MYRTACE^. 471 



Sub-genus Jajibosa, DC. 



Calyx insulo usually with a ciirular or 4-an.i:ular intra-staminal rinjr, or tlio 

 stamens inserted on the thiekoncil ring itself. Flowers often largo. Calyx-lohes 

 conspicuous and persistent. Berrien usually largo, more or less turbinate or ovoid, 

 tho endocarp thick and lleshy. Seeds large. 



* Cahjx-lobcs in fruit spreading. 



X Calyx less than A inch long. 



-\- Flowers sessile in terminal and often also in axillary panicles. 



f Leaves glossy, firmly coriaceous, the lateral nerves thin and parallel. 



E. GR^vNDis, "Wight. Pegu and Tenasscrim. 



F. cymosa, Roxb. non Lara. 



Toung-tha-bye (Kurz). 



Leaves 5-6 inches long, blunt or nearly so. Panicle corymb-like, peduncled. 

 Berry obovoid-pear-shapcd, about an inch long. 



var. 7 F. lepidocarpa, Wall. L'ppcr Tenasserim. 



Syzygiuin I'alemhanicum, Mii|. 



Leaves only 2-3 inches long, decurront at the base, bluntish acuminate. 

 E. PACHYPHYLLA, Kz. F.T. Upper Tenasserim at 3000 feet. 



Leaves euneate at the base. Panicles sessile, reduced and cluster-like, tho 

 ramifications very short and thick, joint-like. 



f f Leaves opaque, coriaceous, the lateral nerves curved and distant. 

 E. TEiSTis, Kz. F.T. Lounkim, Tenasserim. 



Leaves long-petioled. Panicle terminal, corymb-like. 



-}- -\- Flowers pedicelled. Leaves more or less chartaceous, the lateral nerves curved. 



E. LANCE^FOLiA, Roxb. F.T. Cliittagoug. 



Panicles axillary and terminal. Calyx-base thick, pediccl-liko, the true pedicel 

 very short or almost wanting. Leaves thin coriaceous. 



E. ALBiFLORA, Dutliie. F.T. Ava (probably). 



Panicle almost corymb-like, little branched from the base. Calyx-base clavate- 

 narrowed, the true pedicel 3-6 liues long. Leaves coriaceous. 



E. KiTRzii, Duthie. FT. Hills Kast of Toung-ngoo and Sikkim 



F. cerasiflora, Kz. and Khasya Hills. 



Racemes simple, slender, lateral or axillary. Calyx-base filiform and pedicel-like, 

 the true pedicels long and filiform. Leaves membranous. 



X X Calyx an inch long or longer. 

 E. FORMOSA, Wall. F.l\ Tropical forests of Chittagong and 



F. tcrnifolia, Roxb. rpi)er Tenasserim. 



Leaves large, almost sessile, rounded at the base. Corymbs lateral and terminal. _ 



** Calyx-lobes in fruit incurved or inflexed. 

 X Flowers sMsile or nearly so. 

 E. (Jambosa) macrocarpa, iliq. F.T. Pegu Range and Tenasscrim. 



Leaves rounded at the base, the petiole very short. Coiymbs terminal. 

 E. AMPLKXiCAULis, Roxb. F. J\ Chittagong. 



Leaves sessile with a cordate base, blunt. Branchlets white, terete. Corymbs 

 small, lateral. 



Specimens from the tropical forests of Upper Tenasserim come nearest to this 

 species. They differ apparently by the sharply 4-angular branchlets and bluntish 



