LVIII. MYRTACEA2. 
731 
Eugenia.\ 
blunt; nerves about 18 pairs, strong, elevate, 8 to 12 in. long, 
3 to 5 in. wide; petioles very thick, *i in. long or less. Panicles 
sub-terminal, velvety, 4 in. long, wide-spreading. Flower white, 
*2 in. wide glabrous. Calyx club-shaped, sessile, *2 in. long ; lobes 
ovate, sub-acute. Petals orbicular. Stamens short. Hob. Low- 
lying wet swamps. Singapore, Tanglin. Malacca, Bukit Bruang; 
Ayer Panas (Holmberg). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur; Sungei Buluh 
(Foxworthy). Perak, Larat (Kunstler). Native name: Samak 
Bukit. 
(31) E. Griffithii Dutkie, l.c. ii. 481; King, l.c. 92. E. 
Valetoniana King, l.c. 112. 
Small tree 50 to 80 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or 
narrowly elliptic, shortly acuminate, base cuneate; nerves fine, 
15 to 20 pairs, inconspicuous above, inarching - i in. from the edge, 
reticulations faint or invisible, 4^5 to 6 in. long, 2 to 2'5 in. wide; 
petioles ‘5 in. long. Panicles terminal and in upper axils, about 8, 
terminal 2 to 6 in. long, with distant flowers solitary or in cymes 
of 3, pedicelled. Calyx campanulate, barely *2 in. long, narrowed 
to the pedicel *2 in. long, lobes short. Petals free, orbicular. 
Stamens • 2 in. long. Fruit globular ovoid, green, -5 in. through. 
Hab. Lowland woods. Singapore, Changi; Garden Jungle. 
Malacca, Bukit Bruang; Merlimau (Derry). Perak, Goping 
(Kunstler). Matang (Wray). Native name: Kelat Bising. 
E. Valetoniana King, seems to me to be the same tiling. 
(32) E. Duthieana King, l.c. 103. 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous elliptic, or ovate- 
elliptic acuminate (caudate-acuminate); nerves 4 to 8 pairs, 
inarching ‘2 in. from the edge, impressed above, elevate beneath, 
reticulations faint, 3 to 5 in. long, 1-25 to 2*25 in. wide; petioles 
•15 to ’2 in. long. Racemes axillary and terminal, as many as 
6 together. Flowers few sessile, white, *3 in. across. Calyx cam¬ 
panulate, with pseudo-stalk, *2 in. long; mouth wide, lobes rounded. 
Petals orbicular. Fruit globular, *75 in. long, green. Hab. Dense 
jungle, sea level to 2500 ft. antitude. Singapore, common, Garden 
Jungle; Bukit Timah; Jurong. Johor, Bukit Banang. Malacca, 
Mt. Ophir. Pahang, Pekan. Perak, Larut (Kunstler) up to 
2500 ft. altitude. Penang Hill (Curtis). 
(33) E. Goodenovii King, l.c. 117. 
Tree 50 to 70 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic or oblong, 
cuneate acuminate (drying pale green); nerves numerous very fine, 
invisible above, 3-5 to 5-5 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; petioles *3 in. 
long. Panicles fascicled, terminal and axillary, 1 to 1*5 in. long 
and as wide. Branches few. Flowers shortly pedicelled when 
adult, *2 to *3 in. across. Buds club-shaped, as long. Calyx 
funnel-shaped, gradually narrowed downwards into a rather thick 
pseudo-stalk; lobes broad round, 4. Petals calyptrate. Fruit 
broad, urn-shaped, apex truncate with a thick calyx ring, with the 
