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Calyx a line long, nlmost sessile ; ramifications of panicle sharply 4-cornered, berries ovoid, 

 the size of a pea ; branchlets brownish, -E. fruticosa. 



Calyx 2 lin. long, tapering in a thick pedicel-like base ; ramifications of the panicle obsoletely 

 4-cornered ; berries ovoid-oblong, 3 inch long ; branchlets white, E. Jambolana. 



t t Inflorescence terminal (and often on the same branch also 

 axillary). 

 A Branchlets brown. 



II Leaves bluntish acuminate to blunt. 



Leaves thin coriaceous, the lateral nerves thin but distinct ; petiole 3 lin. long, 

 slender , E. cymosa. 



Leaves firmly coriaceous, the lateral nerves obsolete ; petiole thick, not above a line 

 long, .,.., E. myrti/olia. 



II II Leaves long and shai~phj acuminate. 



Leaves almost chartaceoua, pale coloured beneath; petiole about 2 lin. long,-B. acuminatissima. 



A A Branchlets white. 



Leaves bluntish acuminate, almost chartaceous, elegantly transversely veined, , . ,.E. venusta. 



+ -V- Calyx not or almost not contracted at the base, sessile. 



t Branchlets ichite. Leaves drying black or reddish. 



Leaves chartaceous ; calyx-lobes about a line long ; petals 2 lin. loug or longer ; filaments 4-5 

 lin. long, ,E. rnbens. 



Leaves of a thicker texture, the lateral nerves strong and prominent ; calyx-lobes and petals 



shorter ; filaments 2-3 lin. long ; berries obovoid, E. Thmnra. 



t t Branchlets red-brown. Leaves drying blackish or reddish. 



Habit of former, but lateral nerves thin and vein-like ; berries almost globular, the size of a 



large cherry, E. oblata. 



* * Calyx usually with circular or 4-angular intra-staminal ring or the stamens on the 

 thickened ring itself ; flotcers often conspicuous; calyx-limb conspicuously 'i-hbed, 

 the lobes persistent. Berries usually large, more or less turbinate or ovoid, the 

 endocarp thick, fleshy. Seeds large. 



O Calyx-lobes in fruit spreading. 



X Calyx less than J an in. long. 

 -I- Flowers sessile. 



t Leaves firmly coriaceous, glossy, the lateral nerves thin, parallel. 

 Floicers in terminal and often also in axillary panicles. 



Leaves 5-6 m. long, blunt or nearly so; panicle corymb-like, peduneled; berry oho void-pear- 

 shaped, about an in. long, E. grandis. 



Leaves only 2-3 in. long, decurrent at base, bluntish apiculate E. lepidocarpa. 



Leaves cuneate at base ; flowers in sessile reduced cluster-like panicles ; ramifications very 

 short and thick, joint-like E. pachyphylla. 



t t Leaves coriaceous, opique, the lateral nerves curved and distant. 



Leaves long-petioled ; panicle terminal, corymb-like, , . . , E. tristis. 



-f- -f Flowers pedicelled. Leaves more or less chartaceous, the lateral 

 nerves curved. 



Flowers in axillary and terminal panicles; calyx-base thick, pedicel-like, the true pedicel 

 very short or almost none, E. lanccacfolia. 



Flowers in simple slender lateral or axillary racemes ; calyx-base filiform and pedicel-like ; 



pedicels filiform, long, E. cerasiflora. 



X % Calyx an in. long or longer. 



Leaves large, almost sessile, cordate or rounded at base ; corymbs lateral and 

 terminal, E.formosa. 



Calyx-lobes in fruit incurved or inflexed. 

 X Flowers sessile or nearly so. 



Leaves cordate or rounded at base, the petiole very short and thick, corymbs 

 terminal, E. macrocarpa. 



Leaves sessile with a cordate base, blunt ; branchlets white, terete ; corymbs small, 

 lateral, .^E. amplcxicauiis. 



