ALABASTRA BORNEENSIA. 227 



Eugenia zeylanica, (Linn.) Wight, Ic. 1 (1840) 73. 



SyMygium zeylanicum, DC, Frodr. 3(1828) 260. 



Eugenia varians,Miq., in Anal. Bot. lnd. 1 (1850) 21, excl. syn. Syzygium 

 rugosum, Korth. 



•Sarawak. Native collector 262, 476, 1117, llt-53, 185k 

 (Bur. Sci:). 



The specimens agree closely with material from the* Malay 

 Peninsula and India as well as with the descriptions of the 

 above species. 



India and Ceylon through the Malay Peninsula to Suma- 

 tra, Borneo, and Java. 



Tristania, E. Brown. 



Tristania anomala, sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra, inflorescentiis parce adpresse pubescentibus 

 exceptis; minis teretibus, ramulis distincte trigonis; foliis 

 alternis, coriaceis, usque ad 2.5 cm. longis, oblongo-obovatis, 

 obtusis, basi cuneatis, nitidis, costa supra impressa, subtus 

 prominente, nervis lateralibus circiter 10, obseuris, interdum 

 subobsoletis vel obsoletis; inftorescentiis terminalibus axillari- 

 busque, pedunculatis, 2 ad 4 cm. longis, partibus junioribus 

 parce pubescentibus; fioribus 5-meris, urceolatis, 2 mm. longis; 

 petalis o, suborbicularis, 0.8 mm. diametro; staminibus 5, op- 

 positipetalis. 



A tree, glabrous except the younger parts of the inflores- 

 cence. Branches terete, grayish-brown, the bark somewhat 

 wrinkled, the branchlets triangular, reddish-brown. Leaves 

 alternate, coriaceous, oblohg-obovate, obtuse, narrowed to the 

 cuneate base, margin slightly recurved, 1.7 to 2.5 cm. long, 8 

 to 14 mm. wide, the upper surface minutely pitted, pale-oli- 

 vaceous or brownish when dry, shining, the midrib impressed 

 on the upper surface, rather prominent beneath; lateral nerves 

 about 10 on each side of the midrib, slender, obscure, some- 

 times obsolete or nearly so, anastomosing with the equally ob- 

 scure marginal nerves ; petioles about 2 mm. long. Cymes 

 terminal and in the upper axils, peduncled, 2 to 4 cm. long, 

 2 cm. wide or less, the younger parts sparingly appressed- 

 pubescent. Flowers urceolate, 2 mm. long and wide, pedi- 

 celled, sparingly appressed-pubeseent externally, yellowish. 

 Calyx teeth 5, triangular, acute, 0.3 mm. long. Petals 5, sub- 

 orbicular, about 0.8 mm. in diameter. Stamens one opposite 

 each petal ; filaments glabrous, 0.4 mm. long. Fruit unknown. 



Sarawak, summit of Mount Murud, Native collector 286S 

 (Bur. Set-.)' (Original number 122), December 1, 1914. 



a. A. Soc, No. 77, 1917. 



