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conical, lhi:l produced le}jo7i(] the otary, (mncatcd or re- 

 puudljj 4-5 hd^^d: petuh A-5, soi r" v vayidraled.&i.tue- 

 tintes free and cx/^ondhtfr (erni in ihe stnnp species), fniit 

 suhdrnpavfifys.—F -ircr6- uinierous mhcL ^silt lateral, name- 

 times fonniitg lafetal ^spicule raceme s^ somelimcs terminal 

 racemose paulcles' 



'i he flowers of this subgenus being frecjuentiv quinary 

 — having a 5-lobe(] ralyx and 5-petaled eorollo— indicate 

 it as the transition towards Mijrtiis, MyrciaixmX I'imenta, 

 in wljich^both quinary and quaternary flowers occur and 

 one species has numerous petals like E, (J.) polypetala : 

 the seed however mark it as a true Eugenia. 



24. E. {A) chmjiora (Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2— p. 4S8.) 



25. K, (^1) leptanihu (K. W.) Leaves oval, acute or 

 acuminat&d at both ends, finely parellely veined : race- 

 mes spicate, lateral, from naked branches: calyx tube 

 long, clavate, finely attenuated towards the base ; limb 

 dilated and much produced beyond the ov try, murgin 

 sliglitly re^pand : petals usually 5, caducous, calyptrifcrm ? 

 Fruit ? M ergni. —Qrmih, 



So far as I can make out from Roxburgh's imperfect 

 character, this seems very nearly allied to his E, clavi- 



fiora. 



26. E. (.1) WigUiana (R. W.^Syz, Wightianum 

 Wall.— W. and A.) calyx repandly 4-lobed, peials 12 or 

 fewer by abortion ; the outer ones occasionally expand- 



'i'his species owing to its numerous petals seems to hold 

 the same rank in this subgenus that E. (J) polf/petala 

 does in Jaaihosu. 



27. E. {A) lanciolata (Lam.) 

 These two are apparently nearly the same, Lamarck's 



description of the flowers of his E, lanceolata (Elles sont 

 glabres, turbinees ou en massue et ont \e calice a quatre 

 lobes: leur style est simple;) is so far as it goes quite 

 applicable to those of Wallich's S, Wighlianum, and the 

 foliage, making allow^ance for occasional variation, is also 

 suflSciently in accordance. But I have another species 

 from Ce^vlon which is so like that I for a long time 

 thought it the same, but which, on closer examination I 

 find diflfers both in the venation of the leaves, and in the 

 flowers. The flowers accurately correspond with La- 

 marck's description ; the stamena, as iu his specimen, 

 have all separated leaving the simple style. 



28. E. {A) Zeylauica (R. W.) Myrtus Zeylanica 

 Lum.— Syzygium Zeylanicum etspicatem (D.C.) Acmena 

 parviflora ? (D.C.) 



This in foliage is a variable species but the inflores- 

 cence is sufficiently uniform to mark it under every va- 

 riation. I have now specimens from Malabar, Ceylon 

 and Mergui, which sufficiently agree in that particular, 

 though the foliage is somewhat different- This plant 

 agrees so well with the character of Acmena parviflora 

 (D.C.) that I have no hesitation in quoting that as a sy- 

 nonym, a view in which I am further confirmed by the 

 character of the fruit of A. floribunda, ^, eUfptica~\iz. 

 " bacca globosa alba" which accurately describes that of 

 E. (A) Zeylanica. 



2y.* E. (^)5'^a/a (Wall.) cal)-x conical, limb repand- 

 ly 5 toothed : petals 5-corymbs: terminal and from the 

 upper axils: leaves ovate lanceolate, ending in a longish 

 blunt acumen: fruit globose l-2.seeded,crowned with the 

 projecting throat of the calyx— il/erg-ai. Griffith 

 Aasam, Jenkins and GriflBth, 



both on account of the cL^ngafion of the tube of the 



calyx and the quin:n-y tendency which its flnwcrs exhibit, 

 the Gjlobosc fruit aflbrds another mark ot 



, , , ,. -jlationship 



with the preceding, 



30.» E. {A) ohiafa {Woxh. Syr-^ium obbunm Wall.) 

 'J his species is nearly allied to the lust, so much so in- 

 deed, t])at I doubt whether they can be Kept separate. 



al E. {A) hractiolaia (R, W.) ramuli 4-sided, angles 

 stibacute: leaves short petiolcd, ellcj^tico-lanccolate, 

 acute or slightly acuminated at both ends, pf>1Iucid dot- 

 ted : cymes terminal and from the upper axils, the ex 

 treme divisions terminating in a cluster of from 6 to 9 

 sessile flowers ; each di\' ion and each flower furnished 

 with two minute, persistent, acute bractcols : calyx tube 

 conical 4 sided ; limb repandly 4 lobed. 



I am uncertain whence I received my specimen but I 

 think fiom Mer^ui. 



This species evidently forms the transition from Acme- 

 na to Syzifgium, the glomerate flowers and conical calyx 

 tube inarkiog its relationship with E. {A) Zefjhmica 

 while its diminutive length and 4 not 5 toothed mar- 

 gin show its affinity with Syzygium^ 



5. Subgenus Svzvgium (Gart.) Calyx tube short, that 

 part errchsing the ovary cuutracted (pedicd-like) incon- 

 spicuous, limb (beyond the ovary) dilated, cvp-shaped, per- 

 sistent, truncated, entire or repandly A- toothed, petals either 

 free and expanding or cohering calyptriform. Trees 

 often of great size ; flowers nwnerons, small, rahite, limb 

 of ihe calyx usually deciduous, cymes corymbose lateral 

 or terminaL 



§- L Petals cohering a7id separating in that state. 



a. Cymes terminal, that is, from the upper axils of 

 the young shoots of the same season. 



32. E. (5) ruhicunda (R/W.— S. rubicundum W. and 

 A.) 



33. E. (.S) Neestana (11. W.— «!yzygium Neesiaaum 

 Arnott's pugillus) leaves subsessile, oblong lanceolate, 

 blunt pointed, subcoriaceous, pellucid dotted, penuiuerv- 

 ed : cymes terminal, laxly corymbose, trichotoinous, pe- 

 duncles 4 -sided,thc partial onesumbellately 3-7-flowered, 



pedicels half the length of the shortly turbinate slightly 

 4-lobed calyx— Arnott. Ceylon. 



This species seems to have a nearly equal right 

 to a place iu both sections of this sub-genus as the 

 petals are often free. Dr, Aruott remarks that it diflers 

 from all the other species of the genus in its sessile 

 leaves, this is certainly an excellent character but not 

 w^ithout exception, as I have, what appears to me, a pe- 

 tioled variety of this plant and another species with 

 sessile leaves 



34 * E. {S) MyrtifoUa (Roxb. FL Ind. 2, P. 490.) 

 35.* E. (5) Oleina (R.W.— Syzygium oleinum Wall) 

 These two, if distinct, are so like each other that I can- 

 not see by what characters they can be defined, 1 look 

 upon them, judging from specimens only, as identical. 



36. E. (*S) syhedris (Moon) leaves obovate obtuse 

 or spathulate, coriaceous, shining, short pctioled : cymes 

 corymbose, congested towards the summits of the branch- 

 es and extreme axils, longish peduncled : fruit about the 



size of a crab-apple, redish, 



rp,. , ,, Ceylon, — Most of the above character is copied from 



1 his species seems very distinct from all the others Moon's notes on this species. 



of this sub-genus, but seems certainly referable to it 87. E. {S) Caryophyllcea (R. W. Syz. CaryopbyllKum 



