Eugenia.'] LIX. MYRTACEJS. (J. F. Duthie.) 499 



Peduncles 1-2 in. Flowers about in. Calyx-lobes 4, rounded or subacute. Habit 

 of E. balsamea, but the cymes are much longer peduncled and the leaves are not 

 pellucid-punctate. 



104. E. balsamea, Wight III. ii. 16 ; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate 

 narrowed below acuminate subcoriaceous pale pellucid-punctate, lateral nerves 

 prominent widely separated, cymes lateral short compact, flowers small, berry 

 round. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Seng. vol. xlvi. pt. ii. 66 ; For. Fl. i. 485. 

 Syz. balsameum, Wall. Cat. 3592. Memecylon floribundum, Wall. Cat. 4113. 



SIKKIM, alt. 2000 ft., J. D. H. $ T. T. ; E. BENGAL, Griffith-, PEGU, Kurz; SELHET, 

 Wallick, J. D. H., Sf T. T. ASSAM, Masters. DISTBIB. Yunan. 



Branchlets subterete or obscurely 4-gonous. Leaves 3-5 by 1-1 7 in. ; petiole 

 | in. Inflorescence-branches compressed, angular. Calyx-tube truncate. Petals united, 

 or sometimes becoming free. 



VAK. angustifolia ; leaves narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, i-f in. wide. Khasia Mts., 

 2000 ft., J. D. H. Sf T. T. 



105. E. fruticosa, Roxb. Hort. Bang. 37 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 487; shrubby, 

 leaves broadly oblong to oval acuminate finely nerved, flowers small in dense 

 lateral panicles, berries small ovoid. Wight Ic. t. 624 ; Kurz in Joum. As. Soc,. 

 Eeng. xlvi. pt. ii. 66 ; For. Fl. i. 485. S. fruticosum, DC. Prodr. iii. 260 ; 

 Mem. Myrt. 1. 19 ; Wall. Cat. 3559 in part. 



SILHET and CHITTAGONG, Eoxburgh, Wallich ; PEGU, Kurz ; TENASSERIM, Heifer. 



A large shrub or small tree. Leaves variable as to size, very similar to those of 

 E. Jambolana ; petiole shorter. Pamcte-branches divaricate, acutely angular. Calyx 

 v-ry short. Corolla calyptrate. Berries siz$ of pea. Kesembles E. polyantha, Wight, 

 in ir^ inflorescence. 



]0(). B. Jambolana, Lam. Diet. iii. 198 ; leaves ovate or oblong obtuse 

 or more < >r less acuminate coriaceous closely nerved, panicles lateral below the 

 leaves rarely axillary or terminal, calyx shortly turbinate limb truncate or ob- 

 scurely 4-lobed, petals calyptrate, berry olive-shaped to globose purple from size 

 of a pea to a pigeon's egg. Sam. in. Wern. Soc. Trans, v. 342 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 484 ; Wight Ic. t. 535 ; Benth. Fl. Austral, iii. 283 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. i. t. 197 ; 

 Bnandis For. Fl. 233 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Seng. vol. xlvi. pt. ii. 67 ; 

 For. Fl. i. 485. Syz. Jambolanum, DC. Prodr. iii. 259 ; Wall. Cat. 3560 ; 

 W. fy A. Prodr. i. 329 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. FL Bomb. 93. E. frondosa, Wall. Cat. 

 3560 G ; not 3590. E. Moorei, F. Muell. Fragm. v. 33. Oalyptranthes Jani- 

 bolana, WiUd. Sp. PI. ii. 975. C. capitellata, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 3560 B. 



Common (wild or cultivated) .and generally distributed throughout India in both 

 peninsulas and in Ceylon ; from the plains to 4-5000 ft. DISTHIB. Malay Archipelago 

 to Australia. 



A tree, usually of considerable size with a thick and rather crooked trunk. Leaves 

 3-6 in., extremely variable in shape, smooth and shining, the numerous nerves 

 uniting within the margin ; petiole ^-1 in. Cyine short and compact or laxly pani- 

 culate. Flowers numerous, about the size of those of E. opercidata or much smaller, 

 sweet-scented. JBerries often obliquely oblong. The wood is whitish, close-grained, 

 and durable; the bark affords brown dyes, and a kind of gum kino. The fruit is 

 often eaten. Roxburgh mentions a variety having fruit of a superior quality, and as 

 large as a pigeon's egg ; probably the result of cultivation. 



VAR. earyophyllifolia ; leaves ovate-lanceolate with a long acumen, calyx shortly 

 4-toothed, berry globose size of a large pea. E. earyophyllifolia, Lam. Diet. iii. 198 ; 

 Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 37 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 486 ; Wight Ic. ii. 553. E. calyptrata, Roxb. Ic. 

 1142 ? Syz. caryophyllifolium, DC. Prodr. iii. 259 ; Watt. Cat. 3562 partly, & 3551, 

 C. ; Thwaites Enum. 116. S. Jambolanum, var. microcarpum, Thwaites Enum. 417 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 3562 C. Syz. lateriflorum, Eoyle. Myrtus Cumini, Linn. : exclude 



