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*^ 126. ZS. axuoena, Thwaite^ Enmn, 114 ; leaves sessile ovate-lanceolate acu- 

 minate cordate at the base or subamplexicaul glabrous coriaceous, flowers often 

 lerminal subfasciculate, pedicels much shorter than the leaves. Bedd, 17. Sylv. 

 ^ml Gen, cxi. E. Mooniana, Wight var. /3., Thtcaites Enum. 114. 





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■': A small tree; branchlets terete. Leaves 2-6 by li-2J in.; nerves inconspicuouB 

 -above, more prominent beneath and uniting in a distinct marginal nerve with often a 

 «econd fainter one nearer the edge. Pedicels \-\ in. Bracts o\dX&, acute. Petals 4, 

 oblong, white, about ^ in. in length, longer than the roundish calyx-lobes. — Some of 

 Mr. Thwaites' specimens, and which he considers to be merely a state of this species, 

 tare the leaves much thinner, broader at the base, and with rather different nervation, 

 the pedicels are shorter, and the calyx-lobes sometimes acute. 



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_ 127. E. Mooniana, Wight BL ii. 13 ; Ic ii. 551 j 7iot of Gardner in 

 Book, Journ. of Bot. ii. 352 (1843) ; shrubby, glabrous or the young shoots 

 puberulous, leaves short-petioled ovate acuminate taperino^ at the base, peduncles 

 axillary solitary or 2 together 1-flowered, flowers small, calyx-tube ventricose 

 ^long, lobes 4 reflexed pointed, fruit globose or oblong size of cherry. 

 Thwaites Enu7n. 114; Bedd. FL Sglv. And. Gen, ex. 



^Courtallum, Wight \ Niluhiri Hills, Hb, Hohmacker ; Sbvagherhy Hills, 

 '^^ht] CoNCAN, Stocks; Ceylon, up to 4000 ft., Thwaites. 



A most variable species in the shape of the leaves and the length of the petioles 

 ^cd flower-stalks. Leaves 1^-2^ by |-1^ in. ; acumen short and obtuse, or prolonged to 

 ^fine point. Pedicels about | in., axillary or from the old wood below.— It approaches 

 ** ^^iflora, but the leaves are thicker and the pedicels are less slender. — Col. Bed- 

 aome says (L c.) " I have another species allied to this which may prove to be new 

 (specimens imperfect) the peduncles are several-flowered." 



Var, gracilis ; leaves longer, fruit oblong. E. gracilis, Bcdd, in Trans. Linn. Sac, 

 ^v. 217; Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. ex.— Anamallay Hills. 



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•-^E. XJNIFLORA, Lin7i. ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 441 ; leaves nearly sessile ovate 

 «Jiblanceolate glabrous rather thin and pellucid-punctate, pedicels axillary usually 

 ^htary and 1 -flowered shorter than the leaves, calyx-lobes 4 reflexed, berries 

 .globose, torulose. E. Willdenowii, DC. Prodr. iii. 265; Sprtng. Syst. ii. 480 

 Wins) ; Wall Cat, 3623. Syzyg. Michelii, Lam. Diet. iii. 203 ; DC. Prodr. ui. 

 m, Jljrtus braziliana, Linn. Sp. PL 471. Piinia rubra, Li7in. ManL 243. P. 

 Pedunculata, Linw./. SuppL 253. E. zeylanica, Willd. Sf. PL ii. 963. 



A native of S. America, becoming naturalised in Ceylon and parts of India. 

 ^. VAR. subcordata: leaves sliehtly cordate at the base. W. # A. Prodr. i. 331 ; 

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I^ntricose, limb 4-parted, berry spherical size of small cherry. 

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Ceylon; Central Provinces 4-7000 ft. alt.. Moon, Gardner, Thwaites. 

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