718 lviii. myrtace^b. [Decaspermum. 
Flowers 'z to *3 in. wide. Petals white hairy. Berry globose, 'i in. 
through, black. Hab. Common in woods all over the peninsula 
from Singapore to Lankawi, in lowland districts. The plant varies 
to some extent in form of leaves and hairiness, and is sometimes 
unisexual, and some of these forms have received names. Distrib. 
Burma, India, Malay Archipelago. Native names: Kelintat 
Nyamok; Kelintat Kring; Kelapit Nyamok; Empoyan Padang; 
Kamuning Batu. 
(2) D. montanum in Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 6. 
A shrub. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, obovate blunt, base 
narrowed; nerves 5, inconspicuous, 2 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1*5 in. 
wide; petioles ‘i in. long. Flowers 6 in axillary racemes 1 in. long, 
small, white, often unisexual. Male flowers larger than female. 
Sepals orbicular, ciliate. Petals obovate. Female flowers clove¬ 
shaped with abortive stamens. Berry *13 in. long, globular. 
Seeds 4 to 5 reniform. Hab. Mountains at 4000 ft. altitude. 
Malacca, Mt. Ophir and Kedah Peak (Ridley). 
8. EUGENIA, Linn. 
Trees, shrubs, very rarely climbers, glabrous, rarely hairy. 
Leaves opposite, usually coriaceous; nerves pinnate, inarching in 
an intramarginal vein. Inflorescence panicled or cymose, usually 
terminal, with some panicles in the upper axils, occasionally fascicled, 
rarely racemose, sometimes on the old wood. Bracts very small, 
usually caducous. Flowers small or moderate, few or very many. 
Calyx campanulate or funnel-shaped, narrowed to a pseudo-stalk; 
lobes 4 to 5. Petals from mouth of calyx caducous, free or joined 
into a cap (calyptrate). Stamens numerous, white, red or green, 
in one or more circles; filaments filiform; anthers minute. Style 
filiform. Ovary inferior. Fruit 1- or 2-seeded; pericarp pulpy 
or pithy. Species about 1000, whole of the tropics. A very 
difficult genus to break up into sections or to give a suitable key to 
species. 
i. Jambosa. Leaves usually large. Flowers in small fascicles usually 
large and terminal. Calyx funnel-shaped (in 1 species fusiform); lobes 
large, persistent. Petals free, large. Staminal disc thickened. Stamens 
long. Fruit usually large, fleshy or pulpy. 
Trees. 
Flowers fascicled on old wood, 2 to 3 in. 
wide. 
Flowers on branches, crimson; fruit 
oblong large ; leaves oblong 
Flowers on trunk, crimson; fruit small; 
leaves lanceolate 
Flowers on ends of branches, white, 1 in. 
across or more. 
Fruit large, pear-shaped; leaves 
narrow ..... 
Fruit turbinate; leaves broader 
(1) E. malaccensis 
(2) E. trunciflora 
(3) E. Jambos 
{4) E. aquea 
