LVIII. MYRTACE/E. 
[ Eugenia. 
754 
long. Flowers greenish white -35 in. long in clusters of 3 to 4. 
Calyx funnel-shaped, -15 in. long; lobes 5, unequal. Petals 
calyptrate. Stamens short. Hab. Mountains at 5000 to 7000 ft. 
altitude. Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). Perak, 
Ulu Batang Padang (Wray); Gunong Kerbau at 7000 ft. altitude 
(Haniff). „ „ 0 
(116) E. clypeolata Ridl. Journ. Roy. -4 s. Soc. S. Br. 82, 
Shrub with angled branchlets. Leaves ovate-cordate blunt, 
imbricating, stiff coriaceous; nerves very faint, 8 pairs, 1 in. long, 
•6 in. wide; petioles *05 in. long. Flowers in dense heads, terminal, 
hardly appearing above leaves. Calyx ribbed, *18 in. long, not 
pustular, gradually dilate from base; lobes round, 5, persistent. 
Petals calyptrate, white. Stamens rather short ; style rather 
stout. Hab. On mountain slopes at 55 °° ft* altitude. Pahang, 
Gunong Tahan across the Teku River (Ridley). 
(117) E. Jambolana Lam. Diet. 3, p. 198; King, l.c. 131. 
Tree about 30 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate 
to ovate blunt acuminate, base cuneate; nerves very fine close 
parallel numerous, beneath dotted, 2-5 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. 
wide; petioles -6 to 75 in. long. Panicles below leaves, 1-5 to 
3 in. long and as wade. Flowers white, -3 in. across, sessile. Calyx 
campanulate suddenly pseudo-stalked, *i in. long, truncate. Petals 
falling off in a cap. Fruit ovoid, oblong, 1 in. long, pulpy, deep 
purple. Seed x. Hab. Occasionally planted here and there. 
Native of India. Singapore, Holland Road. Malacca and Penang, 
Government Hill (Curtis). Native names: Jambelan; Jiwat; 
Salam. Use : Fruit eaten. 
(118) E. operculata Roxb. Hort. Beng. 37; Wight, Ic. t. 552; 
King, he. 129. 
Tree 30 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous ovate-oblong 
to elliptic-acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 8 to 12 pairs, leaf 
beneath dotted, 4 to 6 in. long, i-6 to 2-2 in. wide; petioles -2 to 
■3 in. long. Panicles below leaves, 2 to 3 in. long, lax spreading; 
branches trichotomous 4-angled. Flowers greenish, sessile, -i in. 
across. Calyx campanulate, base narrowed, smooth, mouth 
truncate, no lobes. Petals free. Fruit small, pea-shaped, purple, 
i-seeded. Hab. Rather scarce in forests. Perak, Matang (Wray). 
The var. coriacea of King with slightly more coriaceous leaves, 
Penang, Penara Bukit (Curtis). Dislrib. India. 
(119) E. balsamea Wight, 111 . ii. 16; Duthie, l.c. ii. 499. 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves rather thin, oblong-lanceolate, 
shortly blunt cuspidate long-narrowed to base, densely punctate 
on the lower surface which is shining coppery; nerves 13 pairs, 
fine, inarching with marginal nerve, 4-5 in. long, 1*5 in* wide; 
petioles -25 in. long, slender. Cyme-panicles below the leaves, 
1 in. long and wide. Flowers very small, *05 in. long. Bracts 
