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LVIII. MYRTACEiE. 
[Eugenia. 
(26) E. lepidocarpa Wall. Cat. 3618; King, l.c. 89. 
Tree about 40 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves smooth dark green, elliptic 
stiffly coriaceous blunt to cuspidate, very shortly narrowed at 
the base; nerves very fine, hardly elevate, about 20 pairs inarching 
close to the edge, 4-5 to 6 in. long, 2*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles -5 to 
1 in. long. Panicles terminal, 3 in. long, 4 in. wide, many-flowered. 
Flowers white clustered on the ends of branches 1 in. across. 
Calyx campanulate narrowed to a short pseudo-stalk, '2 in. long, 
longitudinally ribbed; lobes short rounded. Stamens short. 
Fruit sub-globose, crowned by the conspicuous calyx-rim, ribbed. 
Hob. Common in woods and thickets, Singapore, Johor, Malacca, 
Perak. Distrib. Burma. Native names : Samak Tebrau; Samak 
Ular. Use : Bark for tanning nets. 
(27) E. selangorensis Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. v. 32. 
Tree. Branches thick. Leaves thickly coriaceous elliptic 
with short deflexed point, base cuneate; nerves very numerous 
with secondaries and reticulations fine and conspicuous on both 
sides, 4*5 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles thick, grooved, *5 in. long. 
Panicles sessile terminal, 2 in. long with numerous very thick 
4-angled branches {longest - i to *75 in. long). Calyx-tube cam¬ 
panulate, narrowed to a short thick ribbed pseudo-stalk; lobes 
short, caducous in flower, *3 in. long. Petals short, oblong, soon 
falling. Stamens -3 in. long. Hah. Mountains. Selangor, Meng- 
kuang Lebah at 5000 ft. altitude (Robinson). 
(28) E. quadrata King , l.c. 86. 
Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, 3 to 4 in. through. Branches 4-angled. 
Leaves thin coriaceous, narrow oblong acuminate, base round 
cordate; nerves 20 to 25 pairs, inarching *1 in. from the margin, 
8 to 10 in. long, 1*75 to 275 in. wide; petioles ‘05 in. long. Cymes 
axillary and terminal, 3 to 5 together or fewer, short; peduncles 
1-5 to 2 in. long. Flowers -5 in. across, white. Calyx campanulate, 
gradually narrowed into a pseudo-stalk *5 in. long. Petals 
orbicular. Hob. Low wet ground. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
(29) E. g-arcinifolia King , l.c. 90. 
Tree 70 to 80 ft. tall, 2 to 4 ft. through. Leaves glossy bright 
green stiffly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong blunt or with a short point, 
base narrowed; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, fine but conspicuous, 
inarching ‘2 in. from the edge with an intramarginal nerve close 
to edge, reticulations conspicuous on both sides, 7 to 8 in. long, 
3*5 to 4 in. vude; petioles channelled 1 in. long. Panicles 3 in. 
long, 3 - 5 in. wide, sessile. Flowers 2 to 3, terminal on branches, 
white tinted pink. Calyx narrow, campanulate, *4 in. long, no 
pseudo-stalk; lobes ovate. Petals orbicular. Fruit (young) 
globular, ovoid. Hab. Perak, Goping and Larut (Kunstler). 
Distrib. Sumatra. 
(30) E. papillosa Duthie, l.c. ii. 495; King, l.c. 84. 
Big tree. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, amplexicaul oblong-elliptic, 
