486 icosANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Eugenia. 



nent of India, only in the leaves being obtuse, and fre- 

 quently emarginate, as in Rumphius's figure. 



Jamhosa Ceramica. Rumph. Amh. 1. ^ 41. seems a spe- 

 cies still undescribed, except by Ruuiphius, which I have 

 not yet met with. 



6. E, operculata. R. 



Trunk short, thin of branches. Leaves short-petioled, 

 oblong, smooth, coarsely veined. Panicles lixterd], brachi- 

 ate, collecting the flowers in sessile, terminal heads. 

 Calyx entire ; corol operculate. Berries spherical. 



From Amboyna this tree was brought to the Botanic 

 garden at Calcutta, w here it blossoms in March and April, 

 and the seeds ripen in May and June. 



7. E. caryophylifoJia. Lamarck. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate. Panicles below the leaves, 

 cross-armed. Ca/?/JC obtusely four- toothed. C'oro/ four- 

 petioled, deciduous without expanding. Berry globular. 



Calyptranthes Caryophyllifolia, Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 

 2. 975. 



Myrtus Cuminum. Linn. sp. pi. 674. 



Jambosa Ceramica. Rumph. Amb. 1. t. 41. 



Beng. Chota Jamb. , 



A native of various parts of India, growing luxuriant- 

 ly in almost every soil, and situation. Flowering time 

 the hot season. 



Trunk seldom straight, nor long, but thick, and cover- 

 ed, as well as the numerous spreading branches, with 

 smooth ash-coloured bark, the smaller branches, and twigs 

 are generally pendulous. Leaves opposite, petioled, nod- 

 ding, oblong-lanceolate, waved, very smooth, and shin- 

 ing on both sides, w ith numerous, most slender, parallel- 

 ed veins ; from three to four inches long, and about two 

 broad. Petioles Ahont an inch long, channelled. Pani- 



