MYRTACEAE. 



Determined by Alfred Rehder and E. H. Wilson. 



EUGENIA L. 



Eugenia microphylla Abel, Narr. Jour, China, 181, 364 (1818). 

 Forbes in Jour, Bat XXII. 124 (1884). 



Syzygium? huxifoUum Hooker & Amott, Bot. Voy. Beechey, 187 (1841). — 

 Walpers, Rep. II. 180 (1843). — Bentham, Fl Hongk. 118 (1861). 



Syllysium huxifoUum Meyer & Schauer in Nov. Act. Acad. Leop.-CaroL XIX- 

 suppl. I. 334 (1843). 



Eugenia Gnjsii Hance in Jour. Bot. IX, 5 (1871), XVII. 10 (1879). 



Eugenia pyxophylla Hance in Jour. Bot. IX. 6 (1871). 



Eugenia sp. Moore in Jour. Bot. XIII. 227 (1875). 



Eugenia sinensis Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 298 (1887). — Dunn & 

 Tutcher in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform, add. ser. X. 105 {Fl. Kwangtung & 

 Hongk.) (1912) . — UveHU, FL Kouy- Tchiou, 2S9 (1914). 



Kiangsi : near Ruling, cliffs, alt. 300 m., August 1, 1907 (No. 1576; 

 bush 1-1.5 m., flowers white). Chekiang : vicinity of Ningpo, 1908, 

 D, Macgregor. Fokien: Dunn's Exped., April to June 1905 (Hong- 

 kong Herb. No. 2703), Hongkong : without locality, November 5, 

 1903, C. S, Sargent, 



Our Kiangsi specimen has leaves not exceeding 1.5 cm. in length and agrees per- 

 fectly with AbeVs description. Though the size of the leaves varies considerably, 

 they are invariably cuneate at the base. 



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