486 Lix. MYRTACE^. (J. F. Duthie.) [Ev,genia. 



- A large shrub or moderate-sized tree ; young branches often acutely quadrangular fs 

 or winged. Leaves 1-5 in., varying in width from ^-2 in., rounded or tapering at 

 the base, giving off an aroma when bruised; petiole |-| in. Flowers in clusters 

 of 3-5, shortly pedicelled. Cafyx and pedicels usually rough with glands. Petals soon 

 falling off. Bori/ about the size of a pea.— According to Thwaites the narrow- j 

 leaved form is the most abundant in Ceylon. 



Vak. laxijlorccj Bedd. 1. c. ; flowers in lax racemes, panicles exceeding the leaves. 

 ■In a specimen collected by Col. Beddome on the Tinnevelly Hills some of the 

 flowers have the pedicel-like calyx-tube unusually long. 



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48. E. g-rata, Wall Cat 3586 (Syzyyiuvi) ; leaves ovate-lauceolate nar- 

 rowly acuminate rounded or subcuneate at the base distinctly punctate above 

 glaucous beneath, flowers in dense clusters terminal and axillary, calyx narrowly 

 campanulate smooth, berries black oval or subglobose crowned with the persis- 

 tent calyx-lobes. iViyJit III ii. 15 ; Kurz in Jou?m, As. Soe. Bmy, vol. xlvi. pt. 

 ii. p. Go ; For, Fl i. 480, E. scabrida, Wall Cat. 3564 D. Myrtus quadraa- 

 gularis, Ham. 



Assam, Jenkins, Griffith', Khasia Mts., Griffith', Pegu, Kicr::] Mottlmkix, 

 Wallich ; ^Mergui, Griffith, 



A small tree. Leaves 3-5 by 1-2 in., sometimes almost acutely acuminate. 

 Calyx-tuhe tapering below, pruinose, usually quite smooth or longitudinally ribbec 

 when dried. Berry about \ in. long. — The flowers are rather larger than those oi 

 E, zeylanica, to which it is closely allied, 



49. E. linearis. Wall. Cat 3506 {Syzyaium) ; leaves linear-lanceolate 

 acuminate subfalcate indistinctly nerved above, flowers crowded at the ends 

 of the hrauchlets, calyx campauulate pruinose limb 4-partite, petals free, berry 

 size of a pea crowned with the persistent calyx-lobes, 



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pedicels equal in length to the calyx-tuoe. myie neariy Lwiee »» iuj»b **" "'"n"i A 

 —A specimen of this in Rottler's Herbarium is named Myrtus ruseifolia, Wuid., an 

 is said to come from India. 



50. E. penang-iana, Duthie \ leaves thick elliptic-obovate obtusely 

 acuminate attenuate at thQ base nerves close indistinct on both sui'lace , 

 cymes short crowded towards the ends of year-old branches, calyx-tiibe ^^ ' 

 rowly clavate or subcylindrical nearly ^ in. much produced lobes 4 small? peta 

 free ?. 



Penang, Government Hill, Maingay, 744. , . ^ 



Branchlets terete. Leaves 21^2^ by about 1 in., brownish-yellow when driea. 



Allied to E. chl&rantlia, and No. 1567 of Beccari's Borneo plants. . , j^ 



A specimen at Kew, collected by Heifer (no locality given), comes ^®^^, i .gg 



The calyx- tube is rather longer and more spreading above after flowering; the le. 



are of thinner texture, and more conspicuously nerved. 



51. E. skiophUa, Ihithie ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate with a slender obtiise 

 acumen nanowed at the base subcoriaceous pellucid-j)unctate, calj^x-iowj 

 incurved, petals small free spreading distant, berry red size of a pea. 



Penang, Government ITIll, Maingay, in deep shaded ravines, j^o in. ; 



A small tree, 15 ft. Branchlets t^x^to. ieaves shortly petioled, 4^-6 by 1 J '^^ 

 midrib rounded beneath ; lateral nerves close, inconspicuous above, ^P^^^V^yt - 

 right angles and uniting close within the margin. Calyx-tube ^ in. Sia7}ie7is s • 



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