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Lix. MYRTACE^. (J. F. Dutliie.) 



[JEugenia. 



. Marshy parts of Pegu forests, Ktirz. Rangoon, Maingay. Amherst and Moul. 

 MEiN, Wallich ; Tenassbrim, Heifer. 



Branchlets terete, compressed. Learns 5-8 by 2^-3^ in., coriaceous, reticulate 

 teneath ; petiole \ in. Branches of inflorescence lax, quadrangular, many- flowered, 

 "hracteate. — A specimen in the Kew Herbarium under this name (I can find no type- 

 specimens) is certainly Wallich's S. speciosum. Eoxburgh's incomplete description 

 and unfinished drawing (Xo. 2510) as far as they go agree fairly well with this latter. 

 The flowers are sometimes 5-merous. 



YAn.ferriiginea, Wight Ic, t, 554 (sp.) ; petals 8. E. octopetala, ^a?K.— Mergui, 



Griffith, 



35. E. rubens, Roxh. Hort. Bern). 92 j FL Ind. ii. 496; leaves shortly 

 petioled opposite or subalternate ovate-laneeolate shortly acuminate thinly car- 

 tilaginous glossy above finely nerved, panicles terminal and axillary corymbose 

 branches acutely angular ultimate divisions umbelliform, petals free, beny size 

 of small cherry, Wight. Ill ii. 17 ; Ic t. 6^0 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 vol. xlvi. pt. li. p. 67 5 For. FL i. 488. Jambosa Wightiana^ Blume Mu^^ 

 Bot. i. 106. 



Chittagong forests, Jtoxhiitgh, Tbxasserim from Moulmein to Mergui, Griffith^ 

 Kurz. 



Large tree ; branchlets terete or subcompressed, white. Leaves 4^-6^ in-» turning 

 black or reddish when dried ; lateral nerves slender, imiting distinctly within the mf^- 

 gin; petiole about \ in.? Panicles on longish peduncles, but falling short ot tne 

 leaves. — Closely allied to the preceding. The leaves are of a thinner texture, the 

 stamens longer, and the sepals and petals larger (Kurz). 



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"b, Latei'al nerves of leaves close. 



36. E. cymosa, Lam. Diet. iii. 199 ; not of lioxb. ; leaves ovate acuminate 

 finely and closely nerved, cymes axillary and terminal shorter than the leaves, 

 flowers small, calyx-tube campanulate lobes 4, petals free, berry globose size ot 

 large pea. Wight III ii. 17 ; Ic. t. 555 ; Kto-z in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 

 xlvi. pt. ii. p. 67; For. FL i. 486. Syz. caudatmn, WalL Cat. 3591. ?• 

 vimineum, WalL Cat. 3593?. S. concinnum, WalL Cat. 3582. S. nehtri; 

 carpum, T. ^ B. in. Nat. Txjdsch. Ned. Ind. xxv. S. cymosum, DC Prodr- uj. 

 259 ; Korth. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. i. 202 ?. E. nigrescens, Poir. Suppl i."- 

 123?. E, rhodomelea, Commers. in DC Prodr. I.e. Jambosa tenuicuspis? 

 Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. 431. Myrtus cymosa, Spreng. ; Blame Bijd. 1086. 



Cach.\r, Keenan; Silhet and Tayoy, Wallich; Burma, Griffith; MorL^JKix, 

 Heifer; Matacca, Maingay^ Griffith ; Sikcafore and Pulo Binding, Walhch, A"?' 

 — DisTRiB, Java. , 



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A large shrub or tree. Leaves 2-3 in., rounded at the base, s 



polished above, often glaucous, with a longish slender but obtuse acumen ; l^^^^ 

 nerves not very distinct, uniting close within the margin ; petiole ^-i in. Peduneie 

 equalling the petioles or shorter. *' Berries slightly depressed at the upex, piirp 

 black when ripe" (Maingay MS.).— Wallich's E. concimia, which I refer here douu 



fully, has the leaves rather longer and more oblong; the petals appear ^^j^y^gj. 



though not expanding; the specimens however are too incomplete for a proper 

 mination. 



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Var. rostrata ; leaves with a long slender acumen more prominently ^^^ ' 

 lateral nerves spreading out towards the margin, petiole longer, calyx "^arly trun ' 

 —The leaves which remain green after drying resemble those of 1^^ '^^^^^^ 

 E. rostrata, Bedd. MS.— Anamallays. Perhaps a distinct species. 



37. E. toddalioides, Wight IlL ii. 16 ; Ic. t. 642 ; leaves lanceol^^ 



aClUninate attenuate tnwnrda f}ya haac. r^r.y-^ar^^r.ixa r^£*ni,r.i'r1-™iTi^f;atfi. CVmeS idtl*^ 



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