Eugenia."] LIX. MYRTACE^. (J. F. Duthie.) 485 



Wallich ; ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Heifer, Kurz, DISTRIB. Malay Archipelago to Aus- 

 tralia. 



A moderate-sized tree. Leaves 4-5 by 1^ in., p ile, findly nerved. Calyx-tube 

 about ^ in., finely attenuated towards the lase; limb dilat3cl and much produced 

 beyond the ovary. Berry about ^ in. 



45. E. Wig-htiana, Wight HI. ii. 15 ; Ic. t. 529 ; leaves elliptic-oblong 

 tapering at each end, peduncles axillary or in racemes on the leafless branches 

 or shoots, calyx elongate clavate repandly 4-5-lobed, petals 12 or fewer by 

 abortion the outer ones occasionally expanding. E. lanceolata, Lam. Diet. iii. 

 200 ; Wight III. ii. 15; Ic. t. 530 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 284 ; -Betid. Fl. Sylv. Anal. 

 Gen. ex. ; W. fy A. I. c. (Syz.) ; Thivaites Enum. 119 (Acmena). Syzygium 

 Wightianum, Wall. Cat. 3577; W. Sf A. Prodr. i. 330. Myrtus Soneratii, 

 f. Syst. ii. 485. 



CONCAN, Stocks ; NILGHIRI and DINDYGUL Mxs., Quilon, Wight. CEYLON, ascend- 

 ing to 2000 ft., Walker, Thwaites. 



A very showy tree when in full blossom (Beddome). Leaves 3-5 by 1^ in., pellucid- 

 dotted. Flowers nearly sessile. This varies much in the length of the calyx-tube, and 

 the number of flowers. Its numerous petals give it a relation similar to E. polypetala 

 in the Jambosa section. 



It Flowers in terminal and axillary corymbs. Calyx shorter. 



46. E. pellucida, Duthie ; leaves narrowly oblong or oblanceolate 

 rounded or subacute at the apex finely and closely nerved nerves and dots pellu- 

 cid, cymes terminal and axillary, flowers crowded at the ends of the longish 

 ascending branches, calyx-tube in. slender below, lobes 4 prominent opposite 

 pairs equal. E. contracta, Wall. Cat. 3602 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 

 xlvi. pt. ii. p. 65 ; For. Fl. i. 481, not of Pair. 



MARTABAN to TENASSERIM, Heifer (2406, 2407), Kurz. 



A shrub ; branchlets terete. Leaves 2-6 by about 1 in., chocolate-coloured above 

 when dry, paler beneath ; nerves rather prominently reticulated ; petiole in. 

 Cymes sometimes exceeding the leaves. Petals orbicular, free or slightly combined. 



VAR. contracta ; leaves narrower, lateral nerves directed upwards, cymes mostly 

 axillary and falling short of the leaves. Syz. contractum, Wall. Cat. 3602 ; not of 

 Poir. in DC. Prodr. iii. 259 (Eug.). Attran river, Waltich. Mr. Kurz is of opinion 

 that the Martaban specimens with dry blackish and less distinctly-nerved leaves 

 may prove to be distinct, or may be a large and long-leaved variety of E. cuneata, 

 Wall. 



47. E. zeylanica, Wight III. ii. 15 ; Ic. i. 73 ; leaves ovate- or linear- 

 lanceolate acuminate polished above hard and coriaceous indistinctly nerved 

 densely glandular, cymes axillary and terminal usually compact many-flowered, 

 flowers white conspicuous, calyx-tube elongate-turbinate usually glandular and 

 pruinose, lobes 4-5 conspicuous, petals free or united in a calyptra, berry sub- 

 globose white. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xlvi. pt. ii. p. 65 ; For. Fl. 

 i. 481. E. spicata, Lam. Diet. iii. 201 ; DC. I. c. (Syz.). Bedel. Fl. Sylv. i. 

 t. 202. E. glandulifera, Roxb. Hort. Seng. 37 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 496. Syz. zeyla- 

 nicum, DC. Prodr. iii. 260 ; Wall. Cat. 3564, in part ; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 94. S. politum, Wall. Cat. 3626. S. Belluta, DC. I. c. 261. Acmena 

 zeylanica, Thivaites Enum. 118. A. parviflora, DC. 1. c. 262. Jambosa brac- 

 teata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 437. S. corticatum, Wall Cat. 3565. Myrtus 

 zeylanica, Linn. Sp. PI. 675.JRheede HoH. Mai. v. t. 20. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, from CONCAN southwards ; SILHET ; MALAY PENINSULA to 

 SINGAPORE ; PENANG ; ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Kurz ; CEYLON, up to 4000 ft., Thwaites. 

 DISTRIB. Sumatra, Borneo. 



