494 ITI. MTRTACE.E. 



Herb. Kew. Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 170 ; Woodr. iu Journ. Bomb. 

 Jsat. V. 11 (1898) p. 637.— Flowers : Jan .-Feb. 



Deccan : Ahmednagar, Woodrow. Kanaka: N. Kanara, .S'AW.;* ! ; border of Yaddi 

 Ghat (N. Kamira), pretty common, Talbut. 



14, Eugenia codyensis, Munro, in Wiglit, III. v. 2 (1850) p. 13, 

 A small evergreeu tree ; bai'k smooth ; branclilets slender, terete, pale. 

 Leaves coriaceous, l-5-2| by g-1^ in., elliptic, bluntly acuminate or sub- 

 obtuse, fiuely pellucid-dotted, margins slightly recurved, base tapering ; 

 main nerves about 15-20 pairs, slender, uniting in an intramarginal 

 nerve ; petioles ^-j| in. long. Flowers white, about | in. across, sessile 

 or nearly so, axillary, solitary, or in fascicles of 2 or more, or in terminal 

 heads at the ends of short abortive branches ; bracteoles conspicuous, 

 J^ in. long, broadly ovate, acute, pubescent. Calyx \ in. long, finely 

 pubescent or tomentose outside ; tube very short ; lobes 4, broadly 

 ovate, ciliate on the margins, gland-dotted. Petals 4, twice the length 

 of the calyx, spreading. Fruit globose, | in. in diam., crowned with the 

 persistent calyx-lobes ; seeds 1-2. Evqenia memecylifolia, Talbot, in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. v. 11 (1897) p. 236, t. 5,' & Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, p. 170.— Flowers : JMar.-lNLay. 



I cannot separate Mr. Talbot's E. memecyVifolia from E. codyensis, 

 Munro. Mr. Talbot describes the fruit of the former as white, while 

 Munro {I. c.) makes no mention of the color of the fruit of the 

 latter. 



Kasara: Kalpa on the Supa Ghats of N. Kanara (3400 feet), Talbot, 3127! 

 Woodrow. — DisTRiB. India (Nilghiri and Kurg mountains). 



15. Eugenia Mooniana, Wight, 111. v. 2 (1850) p. 13. {Not of 

 Gardner, in Loud. Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1843) p. 352.) Shrubby, glabrous, 

 or the young shoots puberulous. Leaves veiy variable in size and 

 shape, Li-2|| by .f-l^ '"••> ovate or elliptic or sometimes obovate, 

 acuminate (the acumen either short and obtuse or prolonged to a more 

 or less fine point), base usually tapering, but sometimes rounded ,: main 

 nerves inconspicuous, slender, uniting in an intramarginal nerve ; petioles 

 ^-5 in. long. Flowers white, about | in. across, solitary or 2 together 

 on filiform pedicels about h in. long which are axillary or from the old 

 wood ; bracteoles small, lanceolate-subulate. Calyx i in. long, pubescent 

 outside ; tube about equalling the lobes, funnel-shaped, not prolonged 

 beyond the ovary ; lobes 4, oblong, acute or obtuse, reflexed. Petals 

 longer t'oan the calyx-lobes, broadly ovate or elliptic, obtuse, glandular. 

 Fruit globose, about the size of a cherrv, scarlet or crimson (Trimen). 

 Fl. B. J. V. 2, p. 505; Wight, Icon. t. 5.51 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 187. 

 Eugenia Wildenowii\^i), Dalz. & Gibs. p. 94 {not of DC). 



KoNKAN : Stocks ! 



Vab. f/racilis, Duthie, in Hook. f. Fl. B. T. v. 2 (1878) p. 505. Leaves 

 longer ; fruit oblong-ellipsoid (not globular). E. (/racilis (sp.), Bedd. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 25 (1866) p. 217 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. 

 p. ex; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 170. — Flowers : Feb.-Mar. 



Evergreen forests of tlie Konkan and N. Kanara, Talbot ; Ainshi Gh.'it (N. Kanara), 

 Talbot, Woodroiv ; common in the forests near Karwar on the coast, Talbot. — DrsTRiB. 

 India (W. Peninsula); Ceylon. 



