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Eugenia.} Lix. MTRTACEiE. (J. F. Duthie.) 475 



{Myrtus) ; Berg in FL Brazil vol. xiv. pt. i. 377. J. macrophylla, DC. Prodr. 

 he, in part. 



Malacca, Griffith) Andaman and Nicobae Islands, Kurz. — Disteib. Malay 

 Islands. 



A tree; trunk rarely straight and soon divided, branchlets terete or terete-com- 

 pressed. Leaves 5-6^ by lf-2| in., or larger in cultivated examples; nerves indis- 

 tinct above, slender but prominent beneath and uniting in loops "within the margin. 

 Calyx-tube t\xvh\mitQ^ about ^ in., slender below; lobes 4, rather unequal, membranous 

 at the edges. Berry size of a medlar, white or red. — This tree, according to Mr. Kurz> 

 flowers in March and April, and the fruit ripens in May and June. 



Var. Roxburghiana, Wall. MSS. (sp.); leaves shortly petioled cordate at the 



base rounded at the apex, cymes compact terminal. E. decora, Wall, Cat 3608. 

 Chittagong. 



12. E, pendens, Duthie ^ young branches terete, leaves shortly petioled 

 oblong or ovate-lanceolate narrowed below obtusely acuminate subcoriaceous 

 pellucid-punctate, principal lateral nerves prominent beneath and widely 

 separated, cymes terminal and axillary 5-7-flowered, flowers large the lower 

 ones long pedicelled, calyx-tube turbinate. 



Malacca, GHffith, 2349, Maingay, 747. 



** Rather a small tree with pendent branches" (Griffith), leaves shining a little 

 on the upper surface, 5-8 by 2-3^ in. ; nerves indistinct above prominent beneath, 

 |ttnting in a distinct looping one within the margin ; petiole J in. Peduncles equalling 

 the petioles or a little longer ; lower pedicels about i in. Calyx-tuhe | in. ; lobes 

 % rounded, with membranous edges, opposite pairs equal, reflexed after flowering. 

 i^etals large, orbicular. Style very long, U in., persistent. 



§§ Calyx less than ^ in, in length, 

 a. Flowers pedicelled. 



13. E. ■Walllchll, JFiffht III. ii. 17; Ic. t. 536; leaves lanceolate or 

 euiptic-oblong acuminate acute at the base dark and shining above, lateral nerves 

 ^iting twice within the margin, cymes corjTnbose axillarj' and terminal shorter 

 ^b&n the leaves, calyx-tube suddenly contracted at the base lobes prominent per- 

 Bwtent, petals frequently expanding before faUing, berries oblong. 0. bifaria, 

 ^olehr.in Wnll Onf ^R(\a ^t? ^,.«„-.^ v^^h VI Tr,A ii. 488?: Wiahtlc.t. 



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Ind. ii. 488 ? ; Wicfht 



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SiKKiM, J. B. H. ; Khasia and Bhotan, Griffith ; Assam. Masters ; Silhkt, 

 • ■"; ^- &T. T.; Chittagong, Roxburgh, J. J). H. 4' T. T. ; Mbrgui, Griffith- 



A tree; branchlets stout, quadrangular. Leaves 4^ by l| in., coriaceous, rusty- 

 ^ioured beneath ; petiole about i in. Flowers white. Calyx tube about \ in. long. 

 '^omens about 4 times the length of the calyx. Style long, persistent. Berry about 

 th • '^l'^"^^^ with the cup-shaped calyx-limb.— In Roxburgh's figuie of E. precox 

 JZ '"''^''escence is more branched and the flowers rather smaller ; the leaves are 

 ^V" "'^"tely acuminate. 



fob- »■ ^°'^^«<Pfol ia ; leaves rounded at the base, petiole much shorter ; E. lancea- 

 "a, Jioxb. Hon. Beng. 37 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 494. Silhet Forests, Roxburgh. Chitta- 

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oicers sessile. 





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tod^*' *' ff^'aadis, TFight HI. ii. 17; Ic. t 614; leaves large thick hard 

 ^^naceous shining broadly obovate or suborbicular abruptly acuminate or 



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