488 icoSANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Eugenia. 



9. E. brachiate. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves elliptic, obtuse-poiated. Panicles 

 lateral. Peduncles and pedicells four-seeded. Calyx en- 

 tire. Berries spherical. 



A native of Amboyna. In the Botanic garden at Cal- 

 cutta it blossoms in May, and the fruit ripens in July ; 

 they are about the size of pease, dark purple or black, 

 and of an astringent taste. It is nearly allied to frutico- 

 sa, but grows to a much greater size ; the leaves are broad- 

 er and more obtuse, and in the same garden it has taken 

 eleven years from the seed to blossom, while fruticosa 

 requires only three or four. 



10. E. claviflora. R. 



Leaves lanceolar. Corymbs lateral, subsessile, umbelli- 

 form ; flowers clavate. Berries long, ovate, crowned 

 with the cyathiform base of the calyx. 



Lifmba-nwH-jamb the vernacular name in Chittagong, 

 where it is indigenous, and grows to be a stout useful tim- 

 ber tree, of very considerable size. Flowering time Febru- 

 ary and March, and the fruit which is eaten by the na- 

 tives, ripens in May. 



11. E. cerasoides. R. 



Leaves short-petioled, from oval to oblong, remotely 

 coarse-veined. P«m'c?es lateral, brachiate. Fruit round, 

 of the size and appearance of small black cherries. 



Botee Jam, the vernacular name in Chittagong, where 

 it is indigenous. Its trunk is so large as to furnish planks 

 for various purposes. Flowering time April and May, and 

 the fruit, which is very generally eaten, ripens in July. 



12. E. pi'cecox. R. 



Leaves opposite, petioled, lanceolar, rather obtuse, 

 coarsely veined. Panicles lateral and axillary, brachiate 

 half the length of the leaves. 



