492 icosANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Eugeniu, 



lar, concave, reddish petals. Germ two celled, with many 

 ovula in each, &c. 



21. E. acuminata. R. 



Leaves broad lanceolar, acuminate, polished, finely 

 veined. Peduncles axillary, terminal, many-flowered. 

 Carol operciilate. Berries round. 



A small, but tall, handsome tree, a native of the Mo- 

 luccas ; in the Botanic garden at Calcutta it flowers in 

 March, and the fruit ripens in June. 



22. E. cymosa. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves oblong, polished, hard. Cymes ter- 

 minal and axillary, crowded. 



Buttee Jamb, the vernacular name in Silhet where the 

 tree is indigenous ; it grows to a great size, and the wood 

 is used for various economical purposes. Flowering time 

 December. 



23. E, aquea. R. 



Arboreous, trunk soon divided. Leaves opposite, sub- 

 sessile, oblong-lanceolate, entire. Peduncles terminal, 

 and from the exterior axills, many-flowered. Fruit flat- 

 tened at both ends, (turnip-shaped.) 



Jambosa aquea. Rumph. Amb. l.p. 126. t. 38/. 2. the 

 rose-coloured variety, and Jambo-ayer. Rumph. Amb. 1. 

 p. 126, the white. 



Both the above varieties have been introduced from 

 the Moluccas into the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where 

 they thrive luxuriantly, and blossom during the month of 

 March, the fruit ripens in May and June. 



Trunk short ; branches numerous down to the ground. 

 Bark smooth, ash-coloured ; whole height from twenty 

 to twenty-live feet. Leaves opposite, very short-pe- 

 tioled, sublanceolate, with their narrow base some- 

 what cordate; margins entire, smooth ou both sides. Pt- 



