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acuminate or bluntish leaves. The inflorescence is terminal, but otherwise quite 

 agrees with Roxburgh's figure. The shape of the leaves is very variable, some of 

 them almost agreeing with those of £. aquea (Kurz). 



* E. Malaccensis, L. E.T. Plunteil in Tenasserim. 



Jambosa domedica, Eumpli. 



Tha-hpyu-tha-bye. 



Leaves acmuinate at both ends. Panicle cluster-like, reduced and lateral. 



X X Flowers truhj or gpuriousli/ pediceUed. 

 -\- Leaves opposite. 

 f Leaves rounded at the base. Fruits obversehj turbinate, iva.v'j, white or rose- 

 coloured. 



*E. (Jambosa) aquea, DC. E.T. Cultivated from Chittagong to Tenasserim. 



Branchlets usually 4-cornered and often winged white or pale rose-coloured. 

 Leaves acuminate, the intramarginal nerve as strong as the lateral. 



E. Javaxica, Lamk. E.T. The Andamans. Katchall. 



Eranchlets terete, brown. Leaves bluntish, the intramarginal nerve faint. 



f f Leaves narrow, acute at the base, petioled. 



* E. .tambos, L. F.T. Cultivated all over Burma. 



Jamhosa vulgaris, DC. 



Beri'ies almost globular or ovoid, dull-yellow. 



-\ — |- Leaves whorled by threes, narrow, obtuse at the base. 



E. roLTPETALA, "Wall. E.T. Chittagong. 



E. angiistifolia, Eoxb. 

 Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, almost sessile. Petals 4-16. 



Mason gives the following vernacular names for several species of Eugenia : 

 Tha-bye-htan-shit, Tha-bye-hsat-khyae, Tha-bye-ta-o-kye, Tha-bye-ni, Kywai-laik- 

 tha-bye, Tha-bye-set-gale. 



The wood of many species of Eugenia is dark-brown or reddish, heavy, and close- 

 grained, but of inferior qiuility, brittle, and liable to warp and decay. Possibly some 

 species might yield a good timber for furniture if properly seasoned. But as ornamental 

 and roadside trees the Eugenias have but few superiors, from tlie dense foliage they 

 possess; but whether they would flourish in such spots, remains to be seen. — W.T. 



Sub-order LECYTniDEJE. 



Leaves alternate, not dotted. Calyx nearly valvate, rarely imbricate. 



Baeeixgtonia, Furster. 



Stamens all perfect. Ovary 1- or 4-celled, with numerous ovules in each cell. 

 Fruit fibrous or fleshy, often angular, 1- or very rarely 2-4-seeded. 



B. (Mammea) asiatica, L. E.T. The Andamans, Tenasserim, and the Nicobars. 

 B. speciosa, Eorst. 

 Agnota Indica, Miers. 



Kyeh-gyi. 



B. coNoiiiEA, Griff. E.8. Coast forests of Tenasserim. 



Butonica alafa, Miers. 



Leaves serrulate. Eacemes rather erect, puberulons. 



Miers brings part of this species to his B. alba, and in this case, as elsewhere, 

 accuses the editor of Grifiith's Postliumous Papers of having confused the plates, but 

 in this he is greatly in error (Kurz). 



