502 LIX. MTRTACEJ:. (J. F. Duthie.) [Eug&nia* 



114. E. calcadensis, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. 35, t. 162 ; Fl Sylv. Anal. 

 Gen. ex. ; young parts rusty-pubescent, leaves opposite or subalternate elliptic 

 to subobovate obtuse very rugose on the upper surface but glabrous in age except 

 the channelled midrib, peduncles axillary solitary about equal to the petioles 2- 

 rarely 1 -flowered, flowers showy white, ovary 2-celled with numerous ovules. 



Calcad Hills in S. TINNEVELLY, up to 2000 ft., Beddome. 



A small tree. Leaves 2^-3 by l-l in., coriaceous, not dotted ; nerves inconspicuous- 

 above slightly prominent "beneath, the primary ones joining within the margin ; pe- 

 tiole |- in. Pedicels l-l in., with a subulate bract at the base of each. Flowers 

 1-1 \ in. in diam., with 2 small linear bracts at the base. Calyx-lobes rounded. Petals 

 oblong ciliate - in. long. Disk suborbicular, densely woolly, covering the whole of 

 the top of the ovary at the apex of the calyx-tnbe. Stamens inserted all over the 

 disk. 



tf Staminal d^k not enlarged. 

 Flowers pedicelled. 



115. E. bracteata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 37; FL Ind. ii. 490; young parts 

 and inflorescence rusty-pubescent, leaves shortly petioled ovate-oblong tapering 

 or cuneate at the base obtusely acuminate glabrous when old coriaceous shining 

 pellucid-dotted, peduncles axillary short 1-flowered solitary or 2-3 together or 

 in fascicles with 2 small bracteoles under each flower, berry globose 1-2-seeded. 

 DC. Prodr. iii. 264 : W. 8f A. Prodr. i. 331 ; Wight El. t. 13; Thwaites Enum. 

 114 ; Blume Mm. Bot. i. 87 (in part] ; Bedd. FL Sylv. Anal. Gen. ex. Myrtus 

 bracteata, Willd. Sp. PL ii. 969. M. coromandeliana, Kon. MSS. M. rusci- 

 folia, Wind. I. c. 970 ; DC. I. c. 241 ; Spreng. I. c. 482. M. latifolia, Heyne in 

 JKoth. nov. sp. p. 232 (not of Aubl.). M. Heynei, ISpreng. L c. 482 ; DC. I.e. 241. 



SILHET and Plains of S.Jndia, especially near the sea; MADRAS, G. Thomson,. 

 Wight, Hunter ; ANAMAILAY MTS., up to 3000 ft. alt., Beddome ; CEYLON, Jaffna, 

 Gardner. 



A shrub or small tree. Leaves 1^-2 by about f in. Calyx-lobes broad, unequal, re- 

 flexed after flowering. Petals ovate-oblong, twice as long as the calyx-lobes, pubescent 

 at the back, margins ciliate. 



VAB. Roxburghii ; leaves broader, petioles longer, flowers larger. E. Koxburghii, 

 DC. Prodr. iii. 271 ; Wall. Cat. 3621 (in part) ; Hook. Journ. Bot. i. 66, t. cxxiv. ; 

 Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 441 (in part) ; Blume Mm. Bot. i. 87 (in part). E. zey- 

 ianiea, Boxb. Hort. Beng. 92 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 490 excl. syn. Willd. ; W. $ A. Prodr. i. 331 ;. 

 Am. in Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. xviii. 336 (1836). E. Willdenowii, Wight III. ii. 13; 

 Ic. t. 545 ; not of DC.] Thwaites Enum. 114 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. Anal. Gen. ex. : not of 

 Wall. Cat. 3623. Myrtus littoralis, Roxb. in E. L C. Mus. t. 151. M. spicata, Ham. 

 Plains of S. India and in Ceylon. 



Bottler's specimens in the Kew Herbarium, and those of Arnott from Ceylon 

 named E. zeylanica have the leaves upwards of 4 in. long. In Wight's figure the 

 peduncles are incorrectly represented as 2-flowered. 



VAB. fasciculata ; leaves 2^-3 in., flowers fascicled more erect peduncles shorter. 

 E. fasciculata, Wall. Cat. 3622; Blume Mus. Bot. i. 87. SILHET, Wallich. 



116. E. Rottleriana, W. $ A. Prodr. i. 331 ; much branched, young 

 shoots petioles peduncles and calyx covered with rusty-silky tomentum, leaves 

 very narrow lanceolate tapering at both ends obtuse glabrous on both surfaces 

 except when young pellucid-dotted, peduncles axillary or somewhat lateral 3-4 

 together or sometimes solitary filiform scarcely one-fourth the length of the 

 leaves, bracteoles 2 under the calyx, calyx-segments 4 triangular ovate obtuse, 

 petals 4 much longer than the calyx villous on the margin. Wight III. ii. 13 ;. 

 Ic. t. 100 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. Anal. Gen. ex. 



