Jambosa.j MYRTACEAE. 473 



nerve very conspicuous, 4-7 in. long, 2-4 in. broad ; calyx-tube 



short, thick; fruit 1*5 in. in diam., spherical 4. Rama-Varma. 



Leaves narrowed at base ; flowers in terminal corymbose cymes : 

 Leaves elliptic or ovate : 



Leaf-nerves and intramarginal nerve somewhat obscure : 

 Leaves ovate or elliptic, bluntly acuminate, 2*5 in. long, 

 1-2 in. broad; calyx-tube slenderly funnel-shaped below, 

 suddenly broadening above, about '75 in. long ; fruit ovoid, 



1 in. in diam , 5. laeta. 



Leaves elliptic, acute to caudate -acuminate, 3-7 in. long, 

 1-3 in. broad ; calyx-tube shortly and stoutly obconic, about 

 4 in. long ; fruit hemispherical, 1 in. in diam. 



6. hemispherica. 



Leaf-nerves and intramarginal nerve prominent; leaves nar- 

 rowly elliptic-oblanceolate, acuminate at both ends, the apex 

 blunt, 3-4*5 in. long, 1-1-5 in. broad ; calyx-tube campanulate, 

 later hemispheric, '2 in. long ; fruit apparently small 



7. Bourdillonii. 

 Leaves linear or lanceolate, acuiniifate at both ends : 



Leaves 1*5-2 in. broad, the nerves and intramarginal nerve 

 fairly prominent ; calyx-tube funnel-shaped, - 5 in. long ; fruit 



globose, 1-2 in. in diam 8. vulgaris. 



Leaves '5-75 in. broad, the nerves and intramarginal nerve 



faint; calyx-tube very slender at base, broadly turbinate 



above, *7 in. long ; fruit globose, '75 in. in diam... 9. occidentalis. 



Flowers sessile ; leaves broadly ovate, very coriaceous, obtuse at apex, 



shining, nerves and intramarginal nerve prominent but irregular, 



4^5 in. long, 3 in. broad ; calyx-tube narrowed below.... 10. Beddomei. 



1. JAMBOSA MTJNRONII, Walp. Eugenia Munronu, Wt. ; F. B. I. 

 ii. 472 ; Wt. Ic. t. 546. 



W. Ghats, from S. Canara southwards, up to 5,000 ft., in 

 evergreen forests. 



A handsome tree with large reddish or white flowers and 

 purplish- green fruit. Yern. Tarn. Ilambili. 



2. JAMBOSA MUNDAGAM, Gamble n. comb. Eugenia Mundagam, 

 Bourd. For. Trees Trav. 182. 



W. Ghats, in the evergreen forests of Travancore, up to 

 4,000 ft. 



A medium-sized tree with white fragrant flowers. Bark 

 smooth, brown ; wood brown, rough, used for posts. Yern. 

 Tain. Katta samba ; Mai. Mundagam. 



