LVIII. MYRTACE^E. 
739 
Eugenia .] 
(61) E. grata Wight , 111 . ii. 15; King, l.c. 109. 
Shrub or small tree. Leaves coriaceous ovate-lanceolate 
acuminate blunt ; nerves faint, numerous, intramarginal close 
to edge, 2 to 3*5 in. long, *85 to i'5 in. wide; petioles *15 to *25 in. 
long. Panicles 1 in. long, axillary and terminal. Flowers numerous. 
Calyx longer than in E. zeylanica and ribbed, not pustular, ‘25 in. 
across. Fruit ovoid *2 in. long, black. Hab. River-banks and 
edges of woods. A pretty shrub or treelet. Johor, Sempang 
Kanan, Batu Pahat ; Panchur. Pahang, Pekan. Bindings, 
Lumut and Pangkor, Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Telok 
Bahang; Batu Feringhi. Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur. 
Adang islands. Lankawi, Kwala Kwah. Distrib. Anda¬ 
mans, Tenasserim, Siam, Sumatra. Native name : Gelam Tikus 
(Penang). 
(62) E. polita King, l.c. no. 
Shrub or small tree up to 40 ft. tall and 6 to 10 in. through. 
Branches 4-angled. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate or ovate blunt 
acuminate, base cuneate ; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, secondaries 
numerous, hardly visible above, fine beneath, 1*5 to 2’25 in. long, 
75 to 1 in. wide; petioles under -i in. long. Panicles axillary and 
terminal, condensed 1 in. long; branches short, thick, 4-angled 
and winged. Bracts oblong-lanceolate blunt as long as calyx. 
Flowers sessile *35 in. long, white. Calyx strongly angled, oblong 
funnel-shaped; lobes 5. Petals orbicular. Stamens few, short. 
Fruit globular, small. Hah. Johor, Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall). 
Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Holmberg). Dindings, Lumut (Curtis). 
Perak, Ulu Kerling and Larut (Kunstler). Penang (Wallich); 
Hill at 1200 ft. altitude (Curtis). 
(63) tecta King, l.c. 109. 
Tree 20 to 25 ft. tall. Branches slender 4-angled; bark loose, 
red. Leaves ovate, thin, coriaceous acuminate, base round; 
nerves fine inconspicuous, midrib tubercled; 2*5 to 3-25 in. long, 
1*1 to i*6 in. wide; petioles *05 to 1 in. long, thick densely black 
tubercled. Flowers ’5 in. long, in dense fascicles terminal or 
axillary “ golden ” sessile. Calyx wide funnel-shaped, 5-lobed. 
Hab. Perak, Larut, below 500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
(64) E. pseudo-tetraptera King, lx. 109. 
Shrub about 2 ft. tall. Branchlets 4-angled and with 4 crenulate 
wings. Leaves ovate short acuminate, base round; nerves 14 
to 18 pairs, deep depressed above, elevate beneath intramarginal 
■1 in from edge, 2 to 275 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles minute 
wrinkled. Flowers in terminal and upper-axillary heads, sessile, 
about 14 in. a head, white, about 25 in. Bracts as long as flowers, 
oblong, blunt. Calyx cylindric, lobes 5. Fruit globular, -25 in. 
through. Hab. In forests, not rare, but very seldom flowering. 
Johor, Gunong Pantai (Ridley). Selangor; Sungei Buluh (Ridley). 
Distrib. Carimon isles. 
