Eugenia.] MyrtacecB. 187 



A small tree, branchlets terete glabrous ; 1. large, 3^—6 in., 

 quite sessile, ovate-oblong, cordate at base, tapering into long 

 acuminate, obtuse apex, rather thick, veins inconspicuous ; fl. 

 about f in., on very slender glabrous ped. about f in. long, in 

 clusters of 2-10 between the terminal pair of 1., bracts be- 

 neath the fl. very small ; cal. glabrous, segm. broadly oval, 

 obtuse ; pet. ovate, acute, scarcely twice length of cal; fruit 

 not seen. 



Moist low country; very rare. Hapugodde, Kukul Korale ; Rakwane; 

 Dolosbagie up to 1500 ft. (Thwaites). Fl. April and September; white. 

 Endemic. 

 A singular species with the habit of Saprosma indicum. 



41. E. pedunculata, Trim, in Joum. Bot. xxvii. 162 (il 

 A shrub, much branched, twigs cylindrical, young parts 



glabrous, 1. i|-2^in., broadly oval, shortly tapering to base, 

 shortly and very obtusely acuminate, thick bright green, paler 

 beneath, lat. veins rather numerous, more conspicuous above 

 than beneath, petiole |-|- in. ; fl. rather large, f in. or a little 

 more, few, solitary, on straight, slender, slightly pilose ped. 

 \-2\ in. long, coming off from base of young shoots below the 

 1. (and at first appearing as if in clusters) ; cal. -tube ovoid- 

 turbinate, pubescent, segm. ovoid, obtuse, finely ciliate, re- 

 flexed ; pet. large, spreading or reflexed ; fruit not seen. 



Montane zone ; very rare. As yet only found on summit of the 

 Rangala Ridge at about 5000 ft. Fl. Sept.; white. 

 Endemic. 



42. E. XlXooniana, Wight, III. ii. 13 (1850), non Gardn* Pini- 

 baru, .V. 



Thw. Enum. 114. C. P. 11, 365. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 505. Wight, Ic. t. 551 (not good). 



A shrub or small tree, twigs numerous, slender, cylindrical; 

 glabrous ; 1. variable in size and shape : '{-2l in., usually oval or 

 rhomboid-oval, tapering to base, more or less acuminate, 

 obtuse at apex, thin, green on both sides, veins fine, incon- 

 spicuous, petiole short, slender ; fl. §— \ in., on very slender 

 ped. about \ in. long, in fascicles from base of (often sup- 

 pressed; branchlets (apparently axillary and terminal); cal.- 

 tubc fusiform, constricted at top, segm. lanceolate, acute or 

 obtuse ; pet. oval-oblong, obtuse, often reflexed ; fruit \-\ in., 

 usually ovoid, rarely globular, pendulous, scarlet or crimson. 



Moist and intermediate country up to 4000 ft. ; common. Fl. March 

 and April, and September; white. 

 1 m Southern India. 



/.. Mooniana is a lirazilian species 'dedicated to Mrs. 

 .. of Rio Janeiro.' 



