Eugenia.] LIX. MYRTACE^E. (J. F. Duthie.) 483 



di- tri-chotomous each branch 1-3-flowered, calyx-limb dilated tube contracted 

 not thicker than the pedicel, lobes 4 unequal shallow, petals free but not 

 expanding. 



SIKKIM, alt. 4000 ft., Gamble ? MERGTJI, Griffith in Hb. Wight. 



A small tree. Branchlets subterete. Leaves 2-3 by 1-lf in. ; lateral nerves many 

 uniting close within the margin. Flowers about \ in. Habit of E. Gardneri and 

 E. lissophylla but the petioles are shorter than those of the former and the inflorescence 

 is different from both. 



38. . my rtifolia, Roxb. Hart. Beng. 37 ; Fl. 2nd. ii. 490 ; leaves ellip- 

 tic-lanceolate acuminate very shortly petioled, nerves not conspicuous close in- 

 terspaces finely reticulate and punctate, cymes axillary lax on longish peduncles, 

 branches acutely angular, flowers about 3 together small, calyx-tube broadly 

 obconical or campanulate, lobes 4 conspicuous subacute, berry globular. Wight 

 III. ii. 15; Ic. t. 618; Kurt in Journ. As. Soc. JBeng.-vol. xlvi. pt. ii. p. 67; 

 For. Fl. i. 486. Syzygiuni myrtifolium, DC. Prodr. iii. 261 ; Wall. Cat. 

 3571 ; Miguel Anal. Ind. ii. 20 ; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 456. 0. oleina, Wight 

 III. ii. 15. 



E. Bengal, Griffith ; Pegu, McClelland ; Sincapore, Wallich. DISTEIB. Sumatra, 

 Borneo. 



A shrub or small tree with 4-gonous branchlets. Leaves 13 by f-1 in., shining 

 above, often rusty-red beneath. Cymes many-flowered, shorter than the leaves. 

 Petals free or slightly united. Style persistent, exserted portion twice the length of 

 the calyx-tube. Affords a dark strong wood. . 



39. E. micrantha, Thivaites Enum. 117 (Syzygium) ; leaves ovate or 

 elliptic obtusely acuminate narrow at the base obscurely dotted, cymes about 

 equal to the leaves, flowers small, calyx acutely 4-lobed, petals free, berries red 

 round size of pea. Bedd. FL Sylv. Anal. Gen. cviii. 



CEYLON, central province, alt. 3-5000 ft., Thwaites, Gardner. 



A moderate-sized tree. Leaves 2-4 by f-2 in. ; petiole to nearly ^ in. In 

 Wight's herbarium there are specimens of this named E. rubicunda, which it resem- 

 bles in many respects. 



40. E. acuminatissima, Kurz in. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xlvi. pt. 

 ii. p. 67 ; For. Fl. i. 487 ; leaves ovate-lanceolate acutely acuminate pale 

 shining indistinctly nerved above, cymes terminal and axillary lax exceeding 

 the leaves, flowers small, calyx broad above lobes 5, stamens short. Myrtus 

 acuminatissima, Bl. Bijd. 1088. Jambosa acuminatissima, Hassk. in Flora 

 (1849) 592 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 438. Syz. altissimum, Wall. Cat. 3588. 



MERGTJI, Heifer ; MALACCA, Maingay ; PENANG, Porter. DISTRIB. Java. 



Branchlets terete or subtetragonous. Leaves 3-6 by 1^2 in. ; lateral nerves slender 

 beneath ; petiole in. Inflorescence -branches long, angular. Calyx saucer-shaped 

 above after flowering. Petals only slightly united. In Heifer's plant the lateral 

 nerves unite at some distance from the margin with a second fainter one close to the 

 edge, the inflorescence is more lax and divaricate. 



%% Berries oblong. 



41. E. Arnottiana, Wight III. ii. 17 ; Ic. t. 999 ; leaves elliptic-oblong 

 acuminate coriaceous closely nerved, cymes dense from the upper axils branches 

 stout, flowers subsessile in umbels of 8-12, bracteoles long caducous, petals dis- 



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