478 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Syzygium. 



Branchlets tetragonous, dark ; leaves elliptic or elliptic- 

 oblong, membranous, 4-6 in. long, 2-3 in. broad ; inflores- 

 cence about 4 in. long, the branches slender, angled. 



19. Stocksii. 



Nerves of leaf joining in a distinct intramarginal nerve : 

 Large tree ; leaves over 1 in. broad, variable in shape but 

 usually 3-6 in. long, usually acuminate, sometimes 

 abruptly, the nerves close and parallel ; flowers some- 

 what large, the mouth of the calyx-tube '2 in. in diam. ; 



fruit oblong ellipsoid or globose 20. Jambolanum. 



Shrub or small tree ; leaves narrow, oblong, 3-4 in. 

 long, under 1 in. broad, the nerves close but slightly 

 irregular ; flowers small, the mouth of the calyx-tube 

 about '1 in. in diam. ; fruit obovoid, '5 in. long, crowned 

 w T ith the cup-like calyx-limb 21. Heyneanum. 



1. SYZYGIUM ARNOTTIANUM, Walp. S. densiflorum, Wall. ; 

 W. & A. 329. Eugenia Arnottiana, Wt. ; F. B. I. ii. 483; 

 Wt. Ic. t. 999. 



W. Ghats, in Shola forests of the Nilgiris, Anamalais, 

 Pulneys and Travancore Hills, at high levels, rarely lower 

 than 5,000 ft. 



A large tree with red young leaves and buds, cream- 

 coloured flowers and dark purple fruit. Bark grey rough ; 

 wood greyish-brown, hard and close-grained ; useful for 

 building and fuel ; one of the most important of the hill 

 woods. Vern. Tarn. Naval, Nagay ; Mai. Ayri. 



2. SYZYGIUM MYHENDRAE, Gamble n. comb. Eugenia Myhen- 

 drae, Bedd. MS. ; Brand. Ind. Trees, 325. 



W. Ghats, in the evergreen forests of Travancore and 

 Tinnevelly, at 3,000-4,000 ft. (Beddonie, Bourdillon). 

 A medium-sized handsome tree reaching 40 ft. in height, 

 the flowers white, very small, the leaves small. 



3. SYZYGIUM BENTHAMIANUM, Gamble n. comb*. Eugenia 

 Benthamiana, Wt. E. Arnottiana var. Benthamiana, Duthie 

 in F: B. I. ii. 484. 



W. Ghats, in the Nilgiri Hills, at Sispara, 6,000 ft. (Gardner). 

 Apparently a small tree or large shrub. 



4. SYZYGIUM WIGHTIANUM, Wall. ; W. & A. 330. S. lanceo- 

 latum, W. & A. 330. Eugenia Wightiana, Wt. ; F. B. I. ii. 

 485 ; Wt. Ic. t. 529. E. lanceolata, Lam. ; Wt. Ic. t. 530. 



