482 LIX. MYKTACE;E. (J. F. Duthie.) [Eugenia. 



Marshy parts of PEGU forests, Kurz. KANGOON, Maingay. AMHERST and MOUL- 

 MEIN, Wallich ; TENASSERIM, Heifer. 



Branchlets terete, compressed. Leaves 5-8 by 2^-3|- in., coriaceous, reticulate 

 "beneath ; petiole 5- in. Branches of inflorescence lax, quadrangular, many-flowered, 

 bracteate. A specimen in the Kew Herbarium under ^this name (I can find no type- 

 specimens) is certainly Wallich's S. speciosum. Eoxburgh's incomplete description 

 and unfinished drawing (No. 2510) as far as they go agree fairly well with this la-tter. 

 The flowers are sometimes 5-merous. 



VAR. ferruginea, Wight Ic. t. 554 (sp.) ; petals 8. E. octopetala, Ham. Mergui, 

 Griffith. * 



35. E. rubens, Roxl. Hort. Beng. 92; Fl. Ind. ii. 496; leaves shortly 

 petioled opposite or subalternate ovate-lanceolate shortly acuminate thinly car- 

 tilaginous glossy above finely nerved, panicles terminal and axillary corymbose 

 branches acutely angular ultimate divisions umbelliforrn, petals free, berry size 

 of small cherry. Wight. III. ii. 17 ; Ic. t. 630 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 vol. xlvi. pt. ii. p. 67 ; For. FL i. 488. Jambosa Wightiana, Blume Mus. 

 Bot. i. 106. 



CHITTAGONG forests, Boxburgh. TENASSERIM from MOULMEIN to MERGUI, Griffith, 

 Kurz. 



Large tree ; branchlets terete or subcompressed, white. Leaves 4^-6^ in., turning 

 black or reddish when dried ; lateral nerves slender, uniting distinctly within the mar- 

 gin ; petiole about \ in. ? Panicles on longish peduncles, but falling short of the 

 leaves. Closely allied to the preceding. The leaves are of a thinner texture, the 

 stamens longer, and the sepals and petals larger (Kurz). 



b. Lateral nerves of leaves close. 



36. ZS. cymosa, Lam. Diet. iii. 199 ; not of Roxb. ; leaves ovate acuminate 

 finely and closely nerved, cymes axillary and terminal snorter than the leaves, 

 flowers small, calyx-tube campanulate lobes 4, petals free, berry globose size of 

 large pea. Wight III. ii. 17 ; Ic. t. 555 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 

 xlvi. pt. ii. p. 67; For. Fl. i. 486. Syz. caudatum, Wall. Cat. 3591. S. 

 vimineum, Wall. Cat. 3593?. S. concinnum, Wall. Cat. 3582. S. nelitri- 

 carpuni, T. 8f B. in. Nat. Tydsch. Ned. Ind. xxv. S. cymosum, DC. Prodr. iii. 

 259 ; Korth. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. i. 202 ?. E. nigrescens, Poir. Suppl. iii. 

 123 ?. E. rhodomelea, Commers. in DC. Prodr. 1. c. Jambosa tenuicuspis, 

 Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. 431. Myrtus cymosa, Spreng. ; Blume Bijd. 1086. 



CACHAB, Keenan ; SILHET and TAVOY, Wallich ; BURMA, Griffith ; MOULMEIN, 

 Heifer ; MALACCA, Maingay, Griffith ; SINGAPORE and PULO BINDING, Wallich, Kurz. 

 DISTRIB. Java. 



A large shrub or tree. Leaves 2-3 in., rounded at the base, smooth and 

 polished above, often glaucous, with a longish slender but obtuse acumen ; lateral 

 nerves not very distinct, uniting close within the margin ; petiole -5- in. Peduncles 

 equalling the petioles or shorter. " Berries slightly depressed at the apex, purple- 

 black when ripe" (Maingay MS.). Wallich's E. concinna, which I refer here doubt- 

 fully, has the leaves rather longer and more oblong ; the petals appear to be free 

 though not expanding ; the specimens however are too incomplete for a proper deter- 

 mination. 



VAR. rostrata; leaves with a long slender acumen more prominently nerved, 

 lateral nerves spreading out towards the margin, petiole longer, calyx nearly truncate. 

 The leaves which remain green after drying resemble those of E. verecunda. 

 E. rostrata, Bedd. MS. Anamallays. Perhaps a distinct species. 



37. E. toddalioides, Wight III. ii. 16 ; Ic. t. 542 ; leaves lanceolate 

 acuminate attenuate towards the base coriaceous pellucid-punctate, cymes lateral 



