MYRTACE^. 469 



* "f Calyx hemispherical (o funnel shaped, xessilo or contracted pedicel-lihe at the base. 

 X Leaveft umalli/ opaque, green, the lateral nerres more or lesn distant, someiehat 

 irregular, tiet- veined let ween. Inflorescence usualhj lateral from the older branches. 

 + Calyx sessile, not tapering pedieel-like at the base. 

 f Leaves green on both sides. 

 E. opERcn-ATA, Eoxb. E.T. Swamp forests of Pegu and Martaban. 



Petiole i— J inch long. Leaves broader, not decurrent. Flowers more than 

 3 together. Panicle longer pcduncled, the last ramifications very short. 



E. oiiovATA, "Wall. Ava. Bhamo. 



Thi-tha-bvC (Kurz). 



As preceding, but leaves more obovate. Panicle very short pcduncled or almost 

 sessile, more lax. Flowers often by threes. 



E. Paniala, Eoxb. E.T. Chittagnng. 



Leaves acuminatcly decurrent on a short petiole, more acuminate. 



f f Leaves glaucous or glaucescent beneath. 



E. CDfEREA, "Wall. E. T. Tropical forests of the Southern Pegu 



llange and Tonasserim. 



Branchlcts terete or nearly so. Panicles more or less pcduncled. Calyx soon 

 truncate, the lobes obsolete. 



Possibly not different from the following species, wliich I know only iiom 

 Iloxburgh's description and figure (Kurz). 



+ + Calyx narrowed into a longer or shorter pedicel like base. Panicle short, 

 sessile or nearly so, usually branched already from the base. 



f Calyx-lobes well developed, up to I line long. 



E. PHiEcox, Eoxb. E.T. Chittagong. 



Similar to E. cinerea, the branchlets greyish. Calyx-lobes J line long. 



E. CEUAsoroES, Eoxb. E.T. Chittagong and Tonasserim. var. /3 



Tha-bye-chin (Kurz). Khakyen HiUs. 



Branchlets brownish. Eacemes sometimes coi-ymb-like, slender, short. 



var. /3 angustifolia. Leaves on shorter and tliicker petioles, linear to oblanceolate- 

 linear, with fewer more remote and arcuate nerves. Panicles shorter and stouter, the 

 ultimate branchings much reduced. The jiedicel-likc base of calyx shorter. Berries 

 tlie size of a ])cpper-eorn, globose, almost sessile, crowned by the truncate calyx-limb. 

 Probably a distinct species (Kurz). 



f f Calyx soon truncate, the lubes obsolete. 

 E. TETKAGON-A, Wight. E.T. Kliakyen Hills, 3000 to 4000 feet. 



Branchlcts brown, 4-cornered, often winged, especially while young. 

 E. i!AL.SAMEA, Wight. Burma {fide Mason). 



Branchlets white, terete. Panicles cyme-like, .short. 



X X Leaves visually glossy, often drying blackish or brownish, the lateral nerves all 

 thin and vein-like, more or less crowdedly parallel-running. 



+ Calyx narrowed into a longer or shorter pedicel-like base. 

 f Inflorescence lateral from the older branchlets. 



E. FRUTicosA, Eoxb. Cliittagong. Pegu Eangc and Tonasserim. 



Tha-bye-ni (Kurz). 



