Eugenia. ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 483 
1. E. malaccensis. Willd. 2. 959. =a 
Trunk straight. Leaves from oblong to lanceolar, Flow- 
ers in sessile, lateral fascicles. Berries turbinate. __ 
Jambosa domestica, Rumph. Amb. 1. t. 37. 
Nati-schambu. Rheed, Mal. 1. t. 18. 
Beng. Malacca Jamrool. 
A native of the Malay Islands, &c. In Bengal it blos- 
soms and bears fruit at different periods of the year. 
There is a variety with dark blood red fruit, which is 
probably Rumphius’s Jambosa nigra, 1. p. 125. t. 38. f.1. 
The fruit is large, juicy and beautiful. and very gene- 
sate eaten, though rather ietipltrg von: audde dia 
2. E. purpurea. R.. - 
Trunk straight. Leaves canal. Flowers in lateral. 
sessile fascicles as in the last. Berries oval. 
_ It differs from E, Malaccensis in the shape of the fruit 
only, a native of the Malay Islands, flowering in the hot 
season ; the fruit is as large as that of the former species ; 
the colour a very dark purple. 
3. E. amplexicaulis. R. 
Leaves stem-clasping, oblong, obtuse ; peduncles late- 
ral, three or nine-flowered. Berries spherical. bier 
A stately tree, a native of Chittagong, a country still 7 
abounding in numerous undetermined new species. of 
this noble genus. In the Botanic garden at Calcutta > 
it is in flower and fruit at different periods through the 
year, 
Trunk tolerably sthatehi quickly dividing into numer- 
ous spreading branches, forming a large extensive, dense 
head. Bark of the old woody parts brown, but pretty 
smooth; that of the young shoots polished, ofacleargreen. 
Leaves opposite, stem-clasping, oblong, entire’). with a, 
Tounded apex, firm and glossy, from six to eight, oie hes 
eid 3 ; dangnh 
