742 LViii. MYRTACEiE. [Eugenia. 
(70) E. claviflora Roxb. Hort. Beng. 37 > Fl Ind - iL 4 $ 8 - 
King, l.c. 107. E. Maingayi, Duthie, l.c. 484. (Fig. 63, p. 741.) 
free about 40 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, often stiffly 
oblong acuminate, base shortly cuneate; nerves numerous, fine, 
5 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles “i in. long or less. 
Flowers in dense fascicled cymes from the old wood, cymes -2 in. 
long or less. Calyx clavate, thick fleshy *75 in. long, truncate, 
white, narrowed much at base. Stamens *2 in. long. Fruit 
cylindric oblong, deep purple. Hab. Dry woods, open country 
to 2000 ft. altitude. Singapore, one tree on Government Hill. 
Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Hullett). Perak, Gunong Bubu 500 to 1000 ft. 
altitude (Kunstler). Province Wellesley, Permatang Bertam. 
Penang, Richmond Pool; Muka Head (Curtis). Perlis, Besi 
Hangat. Distrib. India. Native names : Banko; Sedong. 
This species varies much in several points. In some forms the nerves 
are distinct, 17 pairs, inarching *i in. from the edge. E. Maingayi Duthie 
is a form with corky bark, very stiff leaves and shorter condensed flowers. 
It grows at Richmond Pool in Penang. The var. glandulosa King of Mt. 
Ophir only differs in the branchlets being 4-angled. 
(71) E. cong-lomerata Duthie , l.c. ii. 497; King, l.c. 101. 
A big tree over 80 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, deep shining 
green oblanceolate or lanceolate, base long narrowed; nerves very 
faint, 18 to 20 pairs, 3 to 4-5 in. long, *8 to 175 in. wide; petioles 
*2 to -35 in. long. Inflorescence of numerous racemes '4 in. long, 
on tubercles on bare parts of branches below leaves. Flowers 
*1 in. across, very small, crowded, sessile. Calyx cup-shaped, as 
broad as long, hardly any pseudo-stalk, -05 in. long; lobes very 
short, round. Stamens very short. Fruit as large as small pea, 
bright red, pulpy. Hab. Forests, apparently scarce. Singapore, 
Gardens. Malacca (Maingay); Mt. Ophir (Ridley). 
(72) E. urceolata King, l.c. 101. 
Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall. Branches 4-angled. Leaves coriaceous, 
elliptic-oblong to obovate, shortly acuminate, base cuneate, black- 
dotted beneath; nerves 12 to 18 pairs, inarching, ‘i in. from edge, 
5 to 9 in. long, 2 to 4-5 in. wide; petioles *25 to *5 in. long. Simple 
or panicled cymes 1 or several from lower-axillary tubercles *5 to 
2 in. long. Flowers ’2 in. across, white or pink. Calyx an open 
rotate cup; lobes orbicular blunt. Fruit turbinate *5 in. across, 
black. Hab. Open forests. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Chan Chu 
Kang. Malacca, Gunong Mering, Ophir. Pahang,^ Pekan. 
Selangor, Rawang. Perak, Goping and Ulu Slim (Kunstler); 
Relau Tujor (Wray). 
(73) E. polyantha Wight, III. 17; Ic. 543; King, l.c. 103. 
Tree 30 to 70 ft. tall, 15 to 20 in. through. Leaves thinly 
coriaceous, elliptic or lanceolate shortly acuminate, base cuneate, 
black-dotted beneath; nerves 8 to 10 pairs, inarching *i to *2 in. 
from edge, 3 to 4*5 in. long, 1 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles *2 to *3 in. 
