LVIII, MYRTACE^E. 
Eugenia.'] 
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innumerable parallel, sometimes invisible beneath, 2 to 3 in. long, 
1 to 1*2 in. wide; petioles *2 in. long. Flowers in small terminal 
cymes, 75 in. long. Flowers small, '3 in. long, under - i in. wide, 
white, pustular. Calyx cup-shaped with a long cylindric stalk. 
Petals very small. Stamens short. Fruit clubbed from a narrow 
base upwards crowned by the cupular calyx limb, '5 to '6 in. long. 
Hab. Dry woods. Malacca, Merlimau (Derry). Selangor, Klang 
Gates (Brooks). Penang Hill (Curtis, Maingay). Waterfall to 
500 ft. altitude. 
(69) E. leptantha Wight , III. ii. 15; Ic. t. 528; Duthie, l.c. 
Fig. 63 . — Eugenia claviflora. 
ii. 484. Syzygium longiflorum Wall. Cat. 3$J2. E. claviflora 
var. leptantha, King, l.c. 108. 
Tree about 60 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate 
acuminate, base cuneate; nerves slender, very numerous and 
indistinct, 4 in. long, 1*5 in. wide'; petioles ’i in. long. Cymes 
racemose, axillary often below the leaves, 1 to i‘5 in. long. Flowers 
club-shaped. Calyx obovoid *1 in. with a long cylindric pseudo¬ 
stalk, -3 in. long; lobes very short, pale orange colour. Stamens 
*3 in. or less long. Fruit clavate oblong. Hab. Sea coasts and 
open country. Singapore (Wallich). Malacca (Griffith). Pahang, 
Pekan. Dindings, Pangkor. Penang (Wallich). Perlis, Bukit 
Lagi. Distrib. Tenasserim. 
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