Eugenia] LI. aIYRTACE.E 325 



of 3-fld. cymes in .1 terminal corymblform inflorescence, calyx-tube 1 in., segments 

 broadly triangular, petals calyptrate, sometimes fivf. Pr. ovoid-oblong, A iu. long, 



dark purple. 64. E. revoluta, Wi;_ r lit . I. thickly coriaceous, H-3 in., o bo vale, obtuse, often 

 emarginate, petals small, usually distinct, fr. globose .^ in. diam., is a Ceylon tree. I 

 have seen no specimens from the Xilgiris. 65. E. Myhendrse, Bedd, MSS. A large tree 

 "ii the Tinnevelli and Travancore ghats, branchlets ami ramifications of inflorescence 

 sharply quadrangular, 1 oblanceolate, 1— 1J in. long, sec. n. slender, very numerous, 

 closely parallel, 8. sessile in terminal compound trichotomous cymes, calyx-tube J in. 

 long, segments broad, rounded, fr. unknown. 66. E. cuneata, Wall. Assam. Khasi 

 hills. Upper Burma in stream beds 1 Te-thabye, Burm. Smales). A shrub, branchlets 

 and ramifications of inflorescence i|iiadrangular. I. lanceolate, blade 1J— 24 in., petiole 

 J in. long. PI. sessile, in small terminal compound cymes, calyx-tube i in., petals 

 calyptrate, stamens } in., fr. red, nearly globose. ?, in. diam. liT. E. myrtifolia, Koxb. 

 Tenasserim (Kurz). .Malay Peninsula, branchlets quadrangular, 1. elliptic-lanceolate 



2-3 in. long, petiole very short. PI. sessil shortly pedicellate, in trichotomous 



compound cymes. Calyx-tube broadly funnel-shaped, }• in. long and at mouth -Jin. 

 wide, I lie free portion a shallow cup. Petals 1 calyptrate, stamens j- in. lone-. 



Sect. III. Eu-eugt uia. Calyx-tu.be not produced beyond ovary, petals dis- 

 tinct, fl. solitary or fasciculate ; 2 bracteoles at the base of calyx-tube. Nearly 

 all Western species. (Species 68-79.) 



A. Young shoots and iufloresceuce pubescent, pedicels longer than calyx- 

 tube. 



(is. E. bracteata, Roxb.— Syn. E. Willdenowii, Wight Ic. t. 545. 



A shrub or small tree, young shoots and inflorescence rusty-pubescent, 1. 

 coriaceous, elliptic, blade 1 :!. petiole \ in. Fl. white, showy, on. slender 

 axillary, usually 1-fld. peduncles, these frequently in pairs. Calyx-tube hairy, 

 hemispherical, segments large, obtuse, reflexed after flowering. Petals hairy 

 at back, ciliate at margin, twice the length of calyx-segments. Berry orange 

 or red, globose, i in. diam., 1-2-seeded, crowned by the persistent calyx- 

 segments. 



Western Peninsula, on 1 1 ast side in semi-evergreen scrub as far north a- Orissa. On 



the wesl side in evergreen forests, ascend ing to 5,000 ft. Assam and t he Khasi hills. PI. 

 Nov. May. Ceylon dry region. 69. E. Kottleriana, "\Y.et A.; Wighl b. i. LOO. Tinnevelli 

 and Travancore ghats. A. small or middle-sized tree, 1. narrowly lanceolate, 2 x J in., fl. 

 fasciculate on shorl peduncles, top of ovary and base of style hairy. To. E. argentea, 

 Bedd. Wain. el. a small tree, branchlets and underside of 1. with dense silky silvery 

 hairs, I. lanceolate from a rounded base, blade 3-5, petiole J in., sec. n. slender, nearly 

 at right aueles from midrib, bracteoles linear persistent, fr. globose :; in. diam. 71. E. 

 Jossinia, Duthie (Jossinia indica, Wighl 111. t. '.'7 : [c. t. 523). Tinnevelli hills. A 



shrub or small tree, I. curia us oblanceolate, blade 1-2, narrowed into petiole Jin. 



louir, fr. velvety. 72. E. calcadensis, Bedd. [c. PI. Ind. Or. 1. 162. Calcad hills, Tinne- 

 velli. A -ma II tree, peduncles axillary , solitary, stly 2-fld., petals n hite, | in. long. 



7::. E. (?) Wynadensis, Bedd. [c. PI. Ind. Or. t. 161. ' Wain. id (2 3,000 ft.). \ lai 



shrub or small tree, young shoots and inflorescen tensely fulvo-tomentose, peduncles 



fasciculate, axillary or supra-axillary, each fl. supported by a pair of lanceolate brac- 

 teoles la rirer than eolj \. calj s lobes lanceolate, as lone; as petals, disk on top of ovary 

 glabrous, ovules pendulous from the top of the two cells, I in each. Probably a new 

 genus, 



14 5t"oung shoots and inflorescence pubescent, fl. sessile or nearly so. 



71. E. floccosa, Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 200, Tinnevelli ghats above Calcad. A beautiful 



large tree, I. thickly coria us. Made elliptic, 3 5 bj - '■'> in., petiole '. in. long. Fl. 



rusty tomentose on short pedicels in terminal compact cj s, disk on the topof the 



ovary densely woolly, petalswhite. 75. E. macrosepala, Duthie, ghats ol North K.mara 



on tl Igeoi evergreen forests, locally coi n, a bushj spreading shrub, branohlets 



pubescent, I. elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, blade :'• I. petiole 1 in., il. clustered, sessile, 

 clusters axillary or above the -cars of fallen I., calj \ tube shorter t ban bracteoles, lobes 

 lanceolate, longer than petals. 76. E. coayensiB,\Munro, Coorg and Nilgiris. A shrub, 1. 

 elliptic, blade 2 8, petiole \ in., tl. sessile, clustered, axillary and above the scars of 

 fallen I., calyx-lobes brood, half the length of petals. 



U. Young shoots glabrous. 



77. E. Mooniana, Wiirht to. t. 651. Evergreen forests of the Western ghats, from the 



