496 LIX. MYRTACEvE. (J..F. Duthie.) [Eugenia. 



nerved a,bove ; midrib rounded beneath. Inflorescence -branches short, stout, 4 -an- 

 gular. Flowers about \ in. 



93. E. brachiata, Roxb. Sort. Beng. 37; FL Ind. ii. 488; leaves 

 abruptly ovate or elliptic tip rounded or very shortly acuminate, panicles 

 axillary or from the leafless axils much branched shorter than the leaves, 

 flowers minute, ealyx-tube obconic about ~ in. lobes 4 shallow, corolla calyptrate, 

 berry spherical. E. odorata? Wight III. ii. 16 ; not of DC. (Syz.). Syzygium 

 brachiatum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 460. E. cinerea, Kurz in Pegu For. 

 Rep. Append. B. p. 50 ; For. Fl. i. 483. S. cinereum, Wall. Cat. 3576. S. 

 ribesioides, Watt. Cat. 3553 A. 



PEGU, Kurz \ MEROUI, Griffith ; AMHEEST and PENANG, Wallich. DISTBIB. 

 Amboina. 



A tree. Branchlets terete or subtetragonous ; bark white. Leaves 2|-6 by 1^-3 

 in., shortly petioled, glossy above, paler beneath ; nerves finely impressed above, 

 prominent beneath. Bracts ovate, acute, persistent. Flowers sessile in clusters of 

 6-9. Berries purplish to black. The leaves of Wallich's specimens are much 

 broader at the base than those of Wight. In Wallich's S. ribesioides the leaves are 

 broader and less acuminate, the peduncles are shorter and the branchlets whiter. 



94. . verecunda, Wall. Cat. 3579 (Syzygium} ; leaves ovate with a 

 long point, nerves close reticulate, petiole about ^ in., corymbs lax about 

 half the length of the leaves, flowers very small, calyx with 4 shallow distant 

 lobes broadly expanding above after flowering, petals calyptrate. 



MALACCA, Griffith-, PENANG, Wallich. 



Branchlets terete, compressed at the nodes. Leaves 2 by 1-1^ in., pale yellow ; 

 petiole midrib and margin tinged with orange. Wallich was inclined to connect this 

 with his S. concinnum ; the latter however differs by having shorter petioles, the leaves 

 less distinctly reticulated, larger flowers, free petals, and the calyx-tube more gradually 

 tapering to the base. 



** Cymes lateral, mostly from the scars of fallen leaves. 

 f Petals free. 



95. 23. nitida, Duthie ; leaves broadly ovate or oblong tip rounded or 

 shortly acuminate polished above coriaceous, primary nerves few prominent 

 beneath and uniting at some distance from the margin, cymes lateral chiefly 

 from the leafless axils, calyx-tube spreading and recurved after flowering lobes 

 prominent subpersistent, petals ?. 



MALAY PENINSULA, Maingay, 728. 



Branchlets terete, reddish-brown. Leaves 3-3^ by 2 in., black and shining above, 

 rusty-red beneath, dots inconspicuous not pellucid, nerves indistinct above ; petiole 

 |-^ in. Herbarium specimens resemble E. brachiata, but the flowers are larger, and 

 the leaves broader and more shining. 



96. E. polyantha, Wight III. ii. 17 ; Ic. t. 543 ; leaves obovate or ob- 

 lanceolate obtusely acuminate cuneate at the base dark and shining above 

 rusty-red beneath dots not pellucid, cymes short many-flowered axillary and from, 

 the leafless axils, flowers small, calyx rather deeply 4-lobed, petals free and 

 expanding. Nat of Wall. Cat. 3603 ; not of Miq. (Syz.). E. lucidula, Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 444. Myrtus cymosa, Blume Bijd. 1086, not of Spr, (ex 

 Miguel 1. c.). 



TENASSEEIM, Heffer ; MOULMEIN and MEKGUI, Griffith. DISTRIB. Java. 

 A slender tree, upwards of 80 ft. (Griffith MS.). Branchlets 4-gonous. Leaves the 

 same size as those of E. balsamea, which it resemlles in habit. Petals white. 



