LVIII. MYRTACEjE. 
Eugenia.'] 
7 2 5 
( 5 ) E. pseudo-formosa King, lx. 83. E. formosa, King , /.c. 
80, not of Wallich. E. nemoricola Ridl. Jonrn. Roy. ,4 s. Soc. S. 
Br. 61, p. 9. Jambosa lanceolata Miq. FI. Ind. Bat, i. 1426. 
A shrubby plant or straggling tree. Branchlets pale. Leaves 
elliptic-lanceolate or narrow lanceolate, base cordate, rather stiffly 
coriaceous, pale when dry; nerves 12 to 14 pairs, prominent, in¬ 
arching ' 2 in. from the edge, 8 to over 12 in. long, 2*5 to 4 in. wide; 
petioles thick, corky, "2 in. long. Flowers white, 1 in. across or 
more, 3 to 5 shortly stalked, at the end of the branch. Calyx 
campanulate with a rather long pseudo-stalk; lobes short, round, 
1 in. long on pedicel ‘5 in. long. Fruit globose, medium-sized. 
Hab. Thick forests up to 2000 ft. altitude. Singapore, Garden 
Jungle. Selangor, Weld’s Hill, Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy). 
Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Richmond Pool; Moniot’s 
Road (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra. 
The Burmese E. formosa Wall, differs in being a big tree with axillary 
pink flowers and a different venation. A plant collected by me at Klang 
Gates may possibly be this, but it was in too poor a condition to be certain. 
(6) E. tiumanensis Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 299. 
A big tree. Branches slender. Leaves thin, narrow lanceo¬ 
late acuminate, 4 in. long, 1 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long, slender. 
Flowers sessile in a terminal head, white. Calyx campanu¬ 
late ; lobes large round, '5 in. long. Petals short, oblong, round. 
Stamens *5 in. long. Hab. Rare in rocky jungle. Pulau Tiuman 
(Ridley). 
{7) E. johorensis Ridl. Journ, Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 8. 
Tree. Branches 4-angled. Leaves elliptic acuminate blunt, 
base round, coriaceous; nerves beneath elevate 8 pairs, secondaries 
nearly as prominent, intramarginal -25 in. from the edge, 4 to 
5 in. long, 2 in. wide ; petioles -25 in. long stout. Raceme terminal, 
1 in. long. Flowers in pairs 2 in. across. Calyx short, campanu¬ 
late, abruptly narrowed; lobes 4, ovate obtuse. Petals -5 in. long. 
Stamens 1 in. long. Hab. Forests. Johor, Gunong Pulai (Ridley). 
(8) E. Scortechinii King, l.c. 85. 
Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall. Branches angled. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 
ovate oblong to lanceolate acute, base rounded, narrowed; nerves 
prominent, 7 to 10 pairs inarching to form an intramarginal *2 in. 
from edge, with another much finer near the edge, 4 to 6 in. long, 
1 35 to 2*35 in. wide; petioles ’15 in. long or 0. Racemes terminal, 
condensed, about 7-flowered, 1*5 in. long. Flowers 1 in. across, 
red. Calyx campanulate, narrowed to a short pseudo-stalk *4 in. 
long; lobes broad, short, unequal. Petals red, orbicular. Fruit 
oblong -5 in. long, crowned by a deep-cupped calyx. Hab. Swampy 
forests. Johor, Kota Tinggi. Malacca (Maingay). Perak, Ulu 
Bubong and Goping (Kunstler). 
var. parvifolia King. Leaves narrow lanceolate. Hab. Pulau 
Tiuman (Burkill). Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 
