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ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



Coorg near M 

 scented, I'liis species very much resembles (^)E. bnxi- 

 fnUa Lnm. in the foliage, but appears distinct. DeCan- 

 dulle refers Lamarck's plant to his genus Jos.siaiu and if 

 correctly, which my specimens do not enable me to deter- 

 mine, this species certainly forms the transition from 

 the one to the other. 



My specimens and a detailed description, from which 

 the above character is abridged, were communicated by 

 Lieutenant Munro. 



2. Snn-GENTjs J 



Munro— Fowers sweet leaves are about 4 inches long and about I broad at the 



A, D.C. Calyx turbinate attenuat- 

 ed^ rarely cijlindrical or sub-globose towards the base ; 

 throat dilated^ produced beyond the ovary \-cleft^ lobes 

 ns7ia[ly persistant : petals free^ expanding before falling. 

 Cymes lateral or terminal^ flowers nsuallij rather large 

 and conspicnous^ sometimes nearly sessile oftener longish 

 pedicelled^ fndt often edible, 



§. L Cymes terminaL 



8.* E. {Jambosa) Jambos (Lin, Jamboa vuli^raris, 

 D.C.-W.and A.) 



9. E. (J) aquea (Roxb. J. aquea, D.C. — W. and A.) 

 This seems to be a widely distributed, and, as regards 



tbc form of the foliage, a variable species. In some 

 they are nearly oval, in others oblong, and in others 

 nearly lanceolate, they all however agree in being short 

 petioled and, with one exception, in having short pedun- 

 cles congregated near the summit of branches. 



10. E. {J) Munronii (R. W.— J.aquea,Munro's MSS.) 

 racemes cymose terminal, tube of the calyx much att^^n- 

 uated at the base, lobes of the limb somewhat membranous 

 obtuse : leaves subsessile, slightly cordate at the base 

 lanceolate upwards, ending in a short blunt acumen' 

 penniuerved,- veins meeting and forming a thick coarse 

 nerve within the margin: pellucid dotted.— A slender 

 tree from 12 to 20 feet high, flowers large and conspi- 

 cuous, apparently from the dried specimen, redish. Fruit 

 edible. 



Co<?r^— Lieutenant [Munro. This seems a very hand- 

 6ome spccies- 



§. 2* Cymes lateral, 



a. Short or subsessile calyx turbinate. 



\y E. (J) Malaccensis (Lin. Jambosa malaccensis 

 U.L.— \V. and A.) 



• ^2^* E (y);)«r;?wrea (Roxb.) apparently only a va- 

 riety of the former. "^ 



\^'l^\ ^'^} ^^™fo^^'^ (Boxb.) A noble species but 

 only differing from the two preceding ones in having 

 the leaves in verticels of three together, in place of simplv 

 opposite. ^ ^ 



14. E. (J)formosa (Wall. PI. As. Ran 2 tab. 108.) 



.J' ^^'^^l ^^'^?^' >?Sish peduncled, tube of the 

 calyx short, hemispherical, 



15. £. (J) hemispherica (R. W.) leaves petioled Ian- 

 ceo l,.te, acuminated at both\nds. iymes axi'JS y foiitary 

 or paired, shorter than the leaves : calyx tube short. seS 

 globose, petals orbicular, leflexed : frmt-CevIon 



t7^':^'^^.T^^T^^ ^y tho unusual 



I'roaJest point v;hence they gradually taper to both ends, 

 imperceptibly terminating in the petiol below and a fine 

 point above, sometimes subalternate. The peduncles 

 arc slender, cither solitary and then accompanied by a 

 branch, or paired, bearing fiom 6 to 9 I'^rgish white 

 flowers. The fruit I have not seen. This species forms 

 the transition to Syzt/gece in like manner as E.pauciflora 

 and cyliadrica does to Caryophyllas, 



c. Cymes longish peduncled, calyx conical, sometimes 

 cylindrical, long and slender. 



17- E. (J?) amplexicofdis (B.oxh,^ 

 18.* E, (J) alba (Roxb.) 



19. E. (J) bifaria (Wall. PL AsRar.2.tab. Kl.) The 

 specimens communicated by Dr. WalHch under this 

 nime appear to me to belong to a totally different plant. 

 The figure represents a plant so very nearly allied to 

 E.alba Roxb. that it seems rather a variety of that than 

 a distinct species, see below E. (S) Wallichii, 



20.* E. {J) pohjpdala (WaU. List No. 3616) E. 

 angmtifolia R. not Lamarck. 



The numerous petals of this species — 12 to 16 — seem 

 to render it doubtful whether this should be retained 

 in the genus. It is readily distinguished hy that char- 

 acter and the verticilled ternate, not opposite, linear 

 lanceolate leaves. 



21.* E. {J) laurifolia. (Roxb.) The long slender 

 pedicels of this plant combined with its even, not 

 nerved, delicate foliage, render it a very distinct and 

 beautiful species. 



22. E. {J) panciflora {K . \N ,) leaves short petioled, 

 lanceolate, attenuated towards the base, ending in a 

 long slender acumen : pedicels solitary from the extreme 

 axils, one- flowered : calyx tube cylindrical long and slen- 

 der, Im^b 4 -cleft, fruit oval. 



Ceylon— Cottrtall urn. This species seems very nearly 

 allied to the following, but the solitary one-flowered pe- 

 dicels common to the plant both as found in CeyloH 

 and on the continent at once distinguish it. 



23. E. (J) cylindrica (R. W.) leaves short petioled, 

 ovate, acuminated at both ends: cymes terminal or from 

 the axils of the last two or three pairs of leaves : calys 

 tube cylindrical long and slender, fruit ? 



^ Ceylo7i. The tube of the calyx iu both these species 

 is nearly an inch long, slightly ventricose near the mid- 

 dle, where the ovary is situated, and thence tapering 

 downwards to a point. 



These three species form the transition to caryophyU 

 lus and, had the calycine arrangement here followed, 

 been rigidly adhered to, the cylindrical elongation of the 

 calyx would have placed the two last in that sub-genus : 

 but their affimties being truly with Jambosa i prefer 

 bringing them in here. 



3. Sub-genus CARTOPin-LLus (Lin). Calyx tube elon^ 

 gated sub-cylindrieal, limb deeply A-deft, hbes persistent : 

 petals cohering, calyptriform, cymes terminal or at least 



if 



10. 



form 



Ti *!, i" v," ""'vij, iii ^lace oi Dei no: 

 aU the others, ig dilated and globular. The 



.^tK ^J^'^J'^P^y}^''' aromaticvs (Linn.) Some, at least, 

 oftheother species referred tothis genusby DeCandolle, 

 seem scarcely to belong to it but are allied to my e\ 

 cyUndnca or referable to the following sub-genus. 



4. Subgenus Acmena D.C. Calyx tube elongated, 



