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Eugenia caryophyllata, Thunberg. (Caryophyllus aromaticus, Linn). 



Moluccas. The Cloves-tree. Here cursorily mentioned, although 

 not strictly of any extra-tropic culture, but prospering as far South 

 with us as Moreton-Bay [Fr. Turner]. 



Eugenia cordata, Lawson. 



South-Eastern Africa. " Water-boom." A large tree, growing 

 in marshy and swampy places on the coast-belt, 2,000 feet or more 

 above sea-level. The timber is valuable if cut at the right time ; it 

 becomes exceedingly hard and is very durable. Some planks which 

 had been used as wall-plates were, after 10 years, found to be so 

 hard that nails could not be driven into them. The fruit is palatable 

 [J. Medley Wood]. 



Eugenia cordifolia, Wight. 



Ceylon, up to 3,000 feet elevation. Fruit edible, of 1 inch 

 diameter. 



Eugenia Hallii, Berg. 



Quito. Fruit of large size, edible. 



Eugenia Jambolana, Lamarck. 



Southern Asia, ascending to 5,000 feet in Kumaon, Polynesia, 

 probably hardy in extra-tropic latitudes. The fruit of this handsome 

 and finally tall tree is about cherry size, purplish-black when ripe 

 and edible ; it may perhaps be improved by well directed skilful 

 culture. Madame Von Nooten indeed in her splendid work on Java- 

 plants pictures fruits over 1J inches long. The seeds have come 

 into use as a remedy against diabetes [Christy]. 



Eugenia Jambos, Linne. 



Continental and Insular India. A tree of middling size ; its fruits 

 known as Rose-Apples. Cultivated in Jamaica up to 4,000 feet 

 [Fawcett] ; hardy in the mildest regions of Victoria. The rosy- 

 odorous fruit is best used as an admixture to various other dishes. 



Eugenia maboides, Wight. 



Ceylon, up to 7,000 feet elevation. Fruit of the size of a small 

 cherry [Dr. Thwaites]. 



Eugenia Malaccensis, Linn4. 



The large Rose- Apple. India. A tree, attaining a height of 40 

 feet, but fruiting already as a shrub. Although strictly a tropical 

 plant, it has been admitted into this list as likely adapted for warmer 

 forest-regions in extra-tropic zones. The leaves are often a foot 

 long. The large juicy fruits, of rosy odor, are wholesome and of 



