178 Myrtacece. [Eugenia. 



A small tree or shrub, with smooth reddish-grey bark, 

 much branched, twigs very numerous, quadrangular ; 1. 

 numerous, persistent, closely placed, small, |— § in., orbicular, 

 often retuse at apex, stiff and coriaceous, shining above, paler 

 and with the numerous lat. veins slightly prominent beneath, 

 petiole under |- in., slender ; fi. sessile, 2 or 3 together, cymes 

 small, crowded, terminal, scarcely exceeding 1. ; fruit nearly 

 \ in., nearly globose, dull reddish-purple. 



Upper montane zone down to 6000 ft.; very common. Fl. April ; 

 pinkish-white. 



Endemic. 



Known readily from E. sclerophylla by its distinctly though shortly 

 stalked leaves. This and the next, with their dense flat-topped heads of 

 evergreen foliage, are very characteristic of our highest hill jungle. 



20. E. sclerophylla. Duth. i?i Fl. B. Ind. ii. 494 (1878). 



Syzygium sclerophyllum, Thw. Enum. 118. C. P. 274. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 494. 



A small or moderate-sized much-branched tree, twigs very 

 numerous, quadrangular, with prominent leaf-scars ; 1. very 

 numerous and very persistent, sessile, f-i in., broadly oval or 

 rotundate, rounded or very slightly cordate at base, rounded at 

 apex, smooth and shining above, paler and with the numerous 

 lat. veins prominent beneath ; fl. sessile in threes, cymes ter- 

 minal, slightly exceeding 1., branches stout, quadrangular ; 

 fruit about \ in., ovoid-globular, crowned with cal.-limb. 



Upper montane zone down to 6000 ft. ; common. Fl. Feb.-April ; 



white. 



Endemic. 



21. E. oligantha, Duth. in FL B. Ind. ii. 494 (i< 

 Syzygium oliganthum, Thw. Enum. 118. C. P. 452. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 494. 



A bush or small much-branched tree, twigs very numerous, 

 slender, quadrangular; 1. \-\\ in., obovate, tapering to base, 

 rounded and often emarginate at apex, shining above, con- 

 spicuously dotted beneath with the lat. veins scarcely visible, 

 petiole \ in. ; fl. few, very small, sessile in twos or threes on 

 terminal or rarely axillary peduncles much shorter than 1.; 

 cal.-tube pyriform, segm. ovate, acute; fruit about ^in., globose, 

 dark red. 



Lower montane zone ; rather rare. Ambagamuwa ; Hantane ; 

 Maskeliya. Fl. March, April ; white. 



Endemic. 



22. E. olivifolia, Duth. in Fl. B. hid. ii. 495 (ii 



Syzygium spathulatum, Thw. Enum. 118 (non Berg). C. P. 2493. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 495. 



