484 LIX. MYRTACE&. (J. F. Duthie.) [Eugenia. 



tinct, berries oblong. Bedd. FL SylvfAnal. Gen. cvii. Syzygium densiflorum, 

 Wall. Cat. 3601 ; W. $ A. Prodr. i. 329. 



Common on the NLLGHIRI and PULNEY HILLS, alt. 6-7000 ft., Wight, &c. ANA- 

 MALLAY MTS., alt. 4000 ft., Beddome. PAp 



A large spreading tree, trunk low; branchtets 4-gonous. Leaves 2-3 by l-l in., 

 obscurely dotted, the numerous nerves uniting close within the margin ; petiole 

 J-nearly 1 in. Flowers cream-coloured, crimson in bud. Fruit dark purple. Tim- 

 ber valuable (called " Nawal ") ; the fruit is eaten but astringent (Beddome). 



VAR. Benthamiana, Wight MSS. (sp.) ; leaves almost sessile cordate-amplexicaul 

 upper generally solitary, flowers smaller, petals apparently united. Nilghiri Mts., 

 Gardner. Perhaps distinct. 



A specimen in the Kew Herbarium from the Pulney Hills (No. 254 of Beddome's 

 collection) I find a difficulty in placing satisfactorily. To the above species it bears 

 a great resemblance but for the elongate calyx-tube. 



Calyx elongate. ' 



I Flowers axillary, racemose, calyx ^-1 in. long. 



42. E. Pflaiiig ayi, Duthie ; leaves shortly petioled long oblong-lanceo- 

 late acuminate rounded at the base, racemes short axillary or from the leafless 

 axils of the rugged lower branchlets, calyx-tube elongate clavate about f in. 

 glandular, lobes 4 rounded deciduous. 



MALAYA, Maingay 750. 



Oldeivbranchlets with rugged corky bark, upper stout, terete, reddish. Leaves 

 4^-7^ by lf-2J in., indistinctly nerved above, midrib stout beneath ; petiole in. 

 Style short, acute. This plant differs from the other members of the section in the 

 rounded base of the leaves ; it seems to approach nearest to E. claviflora, and has a 

 general resemblance to E. borneensis, Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 434 (Jambosa), but 

 the petioles of the latter are much longer. 



43. E. claviflora, Roxb. Hort. Seng. 37 ; FL Ind. ii. 488 ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate narrowed at the base obtusely acuminate, corymbs lateral subsessile um- 

 belliform, calyx-lobes rounded, flowers clavate, berries long ovate crowned with 

 the cyathiform. base of the calyx-limb: Wight III. ii. 15 ; Ic. t. 606 ; Kurz in 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xlvi. pt. ii. p. 65 ; For. FL i 480. Syzygium 

 claviflorum, Wall. Cat. 3575. S. lonolflorum Wall. Cat. 3572. S. excavatum, 

 Wall. Cat. 3574. 



SIKKIM and KHASIA MTS., alt. 2-4000 ft., J. D. H. $ T. T.; SILHET and CHITTA- 

 GONG, Wallich; ~P&Gv,Kurz; NICOBAE and ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Kurz; TENASSERIM, 

 Heifer; SINGAPORE and PENANG, Wallich. 



A tree. Leaves 3-6 by about l in., rather closely nerved. Berry about an 

 inch long. In Chittagong this grows to be a stout useful timber-tree of very con- 

 siderable size ; it flowers in March, fruits in May ; fruit eaten (Eoxburgh). Wallich's 

 specimens named S. excavatum have very thick coriaceous leaves somewhat revolute 

 at the margin ; the berries are f in. long including in. of projecting calyx-limb. 



44. E. leptantha, Wight III. ii. 15 ; Ic. t. 528 ; leaves from ovate- 

 elliptic to oblong-lanceolate obtusely acuminate narrowed into a very short pe- 

 tiole, cymes raceme-like arranged on the leafless axils or at the nodes of denuded 

 branches, calyx-tube long narrow clavate, limb with broad shallow teeth or 

 nearly truncate, berry clavate-oblong. Benth. FL Austral, iii. 283 (Syz.) ; Kurz 

 in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xlvi. pt. ii. p. 65 ; For. FL i. 480. Syz. suavis- 

 simum, Wall Cat. 3573. Syzyg. Griff. Notul. 654. 



SIKKIM, fcot of hills, J. D. H. $ T. T. ; PEGU, Kurz; Eangoon, Clcghorn; Morn> 

 MEIN, Fahoner; MERGUI, Griffith; AMHERST, Wallich; SINGAPORE and PENAKG, 



