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in cross panicles, petals deciduous, berry size and shape of an 

 olive, purple. Jdmbul. 



A. very well-known tree in the Ghauts and Konkan. B. calls it 

 common throughout India, except in Sind and S. Punjab, and very 

 variable in shape of leaves, size of fruit, and other respects. 



The other species are trees, generally small, confined to the higher 

 Ghauts. 



* E. lanceolaria (Jambosa L D.), leaves narrow lanceolate, flowers 

 fascicled, large, rosy, fruit size of a small apple, irregularly lobed. 

 D~h,akti sheran. * E. Iceta (Jambosa pauciflora, D.) leaves ovate lanceo- 

 late with long slender point, flowers large, solitary, crimson or white, 

 the stamens crimson or purple, berry ovoid. E. zeylanica (Suxigium z. 

 D.), leaves oval oblong, flowers white, large, in terminal corymbs, calyx 

 white, elongated, berry round, white. * E. rubicunda (Syzigiumr. D.) 

 leaves narrow oblong, flowers minute in corymbs, calyx 4-lobed, short. 

 E. heyneana, leaves shining, lanceolate, blunt-pointed, flowers white, 

 in panicles, calyx white, long-tubed. * E. bracteata (E. wildenovii, D.), 

 leaves ovate, shining, flowers stalked, solitary, or few together, calyx 

 short-tubed, bracted, berry round. Very fragrant ; the pear-shaped 

 fruit has exactly the flavour of roses. Jdmbli, guldb jamb, sdkara 

 jamb. 



E. malaccensis, also in gardens, with very handsome red flowers and 

 fruit like a pretty streaked apple, but absolutely dry and tasteless. 



" Like to the apples on the Dead Sea's shore, 

 All ashes to the taste." Byron. 



Cloves are the dried flowers of E. caryophyllata, and allspice the 

 dried berries of Pimento, acris, also belonging to this tribe, and much 

 cultivated in India (ff.). Psidium Guyava, the guava (a corruption 

 of the American name), probably introduced by the Portuguese, jamb 

 peru, is grown everywhere. 



TRIBE 2. BARRINGTONE.E. Fruit indehiscent, leaves alter- 

 nate, not dotted. 



2. BARRTNGTONIA. Trees ; calyx tube scarcely longer than 

 the ovary, lobes 2 to 5, petals 4, much imbricated, stamens 

 very many, all perfect, united at the base, fruit one-seeded, 

 fibrous. 



3. CARBYA. Calyx tube as in the last, lobes and petals 4, 

 stamens as in the last, but some of them without anthers ; fruit 

 large, fleshy, many-seeded. 



2. BARRINGTONIA. 



1. B. racemosa. A tree with very large ovate lanceolate 

 leaves, quite smooth, finely serrated; flowers large, in long 

 drooping racemes, calyx reddish-brown, petals pale pink, long 



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