170 Myriacece. [Eugenia. 



breadth, segm. large, usually broader than long, with mem- 

 branous margins, spreading ; pet. large, roundish, spreading ; 

 fruit f-i in., globose, crowned with prolonged neck-like cal.- 

 limb and segm. 



Moist region, especially between 2000 and 5000 ft.; common; often 

 planted. Fl. March-May; white or purplish rose-coloured. 



Also in East Bengal and Burma. 



At the higher elevations this puts on a very different appearance, 

 with smaller (15-3 in.) more oblong and more coriaceous leaves ; but it is 

 connected with the type by intermediate forms. 



There is a cultivated spreading tree, very handsome in May when 

 covered with its copious brilliant deep rose-coloured flowers, which 

 must, I suppose, be referred to this species. But I have not seen it wild, 

 and its origin is doubtful. It bears a large urceolate pale-green fruit 

 crowned with the spreading cal.-segm. 



E. malaccensis, L., the Malay apple, is cultivated under several 

 varieties, as is also E. Jambos, L., the Jambu or rose-apple. Both are 

 Malayan species, early introduced here, and both noticed by Hermann. 

 The former, with large rose-red flowers and red pear-shaped fruits, is well 

 figured in Wight, 111. t. 98 ; the latter, with white flowers and narrow 

 leaves, in Wight, Ic. t. 435. These fruits are pleasantly subacid and 

 refreshing. 



2. H. erandis, Wight, III. ii. 17 (1850). 



Syzygiiim firmum, Thw. Enum. 417 {S. montanum, Thw. Enum. 116). 

 C. P. 2964. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 476. Wight, Ic. t. 614. 



A large tree, bark smooth, whitish, shoots glabrous, 1. 

 large, 4-8 in., obovate-oval, tapering to base, rounded often 

 retuse or very abruptly acuminate at apex, margin revolute, 

 very coriaceous, thick and shining, lat. veins numerous, close, 

 parallel, petiole about \ in., very stout ; cymes terminal and 

 axillary, large, about as long as 1., fl. almost sessile, in 3s ; 

 cal.-tube nearly § in., turbinate, attenuate below, segm. 

 rounded, 2 larger than others ; pet. rounded ; fruit not seen, 

 'globose or somewhat pyriform, \-\\ in., crowned with the 

 large cup-like cal.-limb.' 



Montane zone at about 4000 ft.; very rare. Ambagamuwa District. 

 Fl. Sept.; white. 



Also in Burma, Malay Pen., and Borneo. 



Our plant differs slightly from this common Malayan species in its 

 longer and laxer panicles, with fewer and larger fl., and its more obovate 

 leaves. 



3. E. hemispherica, Wight, III. ii. 14 (1850). 

 Strongylocalyx hemisfthericus, Bl., Thw. Enum. 116. C. P. 2450, 



3438, 2540. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 477. Wight, Ic. t. 525. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 203. 



A medium-sized tree, with smooth, yellowish-grey bark, 

 young twigs sub-tetragonal ; 1. 3J-5 in., lanceolate, tapering 



