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Lix. MYKTACEiE. (J. F. Dathie.) 



483 



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di- tri-chotomous each brancli 1-3-flowered, calyx-limt dilated tube eoutracted 

 not thicker than the pedicel^ lobes 4 unequal shallow, petals free but not 

 expanding. 



SiKKiM, alt. 4000 ft., Gamble? Mergui, Griffith in Hb. Wight. 

 ' _A small tree. Branchlets subtcrete. Leaves 2-3 by l-l|in. ; lateral nerves many 

 uniting close within the margin. Flowers about \ in. — Habit of E, Gardneri and 

 E. Ussophi/lla but the petioles are shorter than those of the former and the inflorescence 

 is different from both. 



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38. E. myrtifolia, JRoxb. Hoi-t. Beng. 37 ; Fl Inch ii. 400; leaves ellip- 

 tic-lanceolate acuniinate very shortly petioled, nerves not conspicuous close in- 

 terspaces finely reticulate and punctate, cymes axillary lax on longish peduncles, 

 branches acutely angidar, flowers about 3 together small; calyx-tube broadly 

 obconical or campanulate, lobes 4 conspicuous subacute, berry globular. Wight 

 III. ii. 15; Ic. t. 618; Kia^z in Jmirn, As. Soc. Bmg, vol. xlvi. pt. ii. p. (j7 ; 

 For, FL i. 486. Syzygium myrtifolium, DC. Frodr. iii. 261 ; JFalL Cat. 



Son ; Miqud Anal. Ind. ii. 20 ; FL Ind. Bat i. pt. i. 456. 0. oleina, Wight 

 IlL ii. 15. 



E. Bengal, Griffith; Pegu, McClelland; Sincapore, Wallich.—Dis'vmji. Sumatra, 

 Borneo. 



A shrub or small tree with 4-gonous branchlets. Leaves lf-3 by ^-1 in., shining 

 rt>OTe, often rusty-red beneath. Cymes many-flowered, shorter than the leaves. 

 ■Petals free or slightly united. Style persistent, exserted portion twice the length of 

 the calyx-tube.-- Affords a dark strong wood. 



39. E, micrantha, Thicaites Enum. 117 {Syzggium)] leaves ovate or 

 elliptic obtusely acuminate narrow at the base obscurely dotted, cymes about 

 equal to the leaves, flowers small, calyx acutely 4-lobed^ petals free, berries red 

 round size of pea. Bedd. FL Sylv. AnaL Gen. cviii. 



Ceylon, central province, alt. 3-5000 ft, Thwaites, Gardner. 

 w"^ ^^oderate-sized tree. Leaves 2-4 by f-2 in.; petiole ^ to nearly i in.— In 

 >Mght's herbarium there are specimens of this named E. ruhicunda, which it resem- 

 ttles in many respects. 



.. "^0- E. acuminatissima, Kurz in. Joiirn. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xlvi. pt, 

 11- p. 67; For. FL i. 487; leaves ovate-lanceolate acutely acuminate pale 

 shmmg indistinctly nerved above, cymes terminal and axillary lax exceeding 

 the leaves, flowers small, calyx broad above lobes 5, stamens short. Myrtus 

 ^cummatissima, BL BikL 1088. Jambosa acuminatissima, Ilassl. in Flora 

 U849) 502; Mia. FL Ind. But. i. 438. Syz. altissimum, WalL Cat. 3588. 



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above after flowering. A?a/s oniy'slightly united.— In Heifers plant the lateral 

 Serves unite at some distance from the mar^n with a second fainter one close to the 

 ^f ge, the inflorescence is more lax and divaricate. 



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. ' cuminate coriaceous closely nerved, cymes de; 

 : »»tout, flowers subsessile in umbels of 8-12, bn 



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dense from the upper axils brauches 



bracteoles long caducous, petals dis- 



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