488 LIX. MYRTACE^. (J. F. Duthie.) -[Eugenia. 



beneath when dried ; lateral nerves slender, uniting close within the margin ; petiole 

 i in. Panicles lax, spreading ; branches acutely angular. Calyx with 4 nearly equal 

 shallow lobes. The petals are probably free, though not expanding. The swollen 

 part of the calyx-tube is occupied by the ovary. 



ft Petals usually united and falling in one. piece (to p. 496). 

 Cymes terminating tli?, young shoots (to p. 495). 

 J Leaves broad, oblong or lanceolate (to p. 494). 

 || Branchlets 4-ffonous. 



57. E. montana, Wight Ic. t, 1060 ; young shoots acutely 4-angled, 

 leaves petioled coriaceous lanceolate with a short obtuse acumen to obovate 

 or orbicular obtuse, cymes terminal very numerous corymbose many-flowered 

 branches often leafy, flowers small sessile or subsessile, fruit globose size of a 

 currant. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. cvii. 



NILGHIRI MTS., Wight, Gardner, Schmidt. 



A very large tree ; branchlets winged at the angles. Leaves occasionally alternate 

 or subalternate, 5-6 by 2| in., smooth and shining above; primary nerves prominent 

 beneath, becoming less distinct towards their union within the margin ; midrib stout, 

 channelled above ; petiole ^-nearly J in. Peduncles angled, often very flat and 

 broad. Mowers in threes at the apex of each extreme division. Calyx obtusely 4- 

 lobed. Petals calyptrate. Fruit purple, crowned with the calyx. The wood is used 

 for building purposes, &c. 



58. B. bracteolata, Wight III. ii. 15 ; Ic. t. 531 ; young branches 

 4-gonous angles subacute, leaves short-petioled elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate 

 acute or slightly acuminate at both ends pellucid-dotted, cymes terminal and 

 from the upper axils shorter or not much longer than the leaves, the extreme 

 divisions terminating in a cluster of 6-9 sessile flowers, each division and each 

 flower with 2 small acute bracteoles, calyx-tube conical 4-gonous. limb repandly 

 4-lobed. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xlvi. pt. ii. p. 66 ; For. Fl. i. 482. 



TENASSERIM, Griffith, Heifer ; MERGUI^ Griffith ; MALACCA, Maingay. 



A shrub or small tree. Leaves 4^-7 by 1^-2^ in. ; midrib rather prominent be- 

 neath, primary nerves slender and uniting close within the margin, coriaceous, more 

 or less polished above, dots not conspicuous ; petiole about ^ in. Branches of in- 

 florescence with acute angles. Flowers conspicuous, white according to Maingay. 



59. E. lissophylla, Thwaites JEnum. 117 (Syzygium) ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate acuminate quite smooth faintly nerved beneath pellucid-punctate, cymes 

 very often longer than the leaves, calyx-teeth short rounded, berry round size of 

 a pea. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. cviii. 



CONCAN, Stocks; NILGHIRT MTS., Herb. G. Thomson; CEYLON; forests in the 

 Central Provinces, alt. 3-5000 ft., Thwaites. 



A moderate-sized tree. Branchlets quadrangular. Leaves 1^-3 by ^ to about 

 1 in. ; petiole - in. This plant much resembles E. Gardneri,"~but can be distin- 

 guished by its 4-sided branchlets, narrower leaves and shorter petioles. 



60. E. venusta, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 37 ; Fl. 2nd. ii. 491 ; arboreous with 

 numerous drooping branchlets, leaves shortly petioled oblong or broadly lanceo- 

 late obtusely acuminate, panicles axillary rarely terminal shorter than the leaves 

 brachiate ultimate divisions 3-flowered, flowers myrtle-like, calyx 4-toothed, 

 petals 4 orbicular reddish. Wight Ic. t. 625 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 vol. xlvi. pt. ii. p. 67 ; For. Fl. \. 487. 



