492 ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eugenia. 
lar, concave, reddish petals. Germ two-celled, with re, 
ovula in each, &c. 
21. E. acuminata. R. . 
Leaves broad-lanceolar, acuminate, polished, finely 
veined, Peduncles axillary, terminal, many-flowered. 
Corol operculate. Berries round. 
A small, but tall, handsome tree, a vative of the Mo- 
luccas ; in the Botanic garden at Calcutta it Bowers in 
rey and the fruit ripens in June. 
22. E. cymosa. R. 
Arboreous. Leaves oblong, polished, hard. Cymes ter- 
minal and axillary, crowded. 
Buttee Jamb, the vernacular name in Silhet where the 
tree is indigenous ; it grows to a great size, and the wood 
is used for various economical purposes. Flowering time 
December. 4 
93. E. aquea. R. . 
Arboreous, trunk soon divided. Leaves opposite, sub- 
sessile, oblong-lanceolate, entire. Peduncles ter 
and from the exterior axills, many-flowered. Fruit flat- 
tened at both ends, (turnip-shaped.) 
_Jambosa aquea. Rumph. Amb. 1. p. 126. t. 38. f. 2- tho 
rose-coloured-variety, and Jambo-ayer. Rumph. isso 
p. 126. the white. : 
Both the above varieties have been introduent ‘from 
the Moluccas iuto the Botanic garden at Calcutta, whet 
they thrive luxuriantly, and blossom during the month 
March, the fruit ripens in May and June. 
Trunk short ; branches numerous down to the soma 
Bark smooth, Rak-coloured : whole height from twenty 
to twenty-five feet. aces opposite, very short-p® 
tioled, sublanceolate, with their narrow base some ae 
what cordate; meg entire, smooth on both. sides. mm. 
