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lifolmm. It seems very distinct from all the other spe- 

 cies of the genus I have seen, 



§. Petals usually free and expanding hefore falling off. 



The plants referred to this section are few and I have 

 found somfr^ difficulty in determining wliat really belong 

 to it, from free and cohering petals occurring in the same 

 species. Such being the fact the sectional character must 

 be received with some latitude. 



Cymes lateral. 



50.* E. (5) IJ^a/Z/cAzV (R. W.— E. bifaria Wall. MSS.) 



The species figured by Wallich under this name does 



not resemble the specimens so named and communicated 



by Dr. Wallich himself, as well as received from both 

 Mergui and Assam. The plate, judging from the size ol 

 the flowers, their short pedicels and the small number on 

 each cyme, clearly represent a Jambosat (1 think JSag, 

 alha ii.) while the specimens leave no doubt of their be- 

 longing to Syzyghim and, as if to place the matter beyond 

 a doubt the petals appear as often, much oftencr indeed, 

 to cohere and separate as a lid than expand ; my first 

 thought therefore was, before attentively examining the 

 specimens and comparing them with the figure, to place 

 it between E, (S) halsamea aud opcrcidata^ which, 

 judging from the specimens only, seems the proper place 

 for it, except, that the calyx is more deeply cleft than is 

 usual in that section, and it is in all respects so closely 

 allied to the following that I cannot think of separating 

 them. 



51. E. (5) polyantha (R. W.) leaves penninerved oval 

 lanceolate, tapering at the base, bluntly acuminated, 

 coriaceous, dotted, shining above, dvdl, somewhat glaucous 

 beneath : cymes numerous, short, many-flowered, several 

 springing together from l^ ^ scars of fallen leaves : calyx 

 4-cleft, petals 4, constant, expanding before fallijig : 

 fruit. Mergui-^GxiSiih. 



In dried specimens, this species is easily known by 

 the shining deep brown colour of the upper surface of 

 its leave-, compared with the pale dull colour of the low- 

 er, and by the flowers, the petals of which in this species 

 always expand, though, in all other respects, they resem- 

 ble the most perfect species of Syzygium, It is very 

 nearly allied to the preceding, 



52. E (S) cymnsa (Lam. Rumph. Amb. : 1 tab. 41) 

 leaves short petioled, finely transversely veined, oval, acu- 

 minated, somewhat waved on the margin, acumen blunt 

 pointed : cymes corymbose, contracted, trichotomous, 

 few-flowered : flowers subsessile, clustered on the points 

 of longish peduncles : calyx slightly lobed, petals free 

 expanding.— iJfer^?i/_ Griffith. 



This i.s certainly a beautiful plant, and though in 

 character nut easily distinguished from the i)receding, is 

 yet very distinct. The leaves want the course conspicu- 

 ous nerves, being quite even on both sides, the nervation 

 resembling that of a Calophyllum plant, the Uiidrib only 

 conspicuous. The cymes, though as a whole small, yet 

 seem to have long brm. hes,the flowers being confined to 

 their points and capitulate. The fruit 1 have not seen. 

 Cymes terminal or from the axils of young shoots. 



53. E. {S) rubens (Roxb.) '^Leaves short petioled 

 opposite and subalternate, lanceolar obtuse, fine veined 

 hard and glossy : panicles terminal, ultimate divisions of- 

 ten unbelliferous.— R. Fl. Ind. 2. 496. 



1 have specimens from Mergui which answer, general- 

 ly, exceedingly well to the above description, the under 



surlace of the leaves of which, are of a rusty redish 



colour wlule the upper is glossy and very hard. 



54.* E. (5) inophylla (Roxb. Syz. inophyllum DC) 

 The petals of this species being free and expanding, 

 with a tendency to the tcrbiuate calyx of Jambosa, De- 

 CandoUe must have referred it here rather from habit than 

 on account of its agreeirig with his generic character. It 

 has nmch the habit of Syzygium but not the calyptrated 



petals, 



55. E. {S) rovoluta (R.W.) leaves short petioled obo- 

 vate, very obtuse, revolute on the margin, very coriace- 

 ous, penninerved, polished above, dull glaucous beneath: 

 cymes terminal longish peduncled, flowers sessile congest- 

 ed on the points of the floriferous ramuli : calyx 4-5- 

 toothed : petals usually free sometimes cohering— Ceylon 

 —Colonel Walker. 



This species varies much in size and somewhat in the 



shape of the leaves — the smaller leaved varieties having 

 them from oval to obovate lanceolate, while the larger 

 ones are very broadly obovate, but all are very hard and 

 coriaceous and, at least when dried, revolute on the mar- 

 gin. 



My specimens were partly communicated by Colonel 

 Walker and partly collected by myself. 



56. E, {S) Arnottianum (R. W. Syz. densiflorum W, 

 and A.) DeCandoUe's Jambosa densiflora claims prece- 

 dence in the name. 



57,* E. (5) grandis (R. W. E. cymosa Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 not Lamarck.) A magnificent species at once distinguish- 

 ed by its large broad oval, very obtuse, thick coriaceous 

 leaves, and dense somewhat capitate many flowered cymes. 



Mergui — Griffith Silhet\ My specimens from Mergui 

 correspond accurately with those conununicated by Dr» 

 Wallich from the Botanic Garden Calcutta. 



In a circular arrangement of the order the species of 

 this section would form the transition to Jambosa^ and so 

 far as I am able to form an opinion on the subject, from 

 the very imperfect materials now before me, I think it jjro- 

 bable Jambosa will be found to form the typical group of 

 the circle, Eueugenia the sub-typical and the other three 

 Rub-genera the aberrant. This, however, can as yet only 

 be surmised, as it is iinpossible to determine the sequence 



of a genus until the whole order has been carefully ana- 

 lysed. 



The places of the following species remain to be de- 

 termined the character of the petals being unknown to me, 



E. (S) rotnndifotia (S. rotundifolium. Arn. pugil.) 

 ** Shrubby, leaves approximated, very short petioled, or- 

 bicular, subrctuse, coriaceous scarcely punctuated, above 

 glossy veitiless,beneath penninerved: cymes termiual ses- 

 sile capituliform few-flowered ; calyx obovate shortly 5- 

 toothed — Mountains of Ceylon : 6OO0 feet of elevation." 

 — Aruott. 



From the examination of an imperfect specimen of the 

 plant now before me, I should rather describe the calyx 

 as 4 than 5-toothed, in all other respects the character 

 accords accurately with the specimen. 



E. {S) calophylifolia (R. W.) shrubby, ramuli 4 -sided: 

 leaves approximated, from obovate suborliicular to oval, 



very obtuse, coriaceous, smooth, dull, not shining, veinless 

 above, penninerved beneath, slightly revolute on the mar- 

 in, cymes termiual, corymbose, short peduncled, many- 

 owered, calyx limb repandly 4-toothcd, petals 4 orbicular 

 expanding (?) before falling. 

 Ootacamund, Netlgherries. 



This is quite distinct/rom, though evidently nearly al- 



