Myrtus. IGCOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. _ 497 
umbelliferous. Calyx five-toothed, and with the germs 
and pedicells glandular. 
A native of Sumatra. 
36. E. macrocarpa. R. 
Leaves subsessile, lanceolate, acuminate, base narrow- 
cordate. Peduncles terminal, few-flowered. Berries sphe- 
tical, of the size of a large orange, crowned with the four- 
lobed permanent calyx. 
Chalta-jamb, the vernacular name in Chittagong, where 
it is indigenous in the forests amongst the timber trees. 
Flowering in April, and the immensely large fruit, resem- 
bling that of the Chalta, (Dillenia indica now called 
Speciosa, ) which is eaten by the natives, ripens in August 
and September. 
, 37. E. corymbosa. R. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, entire, smooth. Corymbs ter- 
minal, decompound. Calyx with large round divisions. 
Berries globular. 
_ A native of the Moluccas, 
MYRTUS. Schreb. gen. n. 844. 
_ Calyx five-cleft ; petals five. Berry inferior, from two 
to five-celled, with a few gibbous seedsineach, 
1. M. communis. Willd. 2. 967. 
Flowers sub-solitary. Involucre two-leaved. 
Arab. Isbor. 
Hind. Belatee mendee. 
| Common in gardens, it flowers during the cold season, 
i am not certain that this species is found indigenous 
in any part of India. : 
Pa ae 
