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ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY* 



Gaert.) This specier varies considerably in its foliage, 

 being sometimes broader than long, at others spatulatc, 

 more rarely lanceolate, or merely a little broader upwards. 

 It is however a very distiaet species. 



5. Cyme^ lateral (i. e.) from year old branches, 



38. E. (S) reticulata (R. W.)leaves ovate lanceolate, 

 acuminated, thick and coriaceous ; when dry, brownish 

 beneath and finely reticulated with slender whitish 

 reins : cymes axillary, corymbose, trichotomous : limb of 

 the calyx much dilated, 4-toothed : flowers lar^e, Assam. 

 Griffith. 



Judging from specimens only,this appears a rigid, very 

 ramous tree, the leaves have much the texture and ap- 

 pearance of those of Bachanania or Mangifera, The 

 flowers are about the largest of the sub-germs and very 

 immerous. 



I am indebted to Mr. Griffith for my specimens of 



this plant. 



39. E. (-S) flfZ/^rw//bZ/a(R.W.) leaves alternate ! sub- 

 orbicular, thick and coriaceous, penninerved : cymes la- 

 teral, longish peduncled, corymbose, dense, sometimes 

 congested near the apex of year oldbranches : calyx trun- 

 cated entire: petals calyptratcd, Balaghaut Mountains 

 near Madras. 



A noble species, the leaves, which are nearly orbicular, 



being sometimes upwards of 7 inches across, very thick 



and coriaceous. The flowers are large, fonnino- dense 



clusters in the axils of the leaves, apparently purewhi(e. 



It seems nearly allied to E. cymom Roxburgh and e\ 



(S) densiforu Wall.,being generally very like that s{)ecies,' 



but differs in the calyx being entire and the petals co- 

 hering. 



40. E. {S) cordifdia (R. W. Calyptranthis cordifolia, 

 Moon) leaves coriacious penninerved, ovate, accuminate, 

 sessile, cordate, stem clasping, at the base : cymes corym- 

 bose, longish peduncled axillary, shorter than the leaves • 

 calyx limb very slightly 4-toothed, petals calyptriforra 



Ceylon, Moon and Colonel Walker.-^ This is a larrre 

 handsome species. The leaves are upwards of 6 inches 

 long and nearly 3 broad, very coriacious, revolute on the 

 njargm ; flowers pretty large ; the fruit I have not seen. 

 P "^x'*,'!?" \^^ ^(^^rnlolana (Lam. Syz. Jambolanum DC. 

 &c.) Ihis like many other widely diffused and cultivated 

 plants IS a sufficiently variable species, and imder this 

 name may I suspect be ranged, in addition to the already 

 Jong list of synonyms, E. frnticoHa Koxb. at least so far 

 as can be determined from si)ecimei]s. Roxburdi seems 

 to have looked more to habit than characters in consti 

 tuting this last a distinct species, the characters of the 

 two, though varying in words,being the same in substance 

 that 13, whatever character is assigned to the one I find 

 equally in the other when compared, 



42.* E. (5) fndicnsa (Hoxb. Fl. Ind.) 



43. E. {S) saUdfolia (R. W. Syz. salicifolium Gra- 

 Ham s Cat. Bombay plants) leaves linear lanceolate ta- 

 penng towards both ends, obtusely acuminated, trans- 

 versely hnely parallel veined, pellucid dotted, cymes im- 

 merous, trichotomous small, from the sca^s of fallen 



This seems distinct, but is certainly very near £: (S(\ 



eye and the light present a most beautiful net-work of 

 transparent veins but without pellucid dots, when older, 

 the reticulations nearly disappear and are succeeded by 

 pellucid points. 



44. E. (5?) Odorataf (R, W. Syz. odoratum D.C.) 

 leaves ovate, lanceolate, attenuated towards the base, 

 with a blunt short acumen at the apex, glossy above, pale 

 glaucous and transversely veined beneath, cymes corym- 

 bose, diffuse, each floriferous division ending iu a cluster 

 of from 6 to 9 small sessile flowers. il/er^Mz— Griffith. 



DeOandoUe describes his *S, Odoratum d.%\\'A\\ng im- 

 punctate subcoriacious leaves. The leaves of my plant 

 are coriacious and the older ones are impunctato, but 

 when younger ones which have not altogether lost their 

 translu'.-ency are examined, pellucid dots can be detected- 

 He describes the peduncles as terminal, which in truth 

 in most of my specimens they are, but, owing to their 

 springing from the scars of fallen leaves, on one jear old 

 wood I refer it to this, as its true section. 



45. E. (*S') ToddalioidiS (R. W.) leaves lanceolate, at- 

 tenuated towards the base, ending in a long narrow acu- 

 meu above, coriaceous, transversely parallelly veined, pel- 

 lucid dotted: cymes lateral di-tricliotomus, each branch 

 bearing 1-2 or3 flowers : limb of the calyx much dilated, 

 tube contracted not bicker than the pedicel. 

 Griffith. 



The leaves of this species have the pectiliar venation 

 observable in species of Xanthoxyloa and Toddalia, 

 whence the name, and being similarly perforated with pel- 

 lucid dots, the species, not in flower, might be supposed 

 referable to that order. 'J1io flowers are few, scattered 

 in small cymes along the naked branches. 



**6.* E. {S) hnlsamea (R. W. Syzygium balsaracutn 

 Wall.) leaves obovate, Imccolate, atonuated towards the 

 base, tranvsversely veined, pellucid dotted: cymes co- 

 rymbose small, several often springing from the same 

 axil, much shorter than the leaves: calyx entire not 

 iooihed.— 'Assam— Capt. Jenkins. 



^ This is a very distinct species and easily recognized bv 

 Us mimerous short, but many flowered cymes, several 

 springing ftom each axil or scar of a fallen leaf along 

 the naked branch. My specimens are partly communi- 

 cated by Dr. VVallich from the Calcutta 13ot. Garden, 



partlybyCaptua Jenkins from Assam, neither however 

 m fruit. 



47.* E. (5) operculata (Roxb.— Syz. nervosum D.C) 



w {S) tetraffonum (H. W. S^ zygimn tetragonum 



Hall.) stems 4-sided, angles wmged: leaves, oblong-ovate, 



attenuated at both ends, penninerved, marginal nerves 



promment; cymes lat-ral trichotomous, much shorter 



Mergui 



48. 



of a lar^e 



than the leaves .-fruit globose about the 

 pea. 



This species seems very closely allied to the former, 

 the decidedly 4-sidcd 4.wingcd ramuli seemii»g to form 

 the only really available distiMction, unless the absence 

 ot pellucid dots, which I cannot detect in the specimens 

 before me, form another. Communicated by Dr.Wallicb. 



4y. R. (^S) andros(ernoides ? (D.C. Myrtus androsae- 

 moides Liti ) leaves from broad oval to obovate-suborbi- 

 cuar, coriacious, glabrous, short petioled, not sliining, 

 pellucid dc.tted : cymes hteral trichr.tomous diffuse : fruit 

 about the size of a small pea, crowned ^ it It the dilated 

 margin of the calyx, 1 seeded. A.sam-CHpt. Jenkins. 



Ihe specimens from which this character is taken were 

 communicated by Captain Jenkins but are not very good. 

 Ifte leaves m their general appearance greatly resemble 



some of the broad-ieavcd varieties of Combreiuai ova- 



