I J 2 Myrtacece. {Eugenia^ 



and shining on both sides, lat. veins numerous but incon- 

 spicuous, petiole about \ in.; cymes axillary and terminal, 

 shorter than L, fl. small, numerous, rather crowded, ped. very 

 short, glandular ; cal.-tube under \ in., funnel-shaped, densely 

 glandular, segm. rotundate, obtuse or subacute, erect ; pet. 

 imperfectly calyptrate ; fruit globose or nearly so, a little 

 under \ in., pure white. 



Dry and intermediate country up to 2000 ft. or higher; very common. 

 Fl. March and April ; white. 



Also in S. India and Malaya. 



The pure white berries are ornamental and conspicuous. The leaves 

 are very fragrant ; they vary much ; the narrow-leaved form is the com- 

 monest in the dry districts. C. P. 380, from Palagama, has small thick 

 leaves and larger flowers. 



Wood brown, heavy, liable to split. 



6. 33. lanceolata, Lam. Encycl. Meth. iii. 200 (1789). 



Wight, 111. ii. 15. Acmeha lanceolata, Thw. Enum. 119. C. P. 2863. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 285 (E. Wightiand). Wight, Ic. tt. 529 (E. Wightiana)- 

 and 530. 



A rather small tree with grey bark and slender cylindrical 

 twigs ; 1. 3^-5 in., broadly or narrowly lanceolate, tapering 

 below, acuminate-caudate, acute, glabrous, lat. veins very fine,, 

 numerous, faintly marked, midrib impressed above, petiole 

 \ in. or less; cymes short, usually few-fid., axillary often 

 from axils of fallen 1., fl. nearly sessile, articulated ; cal.-tube 

 §—§ in., tubular-funnel-shaped, tapering below, segm. 4 or 5, 

 very shallow, rounded ; pet. numerous, sometimes as many as 

 12, but usually calyptrate; style long, persistent; fruit about 

 f in., erect, ovoid-turbinate, tapering to long base, capped 

 with spreading cal.-segm. and long erect style, vertically 

 striate. 



Low country to 2000 ft. in the moist and intermediate regions,, 

 especially by streams; rather rare. Near Matara; Pasdun Korale;. 

 Singhe Rajah Forest ; Ambagamuwa ; Kurunegala. Fl. March; white. 



Also in South India. 



I think there are two plants confounded here, as I have collected in 

 the Pasdun Korale specimens with thicker, broader, nearly sessile leaves, 

 with more marked venation and with a shorter calyx; but I cannot fit our 

 plants to E. lanceolata and E. Wightiana as separate species. 



7. E. Ferg-usoni, Trim. 



A bush or small much-branched tree, bark reddish-grey,, 

 twigs stout, quadrangular, thickened at the nodes, orange- 

 coloured, leaf-scars prominent ; 1. 1^—3 in., crowded, very nearly 

 sessile, ovate-oval, acute or obtuse at apex, rounded or subcor- 

 date at base, margin generally slightly curved, thinly coriaceous,, 

 stiff, lat. veins numerous, faintly marked beneath ; fl. large,. 



