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Lix. MYRTACEiE. (J. F. Duthie.) 



[_Eugenia. 



'}lX Leaves mborbtc7ilm\ 



83. S. cyclophylla, Thvaites MSS, {Syzygium) ; leaves shortly petioled 

 or nearly sessile broadly ovate to nearly orbicular very tliiek and coriaceous 

 margins revolute, cjTnes terminal not exceeding the leaves^ branches stout 

 4-gonous, berries nearly spherical crowned with the remains of the 4-fia 

 calyx-limb. 



Ceylon; Adam's Peak, Thwaites {C .V . 3915). -. 



Leaves 2^3 in. by 2 in., margins broadly and irregularly recurved in the dried 

 specimens, black-dotted above, not glaucous beneath ; midrib very stout ; marginal 

 nervation double. Berry about the size of a pea. — This diiFers from E, revohcta in 

 the rounder more coriaceous leaves, shorter petioles, and the stouter inflorescence 

 branches. 



84. E. sclerophylla, Thwaites Emim. 118 {Syztjgiuyn) ] leaves small 

 sessile very coriaceous obovate or nearly round cordate at the base glabrous 

 above nerved beneath, midrib thickened towards the base, cymes about equal 

 to the leaves, berries spherical size of a small cherry. 



Ceylox; Central Provinces, alt. 6-8000 ft., Adam's Peak, Thwaites. 



A moderate-sized tree; branchlets 4-gonous. Leaves ^-1 in. dull. Berries crovmG^^ 



^vith the cup-shaped calyx-limb, txu'ning black. 



85. E. rotundifolia, Wight III ii. 17 ; leaves shortly petioled orbicidar 

 obtuse or obscurely acuminate subcordate at the base or attenuated conaceous 

 glossy and nerveless above, cymes terminal sessile few-flowered, beny sphencai 

 size of a small cherry. Bedd. FL Sylv. An^L Gen. cviii. Syz. rotundifohum 



Ar7U in Act. Acad, Nat. Cur. xviii. 335 : Tkwaites E^mni. 118. 



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Ceylon; Central Provinces, alt. 6-8000 ft, Gardner, Thwaites. , 



A small tree or shrub; youug brunches 4-gonous. Leaves ^§ in. long, neryea 



beneath, margins revolute. Calyx obovate, shortly 5-toothed. Berries red turning 



to black.— Closely allied to the preceding species, differing chiefly by its petiolea 



glossy leaves. 



8G. E. calopbyllifolia, Wight III ii. 17; le. t. 1000; leaves shortly 

 petioled obtuse ovate obovate or orbicular very coriaceous, cymes *®™^^ 

 corymbose short-peduncled many-flowered, fruit ovoid or oblong. Sedd. i* • 

 Sylv. Anal. Gen. cvii. Syz. calophyllifolium, Thvaites Enurn, 118. 



NiLGHiRi, Wight, Adam, Gardner; Sisparah, Wight. 

 alt. 6-7000 ft., Thwaites. 



Ceylon, Adam's Peak, 



A large spreading tree with a fine umbrageous head ; young branches 4 -g(^^"^ 

 vcs glabrous, about 1 hy | in., reticulated beneath when dry, not dotted, taiy 



Lea 



repandly 4-tootbed, Petals OYbiQuVdT, falling together in one piece, 

 dark purple, edible. 



Fridt succulent, 



87. E. oligrantha, Thwaites Emmi. 118 (Syzi/gmm) ; leaves small ob- 

 ovate obtusely and shortly acuminate or retuse narrowed ^<^"^a^*^^j • t? /> 

 faintly nerved dotted, heads terminal few-flowered shortly peduncled. -^^^ ' 

 Fl, Sylv, Anal. Gen. cviii. 



Cetlox ; Ambagamowa district, alt. 3-5000 ft., Thwaites. i *n T^Y 



A small tree ; upper branches 4-gonous, angles winged. Leaves ^-nearly 1 ^ - 

 i'^ in., shortly petioled. Bracts equal to about half the calyx-tube. ^^^P^'^J^.hr^<r 

 pannlate, much produced; lobes 4, rather conspicuous. Berries spherical, red ^uru ^ 

 black, size of a pea. - . 



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