Eugenia.] Myrtacece. 171 



to base, caudate-acuminate, subacute, stiff, smooth and shin- 

 ing, petiole about \ in., slender ; cymes terminal and axillary, 

 shorter than 1., fl. large, \\ in., ped. long, articulated below n\, 

 buds large, broad ; cal.-tube short, -|-§ in., hemispherical, 

 segm. large, rounded, white, with membranous margins, 

 spreading ; pet. large, rounded, very concave, reflexed ; fruit 

 globose, f-i in., green, crowned with cal.-segm. 



Moist region up to 6000 ft., chiefly in the lower montane zone; rather 

 rare. Deltota; Ambagamuwa; Kukul Korale; between Haputale and 

 Galagama, abundant. Fl. Feb.-May; cream-coloured, sweet-scented. 



Also in Southern India. 



An ornamental plant when in flower. The fruit resembles a small 

 apple. C. P. 2540 is a form from Elk Plains (over 6000 ft.), with 1. only 

 I3-25 in. long, and small fl. 



4. E. cylindrica, Wight, III. ii. 14 (1850). 

 Jambosa cylindrica, Thw. Enum. 115. C. P. 601. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 479. Wight, Ic. t. 527. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 201. 



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

 twigs cylindrical ; 1. 3^—5^ in., narrowly lanceolate, tapering 

 to base, caudate-acuminate, subacute, pale beneath with 

 prominent venation, lat. veins very few, uniting with the 

 marginal vein at a considerable distance from the edge, 

 petiole I in., stout ; cymes terminal and from upper axils, 

 shorter than 1., peduncles long, slender, compressed-quadran- 

 gular, ped. divaricate, slender ; cal.-tube J— § in., slender, 

 cylindrical, tapering to base, slightly narrowed at summit, 

 limb expanded cup-shaped, segm. roundish-triangular, sub- 

 acute ; pet. large, concave ; fruit about f in., nearly globose, 

 crowned by the short neck-like cal.-tube and reflexed segm. 



Moist low country to 3000 ft.; rather rare. Ambagamuwa District; 

 Hantane; Kalawane; Kukul Korale. Fl. Feb., March ; pinkish-white. 



Endemic. 



A beautiful species, easily distinguished when in flower by the long 

 slender, white calyx-tube ; the buds look like large white cloves. When 

 not in flower the peculiar venation of the leaves is characteristic. 



5. E. spicata, Lam. Encycl. Meth. iii. 201 (1789). Maran, 

 ItXaranda, S. Itfarung-i, '/'. 



Herm. Mus. 9. Burm. Thes. 166. Fl. Zeyl. n. 182. Myrtus zeylanica, 

 L. Sp. J'l. 472 ; Moon Cat. 39. E. zeylanica, Wight, 111. ii. 15. Acmena 

 zeylanica, Thw. Enum. 118. C. P. 56, 380. 



Fl. ii. Ind. ii. 485 (A. zeylimica). Wight, Ic. t. 73. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 

 202. 



A large shrub or tree, with smooth or furrowed pale 

 brown bark, and slender, shining, purplish twigs; 1. variable, 

 I £-4/, in., from ovate-oval to lanceolate-linear, usually 

 caudate-acuminate, obtuse, margin slightly revolutc, smooth 



