438 LVI. MYRTACEE (LAWSON). [ Lugenia. 
7. E. owariensis, P. Beauv. Fl. Owar, ii. 20, t. 70. Tree pat 
ft. high, Leaves very variable, 3-5 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, na et 
ovate from a broad base, elliptical or even obovate, generally shortly 
acuminate, nearly sessile or with petioles 1 in. long.—Jambosa ey 
ensis, DC. Prod. iii. 287. Syzygium owariense, Benth. in Fl. Nigrit. 359. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann! Niger, T. Vogel! Gaboon river, Mann! 
Senegambia, Heudelot ! 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Burton! : 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Madi, Speke and Grant ! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Vr. Kirk! Rovuma river, Dr. Kirk! ; 
After examining a great number of specimens, I cannot find any reliable characters 
by which to separate this species from Syzygium guineense, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 1. 
315, t. 72. 
A specimen from the Zambesi, with twisted petioles and a very slender habit, is de- 
scribed by Dr. Kirk as sending down roots from the stem like a fig. 
8. E. cordatum, Laws. Tree 40 ft. high; young branches acutely 
quadrangular, almost winged. Leaves subsessile, suborbicular or alli 
tical, cordate at the base, often clasping the stem, 2—3 in. long, by erie 
in. broad, glabrous, coriaceous, shining.—8. Leaves petiolate, rounde 
at the base, oblong-lanceolate, 3—4 in. long.— Syzygium cordatum, Hochst. 
in H. & 8. Fl. Cap. ii. 521. Syzygium cordifolium, Klotasch in Peters 
Mossamb. Bot. 63, t. 11. 
Mozamb. Distr. Manganya hills, Dr. Meller! Tette, Dr. Kirk! 
Common about Natal. : : g : = 
D E. Caryophyllus (Caryopbyllus aromaticus, L.), the clove, is cultivated in the Mozam 
istr. 
2. BARRINGTONIA, Forst.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Plant. i. 720. 
Calyx-tube ovoid or turbinate; limb either closed in the bud and 
split up in flowering into 4—5 valves, or imbricate and 3—4-lobed. Pe- 
tals 4, rarely 5, adnate to the base of the staminal cup. Stamens 1m an 
indefinite number of rows, connate at the base, forming a ring or shal- 
low cup; anthers versatile; anther-cells parallel. Ovary 2—4-celled ; 
ovules 2—8 in each cell. Fruit fibrous, round or subangular, pyraml- 
dal-ovoid or oblong, crowned with the limb of the calyx, 1-seeded.— 
Leaves alternate, crowded at the ends of the branches, not dotted. 
Flowers in lateral or terminal racemes or spikes, 
1. B. racemosa, Blume; DC. Prod. iii. 288. Large tree. Leaves 
10—20 in. long, cuneate-obovate, often unequal, acute, serrulate at 
the apex, subsessile. Calyx-limb 4-lobed, lobes ovate-oblong, pe? 
sistent. Flowers 1} in. wide. 
Mozamb. Distr. North of the Rovuma river, lining its banks for 20 miles, Dr. 
Kirk! Luabo river, Dr. Kirk! Zambesi, Dr. Meller ! 
8. PETERSIA, Welw.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 721. 
Calyx-tube narrowly ovoid-turbinate, with 4 herbaceous wings; 
limb with 4 short lobes alternating with the wings, imbricate. +¢- 
