1 66 Myrtacece. \Rhodomyrtus. 



indehiscent, berry-like, pulpy or hard, with I, few, or numerous 

 seeds ; seed without endosperm, embryo with small cotyledons, 

 or quite without them (macropodous). 



L. opposite ; stam. distinct. 



Ovary 3-celled ; 1. 3-nerved I. RHODOMYRTUS. 



Ovary 2- celled ; 1. with an intramarginal vein . 2. EUGENIA. 

 L. alternate ; stam. connate below (Barringtoniece). 



Seed solitary 3. BARRINGTONIA. 



Seeds numerous 4. Careya. 



Our species are mainly inhabitants of the moist region and the hills. 

 Rhodomyrtus and 15 species of Eugenia are confined to the montane 

 region, and 22 species of" Eugenia and 3 of Barringtonia to the moist low 

 country, Careya extends up from the one into the other. Only 4 species 

 of Eugenia are found in the dry region, 1 only, E. bracteata, being con- 

 fined to it, as is also Barringtonia acutangtila. 



Eucalyptus. A considerable number of species of this large 

 Australian genus have been introduced into the hill- country and much 

 planted on estates for fuel and shelter. The species most frequently 

 met with are E. Globulus (Blue Gum), E. diversicolor (Karri), E. Leu- 

 coxylon (Iron Bark), E. robitsta (Swamp Mahogany), E. marginata 

 (Jarrah) ; but there are many others. 



1. RHODOMYRTUS, DC. 



Large shrub, 1. opp. 3-nerved, fl. axillary ; cal.-tube tur- 

 binate, adnate to ov., and not produced beyond it, segm. 5, 

 persistent ; pet. 5, spreading, stam. indef., distinct ; ov. inferior, 

 3-celled, with numerous ovules in each cell superposed in a 

 double row, style simple, stigma capitate ; fruit a berry, 3- 

 celled, with numerous horizontal seeds ; seed compressed, 

 embryo curved with a long radicle and small cotyledons, no 

 endosperm. — Sp. 5 : 1 in Fl. B. Ind. 



R. tomentosa, Wight, Spicil. Neilgh. i. 60 (1846). 



Myrtus tomentosa, Ait., Moon Cat. 39 ; Thw. Enum. 114. C.P. 1591. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 469. Wight, 1. c. t. 71. 



A large shrub or small, very much-branched tree, bark 

 yellowish, vertically fissured, exfoliating, young branches 

 finely tomentose ; 1. 2-2J in., oval or oblong-oval, acute at 

 base, obtuse or acute at apex, glabrous (when mature) above, 

 densely covered with fine grey or yellowish tomentum beneath, 

 stiff (very rigid when old), strongly 3-nerved (besides the 

 marginal one), margin slightly recurved, petiole £-§ in.; fl. 

 on stout pubescent ped., about 1 in. diam., solitary or 3 in a 

 peduncled cyme, with 2 small linear bracts beneath each ; 

 cal. densely tomentose, segm. rotundate, spreading ; pet. 



