498 LIX. MYETACE^J. (J. F. Duthie.) [Eugenia. 



101. IS. occlusa, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 460 (Syzygium) ; leaves on 

 longish petioles elliptic obtusely acuminate acute at base coriaceous shining 

 above paler beneath, lateral nerves distant indistinctly uniting within the mar- 

 gin, flowers rather large in condensed lateral panicles, calyx-tube broad above 

 and with a truncate margin. 



NICOBAR ISLANDS, Kurz. DISTRIB. Java. 



Sranchlets terete or subcompressed upwards, light brown or whitish. Leaves 

 2-4 in., varying in width, rusty-brown when dried ; midrib furrowed above ; petiole 

 about 1 in. Panicles shorter than the leaves, branches divaricate or subdeflexed. 

 Suds globose. Calyx-tube upwards of in. The calyx and corolla are apparently 

 fused together in the calyptrate operculum. Under this species Mr. Kurz refers E. 

 cerasoides, Koxb., E. polyantha, Wight, and the specimens 2394 & 2395 of Griffith's 

 and Heifer's collection. 



102. E. operculata, Roxb. Hort. Seng. 37; Fl. Jwd.ii.486; leaves broadly 

 ovate or elliptic rounded at the apex or obtusely acuminate narrowed below lateral 

 nerves few distant prominent becoming fainter towards the margin, panicles 

 from leafless axils lax divaricate, berry globose or ovoid. Wight Ic. t. 552 ; 

 Brandts For. Fl. 234 ; Kurz For. Fl. i. 483. E. cerasoides, Roxb. Hort. Seng. 

 92 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 488 ; Wight Ic. t. 615 ; Miq. Anal. *Xot. Ind. i. 27 ; Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. i. pt. i. 443 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Seng, vol. xlvi. pt. ii. 66 ; For. Fl. i. 

 484. Syzygium nervosum, DC. Prodr. iii. 260; Mem. Myrt. ii. 16 ; Wall. Cat. 

 3551 A & B ; 3553 B & C (under E. ribesioides) ; Benth. FL Hongk. 119 ; 

 Thivaites Enum. 417 ; Miq. Fl. Ind, I. c. 460 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. cvi. 

 S. costatum, uodosum, and angkolanum, Miq. Fl. Ind. 1. c. 448. Calyptranthes 

 mangiferifolia, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. 629. 0. 'costata, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 

 3556. C. grandis and C. Tatna, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 3554, 3555. 



SUB-HIMALAYAN forests from the JUMNA to ASSAM, ascending to 2000 ft. OTTDH 

 and OrORAXHPUR forests, CACHAR, CHITTAGONG, PEGTJ, Kurz. CEYLON, up to 3000 ft. 

 DISTRIB. Indian Archipelago and S. China, Yunan. 



A large tree ; branchlets subterete or 4-gonous. Leaves 3-8 by 2-4 in., subcori- 

 aceous, dots often black (in the" dried specimens), rarely pellucid ; primary veins 

 8-12, curving into a rather faint intramarginal vein ; petiole ^-f in. Inflorescence 

 often thyrsoidal. Peduncles long, acutely angled. Flowers small, greenish, in threes, 

 nearly sessile, odorous. Calyx campanulate, with short obtuse lobes, or nearly trun- 

 cate. Petals united and falling in one piece, calyptra often apiculate. Berry \-^ in., 

 rugose, juicy. The wood is used for building and for agricultural implements. The 

 fruit is eaten. 



VAR. Panfala ; berries oval. E. Paniala, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 489. Wight Ic. t. 616 ; 

 Kurz For. Fl. i. 483. Syz. Panealla, Wall. Cat. 3557 ? Calyptranthes cuneata, 

 Ham.? Chittagong, Eoccburgh; Silhet, Wallich; Pegu, Eangoon, McClelland. 

 There is no fruit with Wallich's and Hamilton's specimens. Flowers in April, fruit 

 ripens in June. 



VAR. obovata, Kurz. For. Fl. i. 482 ; leaves obovate or oblanceolate, cymes more 

 compact. Syz. obovatum, Wall. Cat. 3552, not of DC. S. vastum, Wall. Cat. 3561. 

 S. polyanthum, Thwaites; not of Wight. Silhet, Chittagong, Rangoon, Wallich ; 

 Ava, Griff. 



103. E. Stocksii, Duthie ; leaves elliptic-obovate rounded or obtusely 

 acuminate at the apex indistinctly nerved dots not pellucid, cymes axillary and 

 from the leafless axils half the length of or equalling the leaves, flowers small, 

 petals calyptrate. 



CONCAN, Stocks. WYNAAD, Beddome. 



A lofty tree ; branches acutely 4-gonous. Leaves 4-6 by lf-3 in., thin ; lateral 

 nerves few slender below curving upwards and becoming faint towards the margin. 



