Eugenia. icosandria monogynia. 195 



Malacca schambu. Rheed. Mai 1. t.l7. 

 Jambosa sylvestris alba. Rumph. Amb. 1. t. 39. 

 •Jamba the Sanscrit name, Aiiat. Res. 1. 419. 

 Beng. Giilab jamb. 



Found common in gardens inmost parts of India and 

 its Islands. 



29. E. caryophyllata. Willd. 2. 9G5. 



Leaves from lanceolar to oblong, acute. Corymbs ter- 

 minal. Berries oblong, one, rarely, two seeded, 



LwvMnga, the Sanscrit name. 



Pers. Meykuk. 



English. Clove tree. 



On the Molucca Islands where these trees are indige- 

 nous they begin to blossom when about nine years old; 

 the average produce is about two, or two and a half 

 pounds of cloves yearly. 



Arab. Kerunpul, 



Beng. hung. 



Caryophyllus aromaticus. sp. pi. 735. Gcert. sem, 1. 167. 

 33. 



Caryophyllus. Rumph. Amb. 2. t. 1. 2. 3. 



30. E. lepfosperuma. R. 



Leaves short petioled, lanceolate, coriaceous, polish- 

 ed. Panicles terminal, very ramous. Calyx acetabu- 

 liform, obscurely five-toothed. Stigma two-toothed. 



A native of the Island of Romoa. 



31. E. Thumra. R. 



Leaves lanceolar, polished. Panicles terminal, extreme, 

 remote, many-flowered. Divisions of the calyx subrotund ; 

 petals reniform, sessile. 



Sent from Pegue by the Rev. Mr. F. Carey, under the 

 vernacular name Thumra. 



