Eugenia.] LIX. MYRTACE^:. (J. F. Duthie.) 481 



lobes 4^5 short obtuse, petals 4-5 distinct, berries pyriform. Wight III. ii. 

 17; Ic. t. 623. Syzygium inophyllum, DC. Prodr. iii. 260; Wall. Cat. 3600, 

 in part. Jambosa mophylla, Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 433. Oalyptranthes 

 obtusifolia, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 3600 B. 



SILHET, Wallich ; MERGUI, Griffith ; SINGAPORE and PENANG, Wallich. 



A tree. Trunk straight. Young branches terete-compressed, polished. Leaves 

 upwards of 4j by 2^- in., thickly coriaceous ; lateral nerves rather close, spreading 

 transversely ; petiole" about \ in. Calyx \ in. In "Wallich's specimens (3600) the 

 petals appear to be calyptrate. Although resembling the clove -tree it possesses no 

 kind of fragrance : the large pear-shaped berries are not eatable (Roxburgh). 



SiXT. II. Syzygfman. .Payers small, in compact cymes. Calyx without 

 a thickened suimmal disk, tube turbinate rarely elongate ; limb 4-5-lobed, or 

 truncate. Petals usually calvptrate. Berries small, globose pyriform or oblong, 

 1-2-seeded (to p. 500). 



* Cymes terminal and axillary, rarely from leafless axils (to p. 496). 



f Petals usually free (to p. 488). 



Calyx snort, turbinate or subcylindrical. 



J Berries globose or subylobose. 



a. Lateral nerves of leaves rather distant. 



32. E. anisosepala, Duthie ; leaves ovate-lanceolate acuminate lateral 

 nerves close uniting at some distance from the margin, cymes terminal corym- 

 bose, calyx-tube turbinate about ^ in. lobes unequal, petals free or slightly 

 combined. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay 753. 



"A very large tree" (Griff.) ; branchlets terete, grey, polished. Leaves 3-3^ by 

 l-l^ in., shining above, dark when dry. Inflorescence- branches sharply angled, alter- 

 nately compressed upwards. Inner calyx-lobes broad and petaloid, appearing to fall 

 early with the corolla, the two outer ones narrower and gibbous below. Style long, 

 persistent. In Griffith's plant the inflorescence is more branched and longer than the 

 leaves, and the flowers are smaller (| in.). 



33. XS. Griffith!!, Duthie ; leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate narrowed at 

 both ends coriaceous smooth and shining above, nerves impressed above promi- 

 nent beneath, cymes terminal or from the upper axils, flowers 2 or 3 together at 

 the ends of long compressed branches, calyx-lobes unequal, petals free thick 

 edges membranous. 



MALACCA, Griffith 2375. 



Branchlets terete. Leaves 5-6 by 2-2 in., shortly petioled ; lateral nerves unit- 

 ing in conspicuous loops at some distance from the margin and with a fainter set near 

 the margin, interspaces reticulate. Calyx-tube about \ in. 



34. E. Thuxnra, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 92 ; FL Ind. ii. 495 ; leaves broadly 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate shortly acuminate base subacute dark and shining 

 above reddish beneath, lateral nerves horizontal prominent on both surfaces 

 uniting conspicuously within the margin, cymes terminal and axillary long- 

 peduncled, flowers sessile umbellate, calyx-lobes 4 rounded, petals free, berry 

 spherical or subpyriform. Wight Ic. t. 617 ; Kurt in Journ. As. Soc. Beny. 

 vol. xlvi. (1877) pt. ii. p. 67; For. FL i. 488. Syz. speciosum, Wall. Cat. 

 3568. 



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