tVl. MYUTACE^. 489 



cytnos ; podiccls jointed below tlie calyx. Calyx "J^ in. long ; inhi 

 narrow, suljcyliiuliic or obconical, I'aintly striate, .suclJ(Mily oxp:inde(l at 

 the mouth ; lobes 4, about ^ in. loiifj;, rounded, reflexed in flower. 

 Petals white, |-g in. long, orbicular, subacute, glandular and con- 

 spicuously veined ; buds globose. Disk thickened, lining the calyx- 

 tube. Stamens very numerous, bright crimson, much exceeding the 

 petals. Style 1| in. long, persistent. Berry oblong-ellipsoid, 1 by | in., 

 glabrous, dark-brown, crowned conspicuously with the reflexed calyx- 

 lobes, n. B. I. V. 2, p. 479; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 168; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 637.— Flowers : Nov.-Jan. 



Konkan: Sfocksl; W. Ghiits, Woodrow. Deccan: Phuiida Gh;lt, Ritchie, 175.5! 

 Kanaka: Gilison ; higher Gliiita of N. Kanara; common on the Gairsoppa Ghat, 

 2'alhot, Woodrowl; Yellapur, Gibson \ — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



Var. 2^(i^iciJlora, Duthie, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 479. Pedicels 

 solitary from the extreme axils, 1-flowered. Wight, Icon. t. 526 (sp.). 

 Eur/enm Wir/Jitli, Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. cix. Jamhosa 

 2>aiiciJIora, AViglit, 111. v. 2, p. 14. 



Dkccan : Br. Gihson\ 



3. Eugenia lanceolata, Tannic. Encijc. Method, v. 3 (1789) p. 200 

 {not of Berg). A small tree ; bark grey ; brauchlets slender, terete, 

 smooth. Leaves 2|-4| by 1^-1 5 in., elliptic-lanceolate, caudate-acumi- 

 nate, acute, inconspicuously pellucid-dotted, base tapering ; maiu nerves 

 numerous, rather faint, parallel, uniting in an intramarginal nerve close 

 to the edge ; petioles ^-\ in. long. Flowers nearly sessile, articulated, 

 in short usually few-flowered cymes which are axillary or from the leaf- 

 less branches. Calyx ^-| in. long, elongate, clavate or infundibuliform, 

 glandular outside; lobes 4-5, very shallow, rounded, repand. Petals 

 ■white, numerous, often as many as 12, usually calyptrate, broadly ob- 

 ovate or suborbicular. Fruit |-1 in. long, dark-brown, ellipsoid, taper- 

 ing to a very slender base, crowned with the thickened calyx-lobes and 

 persistent style. AVight, 111. v. 2 (1850) p. 15 ; Icon. t. 530 ; Bedd. 

 For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. cix : Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 172. Eugenia 

 Wu/7aiana, Wight, 111. v. 2 (1850) p. 15 ; Icon. t. 529 ; Duthie, iu 

 Hook. f. Fl. B. I. V. 2, p. 485 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 168 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. G37.— Flowers : Feb.- 

 Mar. 



The specific name " lanceolata " given to the plant by Lamarck is 60 

 years prior to the name " Wightiana " given to it by Wight. 



KoNKAN : Stocks !, Talbot, Woodrow. Kanaka : near rivers and along watercourses 

 in N. Kanara, rare, Talbot. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



4. Eugenia toddalioides, Wight, III. v. 2, p. 16. A small tree; 

 young brauchlets slender, subterete, smooth. Leaves 2|-4 by 1-1 1 in., 

 lanceolate, with a long slender acumen, pellucid-dotted, glabrous, base 

 tapering ; main nerves numerous, close, parallel, uniting in an intra- 

 marginal nerve close to the edge ; petioles j-f in. long. Flowers less 

 tlian \ in. across, in di- tri-chotomous axillary or extra-axillary cymes, 

 each branch 1-3-flowered. Calyx 4— | in. long ; tube very slender, 

 scarcely thicker than the pedicels, suddenly dilated into a large cup- 

 shaped limb ; lobes 4, very short, rounded, sometimes almost obsolete. 



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