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490 Lix, MTRTACEiE. (J. F. Duthie.) [Eugenia. 



G5. E. crenulata, Duthie , leaves broadly ovate-oUong or siiLorLiciilar 

 very thick and coriaceous shortly obtusely acuminate crenulatej nerves close 

 prominent on both surfaces, cymes terminal corymbose main branches long, 

 calyx-limb truncate, petals united in a thick calyptra. 



Maiacca, Maingay, 739. 



Branchlets terete. Leaves ^-Q by 3-4 in., dull, black-dotted ; midrib stout ; late- 

 ral nerves uniting close ^vithinthe margin, interspaces reticulated. Cymes exceeding 

 half the length of the leaves. Bracts small at the l)ase of the flowers and at the joints 

 of the inflorescence-branches. Cdi/x-tube about I in., turbinate, much produced abore 

 the ovary. — The foliage very much resembles that of E. grandis. 



6G. E. venulosa, Wall Cat. 3585 (Sgzggmm) ; leaves ovate or broadly 

 obovate obtuse or shortly acuminate attenuated below into a short petiole 

 very coriaceous polished above, nerves slender but prominent on both suriaces, 

 flowers in terminal corymbs, branches lax spreading exceeding the leaves, cal) x- 

 tube obconical ^-| in. limb nearly entire, corolla calyptrate, fruit subspherical 

 cro^vned with the circular rim of the calvx-limb. 



Malacca, Wallich, Maingay 741, &c.; SiNCAPonr,, Wallich, WalJcer. ^ 



Bark grey; branchlets terete. Leaves U-3 by 1-2 in,; primary nerves ^^j^^^o 



close within the margin, interspaces reticulate, dots inconspicuous ; petiole ^^? 



^ in. Main branches of infloresce^ice 1-2 in. Berry about \ in. in diam., longi 



dinally furrowed.— In Maingays plant, which I would refer here, the corolla i 



rather more exserted in bud. 



67. E. caryophylleea, Wight III ii. 15; Jc. t. 540; leaves shortly 

 petioled obovate spathulate rarely ovate-lanceolate obtuse or with a short Din 

 acumen attenuated to the base, cymes terminal corymbose laxly ^^i*." 

 metis, flowers small about ^^ in,, fruit globose size of a pea. Bcdtl Fl o//a. 

 Anal Gen. cviii. Eugenia corymbosa, Lam, Diet, iii. WJ ; DC. B'odr.ny -^^' 

 Syzygium caryophyllfeum, Gam^tn. Fruct. i. 166, t. 33; DC. Frodr, in. ^^^^ 

 Wall Cat. 3563 ; W. ^f A. P?'odr. I 329 ; Miq. Anal Lul i. 25 ; Fl Ind. i^^^- 

 i. pt. i. 454 ; Thwaites Enum, 117. Oalyptranthes caryophyllata, Pers, hncfi. ^. 

 Mj-rtiis caryophyllata, Linn.—Rheede itort. Mai \. t.*'27. 



S. Canara, Latv; Travancore, Wight; Concax, Stocks; Nilghiri Mrs., a/^'-» 

 G, Thomson ; Ceylon up to 3000 ft. alt., IVal'ker, Thivaites.—DiSTUiB. Borneo. ^^^^^ 



A largo shrub, or middling-sized tree; branchlets terete. Leaves ^^-^ ^7 , 

 Vi in., subcoriaceous, dark above (when dried), rusty-red beneath, i^^^^^P*^^^ i^i 

 dotted. Caly.v shortly turbinate, lobes 4 shallow.— A distinct species though var^^ o 

 considerably in the foliage. The fruit is eaten. 



68. E. frondosa, Wall MS. ; leaves ovate-lanceolate with a long obtuse 

 acumen cuneate at the base polished above lateral nerves slender P^*^"^V.j. 

 on both surfaces, cymes axillary and terminal shorter than the ^^^^^^V^tiq^ 

 tube about ^ in. naiTow below suddenlv enlaririn^*- above lobes ^'^^^ ^^ ixr^;/ 

 petals united. Syz. venosum, DC Prodr. iii.^260: Mem. Myrt. 1. 1/ ; ^ 

 Cat. 3590. 



NiPAx, Wallich. i » in ^ 



Branchlets terete. Leaves 3-4 by about 1^ in., subcoriaceous; petiole 5-4 ' 

 Habit of S. mangifolia but smaller in all its parts. 



69. E. a.reola.tfl., DC. Prodr. iii. 260 {Syzygium) \ Mem. -^^'^^^j^'^iate 



at the base acuminate subcoriaceous nerves ^ ^^^^^et 

 3les paniculate axillary and terminal 2 or 3 time 

 obose, calyx quite entire, corolla calyptrate. v' 



leaves elliptic cuneate 

 marginal double, pedur 

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