756 LVIII. MYRTACE^E. [Pseudo-Eugenia. 
aceous elliptic-lanceolate bluntly caudate (drying black) 2 in. long 
(tail -5 in.), -6 in. wide; petioles -i in. long, slender. Peduncles 
•5 in. long with 3 or 4 short branches, each bearing 3 minute greenish 
white flowers '02 in. long. Hub. Woods; not rare in the south. 
Singapore, Bukit Timah. Johor, Bukit Banang. Selangor, Sungei 
Buluh (Foxworthy). Perak (Scortechini) ; Tapah. 
10 . BARRINGTONLA, Forst. 
Trees or shrubs, generally growing in tidal mud or sand, close to 
the sea. Leaves alternate, crowded at the branch ends, entire or 
crenate. Flowers in long terminal and lateral pendulous racemes 
or spikes, large or small, pink or wdiite. Calyx-tube turbinate, 
closed in bud and splitting into 2 or 3 lobes (§ Biifonica ) or 3 to 5 
imbricate lobes (§ Stravadium). Petals 4 or 5, falling off very 
quickly. Stamens numerous, long, connate at the base, white or 
pink. Ovary 2- to 4-celled with an annular disc; style filiform. 
Fruit large, fibrous or somewhat pulpy, 4-angled, or rounded, 
oblong, i-seeded. Species 25, Africa, Asia, Polynesia. Malay 
name for genus, Putat. 
i. Butonica. Calyx splitting into 2 to 3 lobes. 
Racemes short, erect; flowers 3 in. wide; fruit 
4-angled, very large . . . (1) B. speciosa 
Racemes sub-erect; flowers under 1 in. wide; 
fruit with 8 wings at base . . . (2) B. conoidea 
Racemes pendulous, long; fruit ovoid . . (3) B. racemosa 
ii. Stravadium. Calyx 4-(or 3- or 5-)lobed. 
Raceme terminal, erect . . . • (4) B. pauciflora 
Racemes lateral, pendulous, long; flowers many. 
Flowers over 5 in. wide, white. 
Petioles short, thick; leaves broad, elliptic- 
oblong, 6 by 2 in. . . . ■ (5) B. Scortechinii 
Petioles long, slender; leaves long, lanceo¬ 
late ; fruit ovoid, smooth. 
Leaves rather thin; nerves prominent 
sunk above ..... (6) B. macrostachya 
Leaves stiff, coriaceous; nerves incon¬ 
spicuous ; fruit oblong, 4-angled. 
Fruit 1'75 in. long by '65 in. through; 
shrub. (7) B. sumatrana 
Fruit 4 to 5 in. by 15 in.; tree . . (8) B. musiformis 
Flowers small *25 in. wide, pink. 
Flowers pedicelled; fruit fusiform; leaves 
with blunt cordate base . . . (9) B. fusiformis 
Flowers long-pedicelled; leaves thin, 
narrowed to base .... (10) B. pedicellata 
Flowers sessile; fruit globose , . . (n) B. spicata 
(1) B. speciosa Forst. Char . Gen. t. 38 & t. 38A b; King, l.c. 
135. 
Tree with stout stem, 30 to 50 ft. tall. Branches thick. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous, obovate, tip rounded, base much narrowed, 
