Eugenia.] 
LVIII. MYRTACE.^. 
749 
(95) E. oblata Roxb. Hort. Beng. 37; King, lx. 114. E. 
laevicaulis Duthie, lx. ii. 492. 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves elliptic acuminate, base shortly 
cuneate; nerves as in inophylla, 3*5 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2-5 in. wide; 
petioles -5 in. long. Panicle 1*5 in. long, terminal and axillary. 
Calyx funnel-shaped, narrowed to base and with distinct rounded 
lobes *2 in. long. Petals calyptrate. Fruit depressed globose 
•5 in. through when dry. Hab. Forests. Johor, Pengerang (Cant- 
ley) ; Sungei Tebrau. Malacca, Merlimau (Cantley). Pahang, 
Pekan; Rumpin River mouth (Evans). Perak (Scortechini). 
Penang, Batu Feringhi; Balik Pulau. Province Wellesley, Kubang 
Ulu (Curtis); Nibong Tebal. Distrib. Assam to Tenasserim and 
Yunnan. 
This is hardly distinct from E. inophylla except in the shorter panicles 
and shape of calyx and larger flowers. 
(96) E. Curtisii King, l.c. 129. 
A tree 60 to 80 ft. tali, 10 to 15 in. through. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong-lanceolate short, blunt, acuminate (grey when dry) pustu¬ 
late beneath; nerves very fine, numerous faint joining the intra¬ 
marginal, which is -i in. or more from the edge, 3 to 5*5 in. long, 
1 to 2 in. wide ; petioles -15 to -2 in. long. Panicles terminal, sessile; 
branches rather thick with red flaky bark, scurfy 4-angled, 3 in. 
long and as wide. Flowers numerous, white, densely crowded. 
Calyx campanulate, narrowed to the base, pseudo-stalk minute or 
o, -i in. long and wide, lobes 5, very small. Petals 5, free, orbicular. 
Stamens numerous short. Hab. Open jungle, low ground, Pahang, 
Bentong (Foxworthy). Perak, Goping (Kunstler) ; Tapah (Wray). 
var. minor King is a form or state with narrower lanceolate 
leaves. It was found in Malacca by Hervey and at Tapah by Wray. 
(97) E. linocieroidea King, lx. 118. 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall. Stem 10 to 20 in. through; branches 
rather slender. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate caudate, base 
acuminate; nerves very fine, numerous inconspicuous, intra¬ 
marginal close to edge, 2 to 3 in. long, -6 to 1 in. wide; petioles 
*1 in. long. Panicles terminal, corymbose, many-flowered, 2 to 
3 in. long, 2 in. or more wide; branches many-angled. Flowers 
•4 in. long, sessile, white; buds club-shaped. Calyx *3 in. long, 
gradually narrowed to a ribbed pseudo-stalk, lobes round 4. Petals 
free. Fruit oblong vertically ridged, apex crowned by calyx-tube 
enlarged, and 4 indexed teeth, *35 in. long, pale red. Hab. Forests, 
Perak, Relau Tujor (Wray) ; Batang Padang (Kunstler). 
(98) E. cyrtophylloides Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 
79 > P- 65 - 
Tree. Leaves stiffly coriaceous lanceolate acute or cuspidate, 
base rounded, beneath black-dotted; nerves very numerous, fine 
above, very inconspicuous beneath; midrib strongly elevate, 
2-5 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles *2 in. long. Panicles 
