Eugenia.] Myrtacecs. 175 



12. E. micrantha, Duth. in Fl. B. Ind. ii. 483 (1878). 

 Syzygium micranthum, Thw. Enum. 117. C. P. 1580. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 483. 



A moderate-sized tree with smooth, greyish-brown bark, 

 branchlets slender, cylindrical ; 1. crowded, 2-3 in. or rather 

 more, broadly oval, abruptly narrowed to base, conspicuously 

 caudate-acuminate, obtuse at apex, margin often revolute, 

 quite glabrous, lat. veins numerous, rather close, straight, 

 petiole \-\ in., slender ; fl. very small, on short ped., cymes 

 numerous, axillary, shorter than 1. ; cal.-tube short, broadly 

 turbinate, segm. distant, very short, acute ; pet. very small ; 

 fruit very small, under \ in., globose, capped by cal.-segm., 

 pale purple. 



Forests in lower montane zone ; common. Fl. Feb., March, and' 

 October ; greenish-white. 

 Endemic. 



13. E. revoluta, Wight, III. ii. 17 (1850). 

 Syzygium revolutmn, Thw. Enum. 117. C. P. 2521. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 492. Wight, Ic. t. 534. 



A moderate- sized tree with pale brown, finely cracked 

 bark, twigs somewhat compressed ; 1. i-|-4 in., more or less 

 obovate-oval, tapering to base, obtuse, rounded, often emar- 

 ginate at apex, more or less revolute at margin, thick, stiffly 

 coriaceous, shining above, usually glaucous beneath, lat. veins 

 prominent especially beneath, petiole very short ; fl. sessile 

 in clusters of 3 or more, cymes numerous, pedunculate, 

 axillary and terminal, shorter than 1., sometimes from the 

 old wood, cal.-segm. short, pet. usually distinct, small ; fruit 

 about £ in., globose, fleshy, dark purplish-red. 



Forests of the montane zone up to 7000 ft.; common. Fl. Feb., 

 March, and September ; pinkish-white. 



Also in the Nilgiris. 



At the higher elevations this has smaller leaves, i-i£ in. long only. 



The wood-cutters at Nuwara Eliya call this ' Karon-damba,' the wood 

 is very hard and strong, but liable to split. 



14. E. sylvestris, Wight, III. ii. 15 (1850) non Moon. Alubo, S. 

 Calyptranthes Jambolana, Moon Cat. 39. Syzygium sylvestre, Thw. 



Enum. 116. C. P. 2862. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 493. Wight, Ic. t. 532. 



A large tree with smooth yellowish-grey bark, twigs 

 cylindrical ; I. 3^,-5 in., oblong-oval, tapering to base, shortly 

 acuminate, obtuse and generally twisted at apex, margin 

 slightly recurved, coriaceous, lat. veins numerous, fine, rather 

 prominent, petiole [ ! in., fl. sessile, small, in dense clusters, 

 cymes nearly all terminal, on long peduncles, crowded ; pet. 

 calyptrate ; fruit about I in., globose, purplish-black. 



