1 82 MyrtaceCB. [Eugenia.. 



Moist low country ; rare. Ratnapura and Reigam Korale (Thwaites) ;:. 

 Ambagamuwa. Fl. Jan. -March; greenish-white. 

 Endemic. 



28. X3. xanthocarpa, Thiv. Enum. 416 (1864). 

 C P. 3834. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 503. 



A large bush or very small tree, with grey bark, twigs 

 cylindrical, young parts with rusty-brown pubescence ; 1. 3-5 

 in., oblong-oval, acute at base, more or less acuminate, obtuse, 

 at apex, glabrous, light green above, pale greenish- white 

 beneath, lat. veins numerous, rather conspicuous, uniting near 

 the margin ; fl. on short rusty-hairy ped., with two small 

 linear bracts at the top, solitary or in small axillary cymes of 

 three or five; cal.-tube campanulate, rusty-hairy, segm. large, 

 oval, obtuse ; pet. much longer than cal.-segm., obovate- 

 oblong, obtuse ; fruit \ in., depressed-globose, often somewhat 

 lobed, crowned with erect cal.-segm., finely pilose, bright 

 orange. 



Moist low country ; very rare. Only found near Bentota, on the 

 S.W. coast. Fl. November-March ; white. 

 Endemic. 

 The flowers have a singular creosote-like scent. 



29. E. braeteata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 37 (181 3). Tembiliya, S. 

 Kaya, Venkalikaya, T. 



E. zeylanica, Roxb. (non Willd.), Moon Cat. 38; Am. Pug. 18. E. 

 Willdenovii, Wight, Thw. Enum. 114 (non DC). C. P. 1586, 1590. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 502. Hook. Journ. Bot. i. t. 124 (E. Roxburghii). 

 Wight, Ic. t. 545 (E. Willdenovii). 



A much-branched shrub or small tree, with very smooth 

 yellowish-grey bark, young twigs cylindrical, densely covered 

 with rusty pubescence ; 1. if-3 in., oblong-lanceolate or oval, 

 tapering to base, obtuse at apex, often somewhat acuminate, 

 glabrous, paler beneath, veins inconspicuous, petiole |— § in.; 

 fl. usually solitary, often 2-7 in corymbose cymes, ped. rather 

 long, stiff, rufous-pubescent, with two small linear bracts at 

 summit ; cal.-tube campanulate, rufous -pubescent, segm. 

 oblong-ovate, obtuse ; pet. large, ovate-oblong, pubescent out- 

 side, ciliate, somewhat reflexed ; fruit |-| in., usually globose,, 

 sometimes pear-shaped, crowned with cal.-segm., orange- 

 yellow or red. 



Dry region, especially near the coast ; very common. Fl. Feb.-May, 

 white. 



Also in Southern India. 



A showy species when in full blossom ; variable in size of leaf and 

 flower. I fail to find any means of clearly distinguishing, even as a 

 variety, E. Roxburghii, DC. (E. zeylanica Roxb., E. Willdenovii, Wight). 



