter 15, obscuris, interdum obso- 

 letis ; inflorescentiis axillaribus terminalibusque, brevissimis, 

 5- ad 7-floris, cum floribus vix 1.5 cm. longis; fioribus 4-meris, 

 calycis tubo obconico, 5 mm. longo. 



A glabrous tree, the branches and branchlets slender, terete, 

 brown, the latter 1 to 2 mm. in diameter. Leaves opposite, 

 brown when dry or the upper surface somewhat olivaceous, 

 oblong-ovate, coriaceous, prominently caudate-acuminate, the 

 acumen slender, obtuse, up to 1.5 cm. long, base acute to 

 somewhat rounded, margins recurved, the upper surface slight- 

 ly shining, sparingly impressed-punctate, the lower surface 

 dull, glandular-puncticulate ; lateral nerves slender, obscure, 

 about 15 on each side of the midrib, sometimes obsolete; 

 petioles brown, rugose, about 5 mm. long. Inflorescences 

 very short, axillary and terminal, 5- to 7-nowered, the axis 

 but 2 or 3 mm. long, the flowers crowded, racemes, 4->merous, 

 including the stamens about 10 mm. long, their pedicels 1 to 



3 mm. long. Oalyx-tube obconic, terete, brown, 5 mm. long 

 and wide, the lobes 4, spreading, broadly obovate, rounded, 

 punctate, 4 mm. long, usually wider than long. Petals broad- 

 ly ovate, 3.5 mm. long. Stamens indefinite, their filaments 

 7 to 9 mm. long. 



Sarawak, without definite locality, Native collector 1169 

 (Bur. Sci.). 



Jour. Straits Branch 



