NEW SPECIES OF PLANTS. 235 



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StrombOSia leprosa, Talk, sp. nov. S. ceylanica, Gardn. Fl. Br. I. 

 1*579 in part. Sphcerocarya leprosa, Dalz. and Gibs., Bomb., Fl. 223, 

 Herb. No. 3641. 



A small or large evergreen tree with white, scaly bark. Leaves 

 glabrous, shining, thinly coriaceous, pale beneath, ovate, rounded at the 

 tip, sometimes oblique at the base; blade 3-6 by 1*5-3 in.; petiole 

 *5-*75 in. long ; lateral nerves 4-6 pairs, distinct beneath. Flowers 

 small, white, pentamerous, in axillary fascicles or on woody tubercles ; 

 buds globose. Calyx lobes more or less indistinct, ciliate. Petals val- 

 vate, hairy within at the tips, '12 in. Stamens adnate to the petals, 

 Disk epigynous, red. Ovary 5-celled ; style short. Fruit globose, 

 green, glabrous or scaly, *75 in. in diameter. Seed globose, *5 in,, 

 finely rugose j albumen firm. 



This tree sometimes attains a considerable size. I have measured 

 some near Sonda (North Kanara), which were 100 ft. high by 3-4 ft. 

 in diameter near the base, and possessing a straight cylindrical trunk. 



Branches pendulous. Bark smooth, white or grey, scaly ; inner bark 

 brown, fibrous. Distinct from S. ceylanica, Gardn. to which species it is 

 united in the Fl. Br. I. on the authority of Beddome, (Fl. Syl. t. 137), 

 who states that he has only poor specimens of the Kanara plant. 

 Ripe fruits of S. ceylanica are about \ as large as those of the Kanara 

 tree, which has also shining leaves. The leaves of S. ceylanica, Gardn., 

 are dull like those of Lepionurus. 



MYRTACEiE. 



Eugenia Utilis, Taib., sp. nov. Herb. No. 3644. Hennerl, Kan. 



A large, quite glabrous tree, branches terete. Leaves coriaceous, 

 elliptic, abruptly and shortly acuminate, acute at the base, conspicuously 

 gland-dotted ; blade 3-2 by 1*5-1 in.; petiole *3 in. long ; lateral 

 nerves close, rather inconspicuous. Flowers small in axillary or ter- 

 minal corymbose, panicled cymes which are shorter than the leaves, 

 flowers sessile, usually fascicled in 3s on the cyme branches; buds globose 

 or pear-shaped *1 in. in diameter. Calyx shortly turbinate, scarcely 

 lobed or truncate. Petals separate or slightly cohering. Fruit small, 

 black, succulent. 



A fine large tree with a straight, cylindrical trunk, and grey, scaly 

 bark. Wood moderately heavy and tough, of a reddish-brown colour, 



