Eugenia. icosandria monogynia. 483 



1. E. malaccensis. Willd. 2. 959. 



Trunk straii^lit. Leaves from oblong to laiiceolar. Flow- 

 ers in sessile, lateral fascicles. Berries turbinate. 



Janibosa domestica. Runiph. Anib. 1. t. 37. 



Nati-schambu. Rheed. Mai. 1. 1. 18. 



Beng. Malacca Janirool. 



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. 123. t. 38./. 1. 



The fruit is large, juicy and beautiful and very gene- 

 rally eaten, though rather insipid. 



2. E. purpurea. R. 



Trunk straight. Leaves smooth. 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 (he hot 

 season ; the fruit is as large as that of the former species ; 

 the colour a very dark purple. 



3. E. amplexicaidis. R. 



Xeare*- stem-clasping, oblong, obtuse ; peduncles laite- 

 ral, three or nine-flowered. Berries spherical. 



A stately tree, a native of Chittagong, a country still 

 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 straight, 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, of a clear green. 

 Leaves opposite, stem-clasping, oblong, entire ; with a 

 rounded apex, firm and glossy, from six to eight inches 



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