Eugenia.] XXXVII. MYRTACE^E. 233 



collected in 4 bundles ; anthers versatile, usually small, the cells opening 

 longitudinally. Ovary 2-celled, rarely 3-celled, with several ovules in each 

 cell. Fruit a berry with 1 or few seeds ; testa membranous or cartila- 

 ginous; embryo thick and fleshy with a very short radicle; the coty- 

 ledons either united in an apparently homogeneous mass, or more or less 

 separable. 



Flowers large, in short 4-8-flowered terminal cymose racemes . 1. E. Jambos. 

 Flowers small in trichotomons panicles arising from the previous 

 year's wood below the leaves. 



Leaves coriaceous, lateral nerves close together . . 2. E. Jambolana. 



Leaves subcoriaceous, lateral nerves distant . . . 3. E. operculata. 



1. E. Jambos, Linn. ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 494. Syn. Jambosa vulgaris, 

 W. & A. Prodr. 332 ; Wight Ic. t. 435. The Rose-apple. Sans. Jambu. 

 Vern. Gulab jaman. 



A moderate-sized tree, quite glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, entire, lan- 

 ceolate, 5-8 in. long, narrowed into short petioles ; lateral nerves distant, 

 joined by prominent intramarginal veins. Flowers tetramerous, large, 

 white, 1-1 J in. to tip of stamens, on pedicels J in. long, in short cymose 

 terminal racemes, composed of 2-4 pair of opposite flowers (1 -flowered 

 tjymes), the uppermost opening first. Calyx-tube turbinate, edge free, 

 6omewhat produced above the ovary ; lobes round, obtuse. Fruit sub- 

 globose, 1-2 in. long, crowned with the persistent calyx-lobes. 



Only cultivated within the range of this Flora, rare in the Panjab. Indigen- 

 ous in the Sikkim Terai. Cultivated in many tropical countries. Fl. Feb. ; 

 fruit ripens July, Aug. Trunk short ; bark thin, grey, with shallow furrows, 

 inner substance reddish, compact, brittle. Wood reddish brown. The tree is 

 planted for shade and ornament, and on account of its fruit, the size of a small 

 apple, with a delicate rose-water perfume, but dry and hardly worth eating. 



2. E. Jambolana, Lam. Tab. XXX. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 197; 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 484. Syn. Syzygium Jambolanum, W. & A. Prodr. 

 329, often called the Black Plum. Sans. Jambu, jambula. Vern. Jam, 

 jaman, jamni, phalani, phalinda, pharenda, phaunda, paiman. 



A moderate -sized tree, wholly glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, shining, 

 entire, oval oval -oblong or lanceolate -oblong, generally long- acuminate, 

 3-6 in. long, narrowed into petiole J-l in. long ; lateral nerves numerous, 

 close together, parallel, confluent near the margin, but not forming regu- 

 lar prominent intramarginal veins. Flowers greenish, tetramerous, small, 

 numerous, \-\ in. to tip of stamens, nearly sessile, in 3-flowered cymes 

 (sometimes by abortion 1- or 2-flowered), arranged in broad trichotomous 

 panicles, lateral on the previous year's wood, rarely terminal, the ultimate 

 cymes approximate at the end of each branch of the inflorescence, forming 

 rounded fascicles of flowers. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped, the upper part 

 campanulate, produced above the ovary; lobes very short. Petals co- 

 hering and falling off in a calyptra. Berry oblong or subglobose, |-1 in. 

 long, crowned with the base of the cup-shaped calyx, purple or black, sue- 



