322 LI. MYRTACE^E [Eugenia 



A small or middle-sized tree, 1. coriaceous, minutely glandular-punctate, 

 both surfaces shining, lanceolate- or ovate-lanceolate, blade l'-3, petiole \ in. 

 long. Fl. numerous, white, sessile or shortly pedicellate, in pedunculate 

 clusters, these arranged in large terminal and axillary panicles, bracteoles 0. 

 Calyx-tube tubercled, very resinous, \ in. long, from a cylindrical base narrow 

 funnel-shaped, segments persistent, petals 4 or 5, usually free, early deciduous. 

 Er. nearly globose, white, -J- in. diam. 



Western Ghats, from the Konkan southwards. Nepal and Silhet (Wallich), Anda- 

 mans, Tenasserim. Fl. April-June. Ceylon, very common in the dry and inter- 

 mediate region. Malay Peninsula. Java. Borneo. Varies greatly in regard to size 

 and shape of leaves. Forms 'with narrowly linear 1. are known from tbe Western 

 Peninsula (23. linearis, Wall.) and from Tenasserim ; a remarkable form with broadly 

 ovate 1. from Coorg. 39. E. grata, Wight. Tenasserim, Andamans, Malay Peninsula. 

 Similar but fr. black, ovoid J in. long. 40. E. microphylla, Bedd., abundant on the 

 banks of a river in the Asambu hills, Travancore, 4,500 ft., a small tree with dense 

 foliage, branchlets angled and narrowly winged, 1. elliptic-oblong, obtuse, J-J in. long. 

 Fl. in clusters of 5-10 at the ends of branches, calyx-tube J in., more or less covered 

 with resinous scales, free portion as long as solid portion, petals small, free, stamens 

 \ in. long. Erroneously placed under Eueugenia in Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 505. 41. E. pellucida, 

 Duthie (E, contractu, Wall. ; Kurz F. Fl. i. 481). Martaban and Tenasserim, frequent 

 in stony or rocky stream beds. A small shrub, 1. linear-lanceolate, 3-5 in. long, sec. n. 

 distant, calyx-tube J in. slender. 



~D. Fl. small, calyx-tube less than ^ in. long, inflorescence lateral, petals 

 free. (Species 42-44.) 



42. E. polyantha, Wight Ic. t. 543. Mergui. Malay Peninsula and Archip. A tall 

 slender tree, 1. chartaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 3-5, petiole J in., sec. n. slender, 

 8-10 pair, with shorter intermediate nerves between. Fl. small, sessile, in many-fld. 

 short compound cymes on the old wood, rai'ely axillary, calyx-tube broadly turbinate, 

 5^ in. long, wider at mouth, segments broadly triangular, acute, petals free, white, 

 stamens shorter than petals. Fr. irregularly globose, crowned by the rim and the more 

 or less persistent segments of the calyx, when 2-seeded much broader than long, up to 

 J in. broad. 43. E. Manii, King in Jonrn. As. Soc. Beng. v. 70, 104. Andamans. A 

 middle-sized tree, very similar to 42, sec. n. 6-8 pair, arching, prominent beneath, fl. 

 larger, very numerous, crowded in compound cymes 3-4 in. long, calyx-tube \ in. Fr. 

 depressed globose, J in. diam., crowned by the small circular remains of calyx. 44. 

 E. malabarica, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 199. Wainad 2-4,500 ft., common in swampy places, 

 a middle-sized tree, 1. spathulate, obovate or obcordate, blade 2-5, petiole J-J in. Fl. 

 sessile, minute, in short compound cymes from last year's branchlets, small lanceolate 

 bracts at the base of ramifications and flowers. Petals free, fr. globose J in. diam. 



E. El. middle sized and small, calyx-tube \ in. long and under, inflorescence 

 lateral, petals calyptrate. (Species 45-53.) 



(a.) Sec. n. 8-18 pair, distant. 



45. E. alternifolia, Wight Ic. t. 537; Bedd. El. Sylv. t. 198. Manchi 

 Movi, Mogi, Movi, Tel. 



A large tree, 1. alternate, thickly coriaceous, from broad-ovate to nearly 

 orbicular, blade 5-9, petiole 1-1 Jr in. long, sec. n. 12-18 pair, branching, with 

 shorter intermediate nerves between. Fl. sessile, yellowish-white, sweet- 

 scented, supported by lanceolate bracteoles, in compound trichotomous cymes 

 on the old wood. Calyx-tube J in., funnel-shaped, petals calyptrate, stamens 

 twice the length of calyx-tube. Fr. nearly globose i in. diam., edible. 



Nallamalai hills, Karnul district. Palkondas and "Veligondas. Hills of Cuddapah 

 and North Arcot. Kambakum hill, Chengalpat district. 



46. E. tetragona, Wight : Kurz F. Fl. i. 484. Sikkim ascending to 6,000 ft. Khasi hills. 

 Upper Burma, Kurz. A large tree, branchlets quadrangular, angles often winged, 1. 

 opposite, lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, blade 4-11, narrowed into petiole A-l in., sec. n. 

 12-18 pair, prominent beneath as well as intramarginal veins. Fl. sessile, small, in 

 short compound cymes from the previous year's wood, rarely from the leaf-axils, calyx- 

 tube I in. Fr. red and black, nearly globose, J in. long, edible. 



47. E. operculata, Eoxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 552 ; Brandis F. Fl. 234— Syn. 



