438 lvi. myrtace.e (lawson) [Eugenia. 



7. E. owariensis, P. Beauv. Fl. Owar. ii. 20, t. 70. Tree 30-40 

 ft. high, Leaves very variable, 3-5 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, lanceolate- 

 ovate from a broad base, elliptical or even obovate, generally shortly 

 acuminate, nearly sessile or with petioles 1 in. long. — Jambosa owari- 

 ensis, DC. Prod. iii. 287. Syzygium owariense, Benth. in Fl. Nigrit. 359. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann! Niger, T. Vogell Gaboon river, Mann! 

 Senegambia, Heudelot! 



Lower Guinea. Congo, Burton! 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Madi, Speke and Grant ! _ 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Dr. Kirk I Kovuma river, Dr. Kirk ! 



After examining a great number of specimens, I cannot find any reliable characters 

 by which to separate this species from Syzygium guineense, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 

 315, t. 72. 



A specimen from the Zambesi, with twisted petioles and a very slender habit, is de- 

 scribed by Dr. Kirk as sending down roots from the stem like a fig. 



8. E. cordatum, Laws. Tree 40 ft. high ; young branches acutely 

 quadrangular, almost winged. Leaves subsessile, suborbicular or ellip- 

 tical, cordate at the base, often clasping the stem, 2-3 in. long, by 1^-2 J 

 in. broad, glabrous, coriaceous, shining. — /3. Leaves petiolate, rounded 

 at the base, oblong-lanceolate, 3-4 in. long. — Syzygium cordatum, Hochst. 

 in H. & S. Fl. Cap. ii. 521. Syzygium cordifolium, Klotzsch in Peters' 

 Mossamb. Bot. 63, t. 11. 



Mozamb. Distr. Manganya Hills, Dr. Metter! Tette, Dr. Kirk! 

 Common about Natal. 



E.Caryophyllw (Caryophvllus aromaticus, L.), the clove, is cultivated in the Mozamb. 

 Distr. 



2. BARRING-TONIA, Forst. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 Plant, i. 720. 



Calyx-tube ovoid or turbinate ; limb either closed in the bud and 

 split up in flowering into 4-5 valves, or imbricate and 3-4-lobed. Pe- 

 tals 4, rarely 5, adnate to the base of the staminal cup. Stamens in an 

 indefinite number of rows, connate at the base, forming a ring or shal- 

 low cup ; anthers versatile ; anther-cells parallel. Ovary 2-4-celled ; 

 ovules 2-8 in each cell. Fruit fibrous, round or subangular, pyrami- 

 dal-ovoid or oblong, crowned with the limb of the calyx, 1 -seeded. — 

 Leaves alternate, crowded at the ends of the branches,, not dotted. 

 Flowers in lateral or terminal racemes or spikes. 



1. B. racemosa, Blume; DC. Prod. iii. 288. Large tree. Leaves 

 10-20 in. long, cuneate-obovate, often unequal, acute, serrulate at 

 the apex, subsessile. Calyx-limb 4-lobed, lobes ovate-oblong, per- 

 sistent. Flowers 1J in. wide. 



Mozamb'. Distr. North of the Kovuma river, lining its banks for 20 miles, Dr. 

 Kirk I Luabo river, Dr. Kirk I Zambesi, Dr. Meller ! 



8. PETEBSIA, Welw. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 721. 



Calyx-tube narrowly ovoid-turbinate, with 4 herbaceous wings ; 

 limb with 4 short lobes alternating with the wings, imbricate. Pe- 



