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P^nncles 1-2 in. Flowers about | in." Calyx-lobes 4, rounded or subacute. — Habit 

 -of E, balsaTnea^ but the cymes are much longer peduncled and the leaves are not 

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iiarrowed below acuminate subcoriaceous pale pellucid-punctate, lateral nerves 

 prominent widely separated, cymes lateral short compact, flowers small, berry 

 ^und. Kurz in Joum, As. Sac. Beng. vol. xlvi. pt. ii. 66 ; Fm\ FL I 485. 

 *yz. balsameum. Wall. Cat 3692. Memecylon floribundum, Wall. Cat 4113. 



^^ SiKKiM, alt. 2000 ft, J. D. H. ^ T,T.\ E. Bengal, GnSith\ Pegu, Kt^rz) Sixhkt, 

 Wallwh, J. jD. H., 4^ T. T. Assam, Masters.-^DiSTRiB, Yunan. 

 . Branchlets subtereteor obscurely 4'gonous. Leaves 3-5 by 1-1^ in.; petiole 

 t "1. Infiorescence-hT?in(t\ies compressed, angular. Calyx-tube truncate. Petals united, 

 -or sometimes becoming free. 



VAR. angustifolia ; leaves narrowly elliptic-lanceolate. i-| in. wide. — Khasia Mts., 

 2000 ft., J, D. H. # T.T. 



105. E- fruticosa, Roxh. Hort Ben^ 37 ; FL Ind. ii. 487 ; shrubby, 

 leaves broadly oblong to oval acuminate finely nerved, flowers small in dense 

 Jateral panicles, berries small ovoid. Wight Ic. t. 624 ; Kurz in Joum, As, Soc 

 ^^' xlvi. pt. ii. 66; For. Fl. i. 485. S. fruticosum, DC Prodr. ui. 260; 

 Mem. Myrt 1. 19 ; Wall Cat 3559 in part 



.,. SiLHET and Chittagon-g, Roxburgh, Wallich; Pegu, Kurz; Tenasserim, Heifer. 

 A large shrub or small tree. Leaves variable as to size, very similar to those of 

 • ^^'^bolana ; petiole shorter. Pa^jfcZ^-branches divaricate, acutely angular. Calt/x 

 Jery short. Corolla calyptrate. Berries size of pea.- 

 ifl Its mflorescence. 



•Besembles E. polyantha, Wigbt, 



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. iw. B. Jambolana, Lam. Diet iii. 198 ; leaves o; 



more or less acuminate coriaceous closely nerved, panicles lateral below the 

 ^vea rarelv axillary or terminal, calyx shortly turbinate limb truncate or ob- 



curely 4-lobed, petals calyptrate, berry olive-shaped to globose purple from size 

 \\ ^0?^ *^ ^ pigeon's egg. Ham. in. Wern. Sac. Trans, v. 342 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ^ «4 ; Wight Ic. t. 535 ; Benth. Fl. Austral iii. 283 ; Bedd. Fl Sylv. i. t. 197 ; 

 ^^^ndu For. Fl 233 ; Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. Beng, vol. xlvi. pt. ii. 67 ; 



Wj^: i- 485. Syz. Jamboknum, DC Prodr. iii. 259; WaU. Cat 3560; 

 Vi^ifn -^''^''' ^- 329 ; Dak. ^ Gibs. Fl Bomb. J93. E. frondosa. Wall ^-* 

 ^^ ^ ; not 3590. E. Moorei, F. Muell Fraqm. v. 33. 

 »oiana, Willd. Sp. PL ii. 975. O. caniteUata. Ham. in Wall Cdt 3560 



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\j.^P^°\^on (wild or cultivated) and generally distribu 

 to Aust 1-^"^ in Ceylon; from the plains to 4-5000 ft. 



3 g .^^®. usually of considerable size with a thick and rather crooked trunk. Leavrs 

 nnit*^^"' ?^tremely variable in shape, smooth and shining, the numerous nen-es 

 "ng -vnthin the margin ; petiole ^-1 in. Cyine short and compact or laxly pani- 

 J^6- Flowers TiiiTnp»»rMio a>i/^«f fii^ ciVa nt tlinsp ctf E. onercidata or much smaller, 

 ^^t-scented. 



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; the bark affords brown dyes, and a kind of gum kino 



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The wood is whitish, close-grainetl, 



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laree '*'. ^^o^burgh mentions a variety having fruit of a superior quality, and as 



\T ^ P^S^^^'s egg; probably the result of cultivation. 

 i^ijCiQ^^^^T^^hWolia ; leaves ovate-lanceolate with a long acumen, calyx shortly 



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