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Eugenia.] lix, MTRTACEiE. (J. F. Duthie.) 491 



- NiPAL, Wallich, 



Very nearly related to E. fromlosa. — There are specimens in the Kew Herbarium, 

 probaLly belonging to 'this species, fastened do^rn on the same sheet Avith it, in 

 which the leaves have dried of a fresher tint, and the diifercncein the nervation is 

 considerable; the Howers also are rather larger. 



b. Calyx'-tube slender and tapering. 



70. E. khasiana, Z>;(M/e ; leaves narrowly lanceolate acuminate at both 

 ends nerves and dots pellucid, cymes from the upper axils or terminal lax, 

 flower-buds pyriform \ in., limb of calyx truncate. 



Khasia Mts., Griffith, .7, B. H. cj- T. T. 



Branchlets terete. Leaves 3-4 by 1 in., smooth and shining above, finely reticu- 

 late betM^een the lateral nerves which unite close witliin the margin ; petiole | in. 

 ^^ore5ce«ce-branchcs long and slender, acutely quadrangular. Ca/^a^ spreading above 

 4fter flowering. 



71. E. obIong*ifolia, Duthie] leaves oblong acuminate narrowed towards 

 the base nerves rather close slender but prominent on both siu^faces, cymes 

 terminal corymbose much branched shorter than the leaves, calyx-tube ^ in. or 

 kss gradually tapering to the base limb truncate, petals calyptrate. 



Malacca, Maingay (746). 



Branchlets terete or subtotragonous ; l>ark greyish. Leaves 3-4^^ by li-l|in., 

 *>mning a little aboA^e, lateral nerves uniting close within the margin, interspaces reti- 

 culated. InJlorescence-hvimcheH sharply 4-angular, compressed towards the nudes. 

 ^uaments slender ; anthers small. 



72. E. ezpansa, Wall Cat. 3567 {Syzygium) ; leaves shortly petioled 

 ovate or^ oblong-lanceolate obtusely acuminate subcoriaceous, cymes axillary or 

 |emnnating previous year's shoots, flowers small crowded at the ends of the 

 ^ong peduncles, calyx nearly truncate. 



Pexang, Wallich. 



Young branches subterete, compressed at the nodes. Leaves 3-6 by l.}-2 in., 

 Pphshed a little above ; lateral nerves slender, raised on both surfaces, uniting withm 

 jne margin, interspaces reticulate; petiole \ in. Calyx-tithe \ in., gradually tapenng 

 '? the base. Fruit not seen. 



^1 Calyx-lhnb ir-5-lohed. 



73. E. cordifolia, Wight EL ii. 16; Ic t. 544; leaves sessile cordate 

 ^i^plexicaul ovate or ovate-lanceolate obtuse or obtusely acuminate, cymes 

 J<>rymbose terminal and axillary mucb shorter than the leaves, berry nearly 



"OUnd Crnwn^rl ,,^;+l, *1.., i:u^ ^^u--.- i;,,^!^ F. onrlrnflfpninidpfl. "Redd. Fl. 



E. androsiemoides, Bcdd. Fl. 



^^\AnaL Gen. cvii. ; not of DC. Syzv<.num cordifolium, Thicaites Enum. 

 ^' Z^yl 116. Calyptranthes cordifolia. Moon Cat. 



Ceyion; Ambagamowa and Eatnapoora districts, up to 3000 ft., Thwaites. 

 , A very large handsome tree ; branchlets terete. Leaves 6-8 by about 3 m., often 

 j^pr thick and coriaceous, polished above; midrib stoiit and prominent beneath ; 

 ^rai nerves usually not very distinct, sometimes forming double loopings withm the 

 T^^n. _ Calyx-tube about ^ in.; lobes 4. Petals calyptrate. Berries subglobose, 

 . ^^iit an inch in diameter.— j?, androscemoides of Wight's Herb, is E. obovata, Wall. 



Verr \ *' s^l^decussata, IFall. Cat. 3589 {Sijzygium) ; loaves ovate or 

 V shortlv netinlprl nWr.r,n_io»Aanln+P pordatfi at the base subacute thick and 



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