Eugenia] LI. MYRTACE.E 323 



E. cerasoides, Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 615. Vera. Piaman, Rai Jam an, Hind. 

 Ki'ni thabye, Upper Burma. 



A small or middle-sized, sometimes a large tree, 1. thinly coriaceous, turning 

 red before falling, broadly-ovate or elliptic, sometimes obovate, blade 3-8, 

 petiole |-1 in. long, sec. n. H-1'2 pair. Fl. sessile, greenish, in broad com- 

 pound trichotomous cymes, ramifications divaricate, from the previous year's 

 wood. Calyx-tube turbinate ,V, stamens J in. long. Berry dark purple, juicy, 

 edible, J-.V in. diam. crowned by the broad and large calyx-rim. Seed 1. 



Subhimalayan trait from tin- Jumna eastwards. Common in Savannahs in Sal 

 forests. Behar. Orissa. Assam, Silhet, Cachar, Chittagong. Burma, Upper and Lower. 

 PI. April, May. 48. E. balsamea, Wight. Sikkim Terai, in swampy places and along 

 rivers. Assam. Khasi hills. Chittagong. Upper Burma on stream banks ( Ye thabye 

 thein). A shrub attaining 15 ft., 1. membranous, lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, blade 

 8-5, narrowed into petiole j-A in. long, sec, n. H-1'2 pair, prominent beneath, as well as 

 intramarginal veins. Fl. very small, in short fasciculate compound trichotomous cymes 

 with slender ramifications, calyx-tube from a short cylindrical base turbinate, ^ in. 

 long, mouth truncate, fr. nearly globose. } in. long, crowned by the broad calyx-rim. 

 lii. E. Stoeksii, Duthio, Konkan and Wainad. Similar to IS, but branchlets acutely 

 quadrangular, inflorescence and fl. larger, calyx-tube Jin. long. fr. not known. 50. E. 

 nicobarica, King in Journ. As. Soc. Beug. 70,130 (E. occlusa, Kurz not Jliq. ; Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. ii. 498) 1. thinly coriaceous lanceolate or elliptic, blade 21—14, petiole § in. long, fl. 

 sessile or on short i-angled pedicels, calyx j"jj in. long. 



(b.) Sec. n. numerous, slender, closely parallel. 



51. E. Jambolana, Lam.: "Wight Ic. t. 535; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 107, 

 Brandis F. Fl. t. .'50. Vera. Jaman, Jamun, Hind. Phalinda, Garirwal : 

 Kdla jam, Nep.; Kuda, Kol; Jambul, Mar.; Neredu, Tel. ; Nerale, Kan.; 

 Naval, Tam. ; Ntiga, Mai. : Thabye, Burm. 



A large tree, bark light grey. L. coriaceous, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 

 blade 3 6, petiole .1-1 in. long, sec. n. numerous, very fine, closely parallel. 

 Fl. whitish, scented, sessile, in compound trichotomous cymes on the previous 

 year's wood, rarely axillary, calyx-tube turbinate, ,',-',. in. long, base short 

 cylindrical, limb almost truncate, segments very short. Petals united in a 

 calvptra. stamens as long as calyx-tube. Fr. \—l\ in. long, pink while ripen- 

 ing, Mark when fully ripe, juicy, edible. 



Subhimalayan tract from Hazara eastwards, ascending to 3,000 ft. Common 

 throughout tndia and Burma, excepting the arid region of Sind and the southern 

 Punjab. PI. March-May. Fr. .Inn. ■-.Inly. The I. are renewed in April, the old I. 



turning red before bring shed. This species varies in the shai f its leaves and the 



size cif 11. and fr. A very striking form has large ll., calyx-tube J ] in. long, it is the mosl 



common form in the Western Peninsula, hul has also 1 n found in N.- Western [ndia, 



Bengal, Assam and the Andamans. Ii iuts both with elliptic and elliptic-Ian latel. 



in Kum.'Hin and Qurhwal I have found the large fruited form with both elliptic and 



lanceolate 1. In 1 1 vergrcen forests of Tr.-i\ ancore occurs n middle-sized tree, perhaps 



a distinct species (Bourdill No. 105) with small B. and inflorescence often axilla] 



A similar form I found in the SToonzaleen in March 1880. I., caryophyllifolia, Lam, 

 Wight Ic. i. 568 is supposed to be distinguished by lanceolate I, 52, E. fruticosa, Roxb, 

 Maimansingh, Dacca, Chittagong. Sunariban (Ban-jam). Burma, Upper and Lower, 

 often in Eng forest (Thabye-gale, Yethabye). A shrub similar to 51, but infloreso 

 larger, its ramifications sbarplj quadrangular, fi. white, calyx ,\ .', in., turbinate 

 >.< n in, Hi ;i cylindrical basis, petals often free, fr. globose, | in, diam. 



58. E. Heyneana, YV:i : 1 alicifolia, Wight tc. t. 689. Jamnera, Hind.; ParJambul, 

 Mar. Gregarious in the beds Of watercourses in Behar and the Central provinces. 

 \ U. ' in the Konkan, North Kanara, Travancore and elsewhere on the west Bide of the 



Peninsula. A shrub, I. > . lai olate, blade i. t in. long, sec. u. 



ii roiis, slender, with reticulate inter liate n. between. PI, sessile, whiti 



I id trichotomous cj 9 from tl Id « I, calyx tube turbinate | | in. long. Fr. 



oblong, '. | in. long, not edible. 



F. Fl. middle sized and small, calyx - tube \ in. and under, rarely 



larger, petals lalvptrate, inflorescence terminal and axillary. S] i •'■ i ''7. 

 a I leaves lai gi b] ide over 3 in. 



