38. Sophoba.] 43, PAPILIONACHAE [1. Eugenia. 



and leaf-oppo9ed racemes of purple flowers -with 9 very 

 loosely cohering or . free stamens. Pod 3-4" moniliform 

 beaked, dehiscent, hairy. 



Dry ridges in Singbhum e.g. Lotiri Burn ; Parasnath Anders., Clarice ; 

 Manbhnm, Camp. Fls. May-June. Fr. Oct-March. 



Lflts. oblong sub-sessile mucronate silky abont 5-7 pairs, glabrescent 

 above. Racemes 2-3''. Calyx campanulate pnrple pubesoent £-£'', teeth 

 short. Standard narrow-oblong deep-purple notched. Winga narrow- 

 oblong, long-olawed. Keel purple-veined auricled. 



Fain. 44. MYRTACEJE. 



Trees or shrubs with opposite and gland-dotted leaves 

 (more rarely alternate or without glands) which are simple, 

 entire penni-veined and usually with an intramarginal nerve. 

 Slipiftes or small and caducous. Flowers regular. | Calyx 

 superior. Petals rarely 0, inserted on, or on the margin of 

 theepigynous disc or disc lining the hypanthium. Sensually 

 indefinite inserted on the disc, sometimes with filaments 

 more or less combined. Anthers small with longitudinal 

 dehiscence. Ovary inferior 2-many-celled with axile placei*- 

 tation. Style 1 and stigma simple. Fruit various 1-many 

 seeded usually crowned by the calyx. Albumen 0. 



N. B.— -Barringtonia and Careya are not typical Myrtace©, and are 

 sometimes placed in a distinct family LecythidaceaB. 

 L. opposite. Often gland-dotted. Fr. a berry. 



Fls. (in Ch. Nag. sp.) cymose. Seeds few large . 1. Eugenia. 

 Peduncles axillary 1-3-flowered. Seeds many, small 2. Psidium. 

 L. alternate, not gland-dotted. Fr. angular or berry- 

 like. 



Fls. in elongate racemes 3. Barringtonia. 



Fls. large, 1-3 in short spikes 4. Careya. 



1. Eugenia. 



Usually glabrous trees or 8hrubs with often quadrangular 

 branchleta and. opp. rarely alternate leaves. Fls. usually 



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