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488 ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eugenia. 
9. E. brachiate. R. 
Arboreous. Leaves elliptic, Spiiies-Sinited? Panicles 
lateral. Peduncles and pedicells four-seeded. peice en- 
tire. Berries spherical. 
A native of Amboyna. In the Botanic garden at Cal- — 
cutta it blossoms in May, and the fruit ripens in July ; 
they are about the size of pease, dark purple or black, 
and of an astringent taste. It is nearly allied to frutico- 
sa, but grows to a much greater size ; the leaves are broad- 
er and more obtuse, and in the same gardenit has taken 
eleven years from the seed to blossom, while saiaiabeies 
requires only three or four. dient’ 
10. E. claviflora. R 
Leaves \anceolar. Corymbs lateral, subsessile, umbelli« 
form; flowers clavate. Berries long, ovate, crowned 
with the cyathiform base of the calyx. 
Lumba-nuli-jamb the vernacular name in Chittagong, 
where it is indigenous, and grows to be a stout useful tim- 
ber tree, of very considerable size. Flowering time Febru- 
ary and March, and the fruit which is eaten by see? na- 
— te in May. 
u. EB Spteatidles. R. 
Leaves short-petioled, from oval to oblong, — 
coarse-veined. Panicles lateral, brachiate. Fruit round, 
of the size and appearance of small black cherries. 
-Botee Jam, the vernacular name in Chittagong, where : 
it is indigenous. Its trunk is so large as to furnish plaa 
for various purposes. Flowering time April and May, and 
the fruit, which is very generally eaten, ripens in Jaly- 
12. E precox. R. 
Leaves opposite, petioled, lanceolar, rather obtuse, 
coarsely veined. Panicles lateral and axiletie Soar iil 
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