yi6 lviii. myrtaceas, [Trisiania. 
cupular with very short points, i in. long; valves broad, oblong, 
tip round, blunt. Hab. Rocky places near sea, Pulau Rattam 
(Ridley). 
This species grows just outside our area, but so close that we may expect 
it on our southern coasts. 
(6) T. Whiteana Griff. PI. Cantor. 18; King, l.c. 73. T. 
Wightiana Duthie, in Hook. fit. F.B.I. ii. 466 (by error). 
Tree. Leaves oblanceolate, thinly coriaceous, blunt acuminate, 
long, narrowed to the base, *3 to 5-5 in. long, 75 to 175 in. wide; 
petioles -25 to -5 in. long. Cymes corymbose panicled; peduncles 
5 to 6 in. long. Inflorescence 2 to 3 in. wide, pubescent velvety. 
Flowers *i in. across, white. Calyx obconic, pubescent. Petals 
orbicular. Capsule *i in. across, free from Ccdyx except at base. 
Hab. Woods by the sea and along rivers in the lowlands. Singa¬ 
pore (Wallich); Pulau Ubin; Raffles Lighthouse. Johor, Kota 
Tinggi; Scudai River. Pahang, Tahan River; Kerat Road, 
Bentong and Sungei Riau, Kwantan (Foxworthy). Distrib. Sumatra. 
Native names : Pelawan; Changal. 
5 . RHODAMNIA, Jack. 
Small trees. Leaves opposite, 3-nerved, silky pubescent beneath. 
Flowers small, white, fascicled or shortly racemed. Calyx-tube 
ovoid; lobes 4, persistent. Petals 4. Stamens numerous. Ovary 
i-celled, placentas parietal; style filiform. Stigma peltate. Berry 
globose with few reniform seeds. Species 6, Malaya and Australia, 
Burma and Siam. 
(1) R. cinerea Jack, Mai. Muse. ii. No. 7, 48. R. trinervia 
Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lngd. Bat. i. 79; King, l.c. 74. R. spectabilis 
Bl. l.c. 78. 
Tree about 30 ft. or more tall. Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, 
above glabrous reticulate, beneath white silky (or in shady places 
green on both sides), 175 to 4-5 in. long, 72 to'2 in. wide; petioles 
*2 to -35 in. long. Peduncles fascicled, silky, 4 to 6 together, -25 in. 
long. Flowers *25 in. across, white. Berry black. Hab . Common 
in secondary jungle and woods all over the peninsula. King’s var. 
concolor, with the leaves green on both sides, is merely a state of 
the plant grown in the shade. Distrib. Tavoy, Siam, Malay islands 
and Australia. Native names: Empoyan; Empoyan Batu; 
Munkoyan Pinang; Rusa Babi (Johor); Sedomang (Malacca). 
XJse : Timber hard though small. 
var. caudata Ridl. Leaves rather stiffly coriaceous; nervules 
more prominent, minutely conspicuously reticulate above, ovate- 
elliptic 2*5 to 4 in. long, with a long narrow acute point *5 to 1 in. 
long. Pedicels very slender, 2 to - 5 in. long, nearly glabrous, as 
is the narrow, funnel-shaped calyx. Petals glabrous, ‘2 in. long. 
Hab. Mountains at 4000 to 5000 ft. altitude. Pahang at Wray’s 
