486 LIX. MYRTACEJE. (J. F. Duthie.) [Eugenia. 



' A large shrub or moderate-sized tree ; young branches often acutely quadrangular 

 or winged. Leaves 1-5 in., varying in width from ^-2 in., rounded or tapering at 

 the base, giving off an aroma when bruised ; petiole | g in. Flowers in clusters 

 of 3-5, shortly pedicelled. Calyx and pedicels usually rough with glands. Petals soon 

 falling off. Berry about the size of a pea. According to Thwaites the narrow- 

 leaved form is the most abundant in Ceylon. 



VAR. laxiflora, Bedd. 1. c. ; flowers in lax racemes, panicles exceeding the leaves. 

 In a specimen collected by Col. Beddome on the Tinnevelly Hills some of the 

 flowers have the pedicel-like calyx-tube unusually long. 



48. IS. grata, Wall. Cat. 3586 (Syzygiwn) ; leaves ovate-lanceolate nar- 

 rowly acuminate rounded or subcuneate at the base distinctly punctate above 

 glaucous beneath, flowers in dense clusters terminal and axillary, calyx narrowly 

 canipanulate smooth, berries black oval or subglobose crowned with the persis- 

 tent calyx-lobes. Wight III. ii. 15 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xlvi. pt. 

 ii. p. 65 ; For. Fl. i. 480. E. scabrida, Wall. Cat. 3564 D. Myrtus quadran- 

 gularis, Ham. 



ASSAM, Jenkins, Griffith; KHASIA MTS., Griffith; PEGU, Kurz ; MOULMEIN, 

 Wallich ; MERGTJI, Griffith. 



A small tree. Leaves 3-5 by 1-2 in., sometimes almost acutely acuminate. 

 Calyx-tube tapering below, pruinose, usually quite smooth or longitudinally ribbed 

 when dried. Berry about \ in. long. The flowers are rather larger than those of 

 E. zeylanica, to which it is closely allied. 



49. F,. linearis, Wall. Cat. 3596 (Syzygiuni) ; leaves linear-lanceolate 

 acuminate subfalcate indistinctly nerved above, flowers crowded at the ends 

 of the branchlets, calyx canipanulate pruinose limb 4-partite, petals free, berry 

 size of a pea crowned with the persistent calyx-lobes. 



INDIA ? Herb. Wallich (without locality). 



Leaves 2-3 by ^-^ in., conspicuously dotted above ; lateral nerves distant, uniting 

 within the margin ; petiole about j in. Flowers larger than those of E. zeylanica ; 

 pedicels equal in length to the calyx-tube. Style nearly twice as long as calyx-tube. 

 A specimen of this in Bottler's Herbarium is named Myrtus ruscifolia, Willd., and 

 is said to come from India. 



50. E. penangiana, Duthie ; leaves thick elliptic-obovate obtusely 

 acuminate attenuate at the base nerves close indistinct on both surfaces, 

 cymes short crowded towards the ends of year-old branches, calyx-tube nar- 

 rowly clavate or subcylindrical nearly ^ in. much produced lobes 4 small, petals 

 free?. 



PENANG, Government Hill, Maingay, 744. 



Branchlets terete. Leaves 2^-2| by about 1 in., brownish-yellow when dried. 

 Allied to E. chlorantha, and No. 1567 of Beccari's Borneo plants. 



A specimen at Kew. collected by Heifer (no locality given), comes near to this. 

 The calyx- tube is rather longer and more spreading above after flowering; the leaves 

 are of thinner texture, and more conspicuously nerved. 



51. XS. skiophila, Duthie ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate with a slender obtuse 

 acumen narrowed at the base subcoriaceous pellucid-punctate, calyx-lobes 4 

 incurved, petals small free spreading distant, berry red size of a pea. 



PENANG, Government Hill, Maingay, in deep shaded ravines. 



A small tree, 15 ft. Branchlets terete. Leaves shortly petioled, 4^-6 by l|-2 in. ; 

 midrib rounded beneath ; lateral nerves close, inconspicuous above, spreading at 

 right angles and uniting close within the margin. Calyx-tube ^ in. Stamens short. 



