LVl. MYllTACLl.t. 491 



Bomb. Nafr. v. 11 (1898) p. G;37. Si/zi/f/ium rabicundum, Wight & Aru. 

 Prodr. p. 'S'.iO ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 94. >'Si/zi/;/ium salidfoUum, Wall. Cat. 

 3597 (not of Gnihani). L\((/eiiia Ussojjhi/lla, Dutliie, in llooii. f. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 2 (1878) p. 488; Bedd. ¥ov. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. cviii ; Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. V. 2, p. 173 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 1G8 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 037. Syzi/gium Ussophyllam, Thwaites, 

 Enum. p. 117. — Flowers : Mar.-May. Veun. Lendi-Jdinhlial. 



Rare. Higher Ghats along streams, i>rt/?c^/ ^" G'/fc'vM. Konkax : <S^0(7^"s ! Deccan : 

 Singhad, near Pooiia, lVoo(lruw.—Y>is,T:inii. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ce^lou. 



7. Eugenia Stocksii, Duthie, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 498. A 

 lofty tree; branches 4-gonous. Leaves 4-6| by l|-3 in., thin, 

 lanceolate-oblong or obovate-oblong, rounded or shortly and obtusely 

 acuminate, glabrous, finely dotted with opaqne (not pellucid) dots, base 

 tapering; main nerves 12-16 pairs, slender, curving upwards and 

 becoming faint towards the margin, not uniting into an intramarginal 

 nerve ; petioles g-^ in. long. Flowers about g in. across, numerous, in 

 branched cymes v\hich are axillary and from the leafless axils ; peduncles 

 1-2 in. long. Calyx y^-g in. long, funnel-shaped, rugose outside ; 

 lobes 4, short, subacute or rounded. Petals calyptrate, gland-dotted. 

 Fruit not seen. Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 1G9 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 637. 



A rare plant. Koxkan : Sfocks !, Law I Jxan.vra : Bahcll ! 



8. Eugenia corymbosa, Laml: Encyc. Method, v. 3 (1789) p. 199. 

 A large shrub or small tree ; branclilets terete or shghtly compressed, 

 brown. Leaves subcoriaceous, 2|-3| by g-l| in., obovate or rarely 

 ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, or suddenly and shortly bluutly acuminate, 

 bright-green and shining above, paler and inconspicuously dotted beneath, 

 base tapering ; main nerves numerous, fine, conspicuous beneath, 

 uniting in a distinct intramarginal nerve ; petioles g-| in. long. 

 Flowers numerous, small, sessile or nearly so, in terminal corymbose 

 laxly trichotomous cymes with quadrangular branches ; buds globose. 

 Calyx g in. long, campauulate, externally rugose; lobes 4, shallow, 

 subacute, often scarcely distinguishable. Petals white, calyptrate. 

 Fruit depressed-globose, dark purple OT nearly black, about the size 

 of a pea, 1-seeded, shining, juicy, edible. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 174. 

 Eugenia caryophylhra, Wight, III. v. 2 (1850) p. 15; Icon. t. 540; 

 Duthie, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 490 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. 

 Sylvat. p. cviii ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 168; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 637 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 283. 

 Syzygium canjopliyllamm, Gaertn. Fruct. v. L (1788) p. 166, t. 33 ; Grab. 

 Cat, p. 73 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 93. Syzygium ruhicundum, Grab. Cat. 

 p. 73 (not of Wight & Arn.). Myrtas curyopliyllata., Linn. !Sp. PI. (1753) 

 p. 472. — Flowers : Mar.-May. Veiin. Nimhuli ; lidnlavang. 



The specific name " corymbosa " is 60 years prior to that of 

 " carxjopliyllcea." 



KoNKAN : Stocks ! ; S. Konkan, Kimmo ex Graham ; on the banks of streams, Buhcll 

 ^- Gibson. Deccan : Mahableshwar, bed of the Yenna river, Graham ; on the banks 

 of streams, Coo/i'e'., Woodrowl; near the Fountain Hotel and Carnac Point, H. M. 

 Blrdwood. S. M. Countky: Kiila naddi, lUichir, 1751! Kanaua : moist forests, 

 common near the sea, Talhot. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Borneo. 



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