476 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Syzygium. 



the nerves rather close and parallel ; petals often many ; fruit 



'5 in. long, scarlet 4. Wightianum. 



Flowers in many-flowered terminal and axillary panicles of 

 umbellules ; calyx-tube under '3 in. long, greyish and gland- 

 dotted: 



Leaves ovate, long-acuminate, up to 4 in. long, T5 in broad, 

 usually rounded at base, petiole 'l-'2 in. long ; flower pedicels 



short, slender; fruit '2 in. in diam 5. zeylanicum. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, up to 3 in. long, *5 in. 

 broad, narrowed at ba^e, petiole '5 in. long ; flower pedicels 



elongate, slender 6. lineare. 



Flowers in umbels of 5-10 at the ends of the branchlets ; calyx- 

 tube resinous-scaly, about '2 in. long, the lobes minute ; leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, obtuse, narrowed at base, '3-' 5 in. long, '2 in. 

 broad, petiole '1 in. long ; pedicels very short...?, microphyllum. 

 Petals usually falling in one piece, calyptrate : 



Cymes terminal, more or less corymbose, sometimes also axillary 

 to upper leaves : : 



Branchlets tetragonous ; flowers small ; calyx-tube scarcely 

 1 in. in diam., turbinate . 



Leaves very coriaceous, elliptic to obovate or even orbicular, 

 up to 6 in. long, 3 in. broad, nerves distant and prominent, 

 but scarcely parallel, petiole very short, thick; inflorescence 



branches stout ; fruit small, globose 8. montanum. 



Leaves coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, up to 

 3 in. long, 1-1-5 in. broad, nerves close and parallel, petiole 

 very short ; inflorescence branches slender ; fruit small, 



globose 9. rubicundum. 



Branchlets terete : 



Leaves more than 1 in. broad : 



Leaves membranous, elliptic-ovate or -lanceolate, caudate- 

 acuminate, green when dry, up to 3*5 in. long, T5 in. broad, 

 petiole slender, nerves parallel, close and regular; inflores- 

 cence branches slender, divaricate nearly at right angles 



10. Gardneri. 



' Leaves coriaceous, obovate, obtuse or emarginate, dark 

 brown when dry, up to 4 in. long, 1'5 in. broad, petiole very 

 short, stout, nerves parallel, reticulate between them ; 

 inflorescence branches moderately thick, ascending 



11. carijopliyllaeum. 

 Leaves less than 1 in. broad : 

 Leaves suborbicular or obovate, often slightly emarginate, 



