496 I'lcosANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Eugenia. 



32. E. pulcJiella. R. 



ieavesbroad-lanceolar, acuminate, finely veined, lucid. 

 Panicles terminal, divided in a triternate form ;perfMnc/es 

 and pedicells four seeded. Berries spherical. 



A very beautiful, slow growing, small tree ; a native 

 of the Molucca Islands. Flowering time in the Botanic 

 garden of Calcutta March and April, and the fruit which 

 is like the black currant, ripens in the early part of the 

 rains. 



33. E. Inophijlla. R. 



Trunk straight to the top of the tree. Leaves from oval 

 to oblong, finely-veined and polished. Panicles termi- 

 nal, corymbiform. Calyx obscurely from four to five- 

 lobed. Coro/ from four to five-petalled. Berries turbi- 

 nate. 



A native of the Moluccas. It flowers during the hot 

 season in the Eotanic garden at Calcutta. 



Although it resembles the clove tree, it possesses no 

 kind of fragrance The large pear shaped berries are 

 not eatable, the pulpy part or rather cortex being of a 

 hard tough texture and unpleasant taste. 



34. E. rubens. R. 



Leaves short-petioled, opposite, and subalternate, lan- 

 ceolar, obtuse, fine veined, hard and glossy. Panicles 

 terminal, ultimate divisions often umbelliferous. 



A large timber tree, a native of the extensive forests of 

 Chittagong, where it is called Kuree Jamb. It flowers in 

 April ; the fruit which is eaten by boys, ripens about the 

 beginning of the rains. 



35. E. glandulifera. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves broad-lanceolate, highly polished. 

 PamcZes terminal, brachiate; ramifications simple and 



