490 LTI. MYRTACE.i:. 



Petals I in. in diam., orbicular, tonder, free. Fruit not seen. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 2, p. 4S2 ; Wight, Icon. t. 542 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1898) p. G37.— Flowers : Jan. 



S. M. Country : Castlerock, JVoodrow. 



This plant lias been reported by Woodrow from Castlerock near tlie Railway 

 Station on the Gli.it at that place. It is no doubt a rare plant as it had not 

 previously been collected in the Presidency. 



5. Eugenia spicata, Lamk. Encyc. MeOiod. v. 3 (1789) p. 201. A 

 large shrub or small tree, very handsome when in full flower ; bark 

 pale-brown ; branchlets slender, obsoletely 4-angled or terete, purplish- 

 brown, shining. Leaves aromaticall y fragrant when bruised, coriaceous, 

 variable, n-4 by ^-Ig in., ovate-elliptic to liuear-lauceolate, usually 

 caudal o-acuminate, smooth and shining on both surfaces, paler and 

 minutely glandular beneath, the margins slightly recurved, base acute; 

 main nerves numerous, inconspicuous, uniting into an inconspicuous 

 intramarginal nerve near the edge; petioles -jlj-j in. long. Flowers 

 white, conspicuous, in axillary and terminal many-flowered paniculate 

 cvmes, in clusters of 3-5 at the ends of the ultimate cyme-branches. 

 Calyx funnel-shaped, i in. long, tubercled with glands on the outside, 

 sessile or nearly so ; lobes 4-5, broadly ovate or rotundate, concave, 

 erect. Petals 4-5, orbicular, usually calyptrate but sometimes 

 imperfectly so. Fruit pisiform, less than | in. in diam., pure white, 

 1-seeded. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2. p. 171. Eiu/enia zet/Janica, Wight, 111. 

 V. 2 (1850) p. 15; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 202; Duihie, in Hook. f. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 2, p. 485 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 1G8 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 637 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 290. 

 Syzi/gliun zeylanicum, DC. Prodr. v. 3, p. 260 ; Grab. Cat. p. 73; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 73; Dak. & Gribs. p. 94. Myriiis zpylanica, Linn. Sp. PI. 

 (1753) p. 472. — Flowers : Feb.-Apr. Veuk. PitkuJi. 



The specific name " sjncata " was adopted by Lamarck in 1789, while 

 Wight's name " zeylanica " (derived no doubt from Myrtus zeylanica, 

 Linn.) was given in 1850. There can be no question as to the 

 propriety of restoring the older nomenclature. 



Ivonkan: Lnw\, SlocJcsl, DahcUl; S.Kon\ia.n,Ni/n mo ex Graham. S.M. Country: 

 TArva, Ghiit, lii/chie, 175'2!; Ambgaon, Bitchie, 1752! Kanara : Sawad, Woodrow, 

 common in N. Kanara, Talbot ; higher Ghats south of Bombay, Dalzell ^" Gibson. — 

 DisTKiB. India (\V. Peninsula, Orissa, Silhet) ; Ceylon, Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo. 



6. Eugenia rubicunda, WiyJit, 111. v. 2 (1850) p. 15. A middling- 

 sized tree; young branches quadrangular. Leaves variable, 1^-3^ by 

 |-1| in., oblong-lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate or sometimes oblanceolate, 

 acuminate, glabrous on both surfaces, shilling above, paler and minutely 

 pellucid-dotted beneath, base tapering.; miiin nerves very numerous, 

 fine, parallel, uniting in a distinct intramarginal nerve near the margin ; 

 petioles g-l in. long. Flowers pinkish-white, sessile or nearly so, 

 usually 3 together at the ends of the quadrangular branches of terminal 

 and axillary cymes which are often longer than the leaves. Calvx i in. 

 long, shortly turbinate, rugose outside ; lobes 4, very short, rounded or 

 almost obsolete. Petals calyptrate. Berry round, size of a small pea, 

 crowned with the persistent calyx-limb, black when ripe, glabrous 

 Fl. B. I. V. 2, p. 495 ; Wight, Icon. t. 538 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor.' 

 8ylvat. p. cviii; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 168; A\^oodr. in Journ. 



