^^'^ ENTTMERATION OF ^ Myriace(t. 



LXIV, MTETACE^. 



1. MYRTUS, Tournef. 



Sect. Hhodomyrtus, DC. 



1. M. tomentosa, Ait. (W. et A, Prod. i. 328, cum syn. : Wiffht 

 Icones, t. 522 ; lUust. ii. 18. t. 97* or 122. f. 3.)— c.p. 1591. 



8000 



6000 



2. EUaEWIA, Linn. 



1. E. 'Willdenovii 



545.— c.p. 1586. 



. r?^^/ Common in the hotter parts of the island. Nom. Tuk. 

 '' Tambaleya-gass," . • ^ 



?! E. bracteata, Eoxb. (W. et A. Prod. i. 331, cum syn.)— c.r. 1590. 

 Hab. Jaffna, Gardner. j / , 



This is as remarked by Dr. Wight, very closely aUied to the preceding species, 

 trom which it differs principally in its smaller flowers and wider leaves, with shorter 

 petioles. Ihey may possibly prove to be forms only of one species. 



3. E. terpnophylla, Thw. ; foliis lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 longe acummatis, basi plus minus angustatis ; juniorihus cum ramulis 

 tnflorescentmqyxe ferrugineo-pilosis.— c.p. 2623. ' 



Var. ^ I foliis subtus plus minus breviter rufo-pilosis. 



Hab. Ambagamowa and Eatnapoora Districts, and Eeigam Corle, 

 up to no great elevation. 



X X ^^Ti ^^^^^^'^^^^^ ^^^^^ teretes. Folia 2i-5 poll, longa, i-2 poll, lata, petiolo 

 4-2 poll loDgo. Fednnculi axillares termiaalesque, breves, pauciflori. Pedicelli 

 peholo suba^qmlongi. Peiala alba, lohis calycinis rotundatis dupio longiora. BacciS 

 sphaencee, puberulse, cerasi parvi magnitudine. 



amoena 



ssepissime terminahbus, 



sublasciculatis ; pedicellis folio multo brevioribus.— c.p. 3439. 



Hab. Kokool Corle and Dolosbage District, up to an elevation of 

 1.500 feet. ' 



Jrborjiaxva. Famuli icrties, i^c?& 2-6 poll longa, li-2i poll. lata. Fedi- 

 celh 7-10 hn. longi, raro breviores. Fstala 4, alba, oblonga, circiter 3 lin. longa, 



lohis cahjdnis rotuudatis longiora. 



,^h ^- Mooniana, Wight, lUust. ii. 13 ; Icones, t 

 (77, 733, 1581, 2451). 



Var. /3 \ foliis subsessilibus, rotundatis, acuminatis 

 p. 2803. (An species distincta P) 



c.p. 11, 365 



feet. 



Province, ud to an elevation of 4000 



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

 and flower-stalks. Yar. /3 may possibly prove to be a distinct species, bat I am dis- 

 posed at present to consider it only a variety. 



6. E. mabseoides, Wight, lUust. ii. 13.— c,p. 445, 1588 (2693). 

 Hab. Central Provmce, at an elevation of 4000 to 7000 feet. 



