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Eugenia.] lix. myrtace^. (J. F. Duthie.) 485 



Wallwh] Andaman Islands, Heifer, Kit,rz.—I)isTniB. ALalay Archipelago to Aui*- 



tralia, 



A moderate-sizeJ tree. Leaves i-o^ by IJ in., pile, fin Aj nerved. Ccd(jx-tiche 

 about ^ in., liuely attenuated towards the lase; limb dilatad and much prjJuced 

 beyond the ovary. Berry about ^ in. 



45. B. IXTig-htiana, Wight III ii. lo; Ic. t. 529; leaves elliptic-oblong 

 tapering at each end, peduncles axillary or in racemes on the leaSess branches 

 or shoots, calyx elongate clavate repandly 4-5-lobed, petals 12 or fewer by 

 abortion the outer ones occasionally expanding. E. lanceolata, Lam. Diet. in. 

 """ Wiaht III ii. 15; Lc. t. 530 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 284 : Bedd FL Sulv. Anal. 



Gen. ex. ; 



Wightianiim, TVall. 

 Spreng. Syst. ii, 485. 



mneTut). Syzvgium 

 Myrtiis Soneratii, 



^ CoNCAN, Stocks; NiLGHiRi and DiNDYGUL Mrs., Quilon, Wight. Ceylon, ascend- 

 ing to 2000 ft., Walker, Thwaites. 



A very showy tree when in full blossom (Beddome). Leaves 3-5 by H in., pellucid- 

 dotted. Flowers nearly sessile. — This varies much in the length of the calyx-tube, and 

 tile number of flowers. Its numerous petals give it a relation similar to K polypetala 

 in the Jambosa section. 





Floicers in terminal and axillary corymhs. Calyx shorter. 



46. E. pellucida, Dutkie; leaves narrowly oblong or oblanceolate 

 rounded or subacute at the apex finely and closely nerved nerves and dots pellu- 

 cid, cymes terminal and axillary, flowers crowded at the ends of the longish 

 ascending branches, calyx-tube ^ in. slender below, lobes 4 prominent opposite 

 pan-s equal. E. contracta, Wall. Cat. 3G02 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 

 ^vi. pt. ii. p. G5 ; For. Fl. i. 481, 7iot of Poir. 



Mahtaban to Tknasserim, Heifer (2406, 2407), Kurz. 



A shrub ; branchletg terete. Leaves 2-6 by about 1 in., chocolate-coloured above 

 ^nea dry, paler beneath; nerves rather prominently reticulated; petiole i in. 

 ^g'fnes sometimes exceeding the leaves. Petals orbicular, free or slightly combined. 



,^ ^^* eontracta \ leaves narrower, lateral nerves directed upwards, cymes mostly 

 axillary and falling short of the leaves. Syz. contractum, Wall. Cat. 3602; not of 

 ^oir. in DC, Prodr. iii. 259 (^?;^.)-— Attran river, Wallich. Mr. Kurz is of opinion 

 that the Martaban specimens with dry blackish and less distinctly-nerved leaves 

 ^ay prove to be distinct, or may be a large and long-leaved variety of E. cuneata. 



or linear- 



47. E. zeylanica, Wight III. ii. 16 ; Ic. i. 73 ; leaves ovate- 

 ^Qceolat^ acuminate polished above hard and coriaceous indistinctly nerved 



flowers white conspicuous, cai\'x-tube elongate-turbinate usually glandular and 



aensely glaudidar, cymes axillary and terminal usually compact many-flowered, 



pruinose, lobes 4-5 conspicuous, petals free or united in a calyptra, berry sul)- 

 f 7i\8e white. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Bcnq. vol. xlvi. pt. ii. p. 65 ; For. Fl. 

 ;• So ^'- spieata, Lam. J>k't. iii. 201 ; DC. I. c. (Syz.). Bedd. Fl. Si,lv. i. 

 '•. -^y^. E. glandulifera, Roxh. Ilort. Bern). 37 ; Fl. Lid. ii. 400. Syz. zeyla- 

 P/T; -^^^ -P''"'^'*- "i- 2G0 ; Wall. Cat. 3564, in part ; Dalz. ^- Gibs. Bomh. 

 V\ ■' ^' Politum, Wall. Cat. 3626. S. Belluta, DC. I. c. 261. Aciueua 

 zeylanica, Thimites Enum. 118. A. parviflora, DC. /.c. 202. Jambosa brac- 

 «ata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 437. S. corticatura, Wall. Cat. 3oGo. Myrtus 

 ^yJamca, Linn. Sp. Pi. G7n.—Rheede Hort. Mai. v. t. 20. 



g^V^^^TEKif Peninsula, from Concan southwards ; Silhet ; Malay Peninsula to 

 •CApoEE; Pknang; Anda.man Islands, Kurz; Ceylon, up to 4000 ft., Thwaites. 

 ^iSTaiB. Sumatra, Borneo. 



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