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SUPPLEMENT 
W. Horsfieldii, a state of Blumei, occurs on Mount Ophir and Gunong 
Benom in Pahang. It has larger leaves than the ordinary specimens 
and more of them, but it grows with the small-leaved form. 
Order LVIII. Myrtace^. 
VoL i. p. 728, sp. 21, Eugenia Foxworthyi Ridl., note :— 
This name I find was used previously for another species by 
Merrill, I therefore change it to E. Foxworthiana Ridl. 
Vol. i. p. 737, after sp. 56, Eugenia pseudo-glauca Ridl., insert :— 
(56A) E. orites Ridl. 
Shrub or tree. Branches rather slender, rigid. Leaves stiffly cori¬ 
aceous, elliptic-lanceolate, narrowed to a blunt tip, base longer, 
narrowed; nerves 4 to 6 pairs distant, rather conspicuous on both 
sides, intramarginal nerve some way from- the edge, undulate, 
rising from the base, midrib prominent beneath, channelled above; 
2 to 2*5 in. long, 75 to i in. wide; petioles -i in. long, rather thick. 
Cymes terminal-axillary 2 or 3, not branched; rachis obscurely 
angled, i’25 to 2 in. long, lower flowers in pairs, terminal ones in 
threes. Calyx campanulate, -2 in. long, limb spreading undulate- 
lobed, pseudo-stalk short but distinct. Petals free, obovate. 
Stamens as short, very slender, moderately numerous. Style 
short, no longer than stamens. Hab. Johor, Gunong Belumut 
(Holttum 10,722). 
Vol. i. p. 740, after sp. 65, Eugenia jasminifolia Ridl., insert :— 
(65A) E. nitidula Ridl. 
Bark flaky red. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, paler beneath, ovate 
long-acuminate, blunt, sub-sessile; nerves invisible, midrib sunk 
above, prominent beneath; -5 to i in. long, *25 in, wide; petioles 
hardly any. Flowers in axillary and terminal tufts with numerous 
lanceolate acuminate persistent bracts. Calyx sessile, oblong 
ribbed, -i in. long, lobes ovate sub-acute persistent. Petals 
calyptrate white. Stamens from the mouth of the tube, red, 
about 30. Style longer. Hab. Mountains. Pahang, Fraser Hill 
at 4000 to 4370 ft. altitude (Burkill and Holttum 8677). Native 
name : Kelat daun alus. 
Near E. jasminiftora Ridl., but with much thicker and smaller 
leaves; flowers more numerous in the tuft and bracts longer and 
narrower. 
Vol. i. p. 741, after sp. 68, Eugenia penangiana Duthie, insert :— 
(68a) E. johorensis Ridl. 
Tree or shrub, glabrous. Leaves elliptic-ovate acuminate, base 
shortly narrowed, rigidly coriaceous, shining above, midrib broad 
at the base narrowing upwards, flat; nerves very inconspicuous, 
invisible above, 13 pairs very fine; 3 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles 
broad, *2 in. long. Cymes terminal 2 or 3 together, each 2- or 
3-flowered, peduncles angled, *25 in. long. Calyx and pseudo¬ 
stalk funnel-shaped, -25 in. long, lobes 4, very short, rounded. 
