494 ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eugenia. 
cicles in the axills, all shorter — theleaves. Berries 
transversely oval. . 
Goolum, the vernacular name in Chittagong, where it 
is found wild, as well as cultivated for its edible fruit ; 
the wood is also in some estimation. It blossoms in 
March, and the fruit ripens in June and July. 
26. E. lanceefolia. R. 
Leaves short-petioled, lanceolate, with the base ete 
ed, acuminate, smooth. Panicles axillary and terminal, 
globular, shorter than the leaves. Berries oblong, crown- 
ed with the entire calyx. 1 
Poora-Jamb, the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is 
‘indigenous in the forests of that district, and grows to 
be one of the largest trees. Flowering time November, 
and the seed ripens in February ; uncommon periods for 
an Eugenia to flower and ripen its fruit ; this I am in- 
clined to consider one of the most elegant ne most use- 
ful species of this extensive, and truly superb genus. x 
27. E. lanceolaria, R. 
Leaves short-petioled, narrow-lanceolar. Flowers tet 
minal, about fifteen, corymbose-fascicled. Berries wit 
gularly round lobate. 
Pounee-Jamb, the vernacular name in Silhet, where it 
grows to be a small smooth tree of from ten to twelve feet 
in height, the flowers very large, rosy, and somewhat fra- 
grant, which with the elegant foliage, renders it one of 
the prettiest of this _very grand family. It flowers in 
May, the fruit ripens in December, and, though as large 
asa small apple, is not eaten, the pulp being in - 
quantity and tough. . 
28. E. esisen: Willd. 2. 959. 
Trunk rarely straight and soon dividing. Leaves iat io 
ceolate.~ Flowers terminal. Berries globular. — 
