G2 S. Kurz — Contributions toimrds a [No. 2, 



Hab. Var. a. very frequent in the drier hill-forests of Martaban 

 and Tcnasserim, freely springing up in toungyas, at 3000 to 4000 ft. eleva- 

 tion. — Fl. March. 



Rhodamnia, Jack. 



1. R. TEiNEEViA, Bl. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I. 79 ; Bth. Fl. Austr. III. 

 278. {Myrtus trinervia, Sm. in Linn. Trans. III. 280 ; Eugenia ? iri- 

 nervia, DC. Prod. III. 279 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3223). 



Var. a. concolok, (Bliodamnia cinerea, Griff. Not. Dicot. 653, non 

 Jack ; jB. concolor, Miq. Suppl. Fl. Sumatr. 315 ; R. trinervia, Bl. 1. c), 

 leaves green on both sides, beneath thinly and minutely puberulous or 

 almost glabrescent ; flowers usually by 4 — 7, but also fewer or solitary. 



Var. /?. SPECTABILIS {B. spectalilis, Bl. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. I. 78 ; 

 Miq. 1. c. 479 ; B. cinerea, Jack Mai. Misc. II. 48 ; Monoxora spectahilis, 

 Wight Icon. t. 524 ; B. Nageli, Miq. 1. c. 478 ; B. suUrijiora, Bl. Mus. 

 Lugd. Bat. L 79; Miq. 1. c. 479; B. Muelleri, Bl. 1. c. ; Miq. 1. c), 

 leaves beneath covered with a close minute silvery white pubescence, turning 

 sometimes greyish when old ; flowers usually fewer, or only 2 or solitary 

 in the leaf -axils. 



Hab. Var. a. Tenasserim, from Moulmein down to Mergui (Fal- 

 coner, Helf. 2344 ; Griff. 2344 ; Wall, etc.)— Fl. Aug. 



Psidium, L. 



*1. P. GuTATA, L. sp. pi. 470 ; Bth. Fl. Hongk. 120. 



Var. a. ptriferum, (P. pyriferum, L. sp. pi. 672 ; DC. Prod. III. 

 233 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. II. 480 ; Bot. Reg. t. 1079 ; Rheed. Hort. Mai. III. 

 t. 34), peduncles 1-flowered; fruits pear-shaped. 



Va,r. jB. POMiFEEUM, (P. pomiferum, L. sp. pi. 672 ; DC. 1. c. 234 ; 

 Roxb. I.e.; Rheed. Hort. Malab. III. t. 48), peduncles usually 2-flowered, 

 with a third flower in the axil of the forking ; fruits globular or ovoid. 



Hab. Now generally cultivated all over the country, and often as 

 wild in village-woods. — Fl. Apr., May ; Fr. RS. 



Eugenia, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 

 Suhg. I. Syzygium, Gsertn. Calyx smooth inside, without intra- 

 staminal thickened ring. Calyx-limb often obsolete and turning truncate 

 after defloration. Petals free or often cohering in a deciduous calyptra. 

 Flowers usually small. Berries often small, globular to ovoid and cylindri- 

 cal, more or less sappy, 1- rarely 2-seeded. 



* Calyx elongate and cylinclrieal, or shorter and obversely conical. — (Acmena, 

 Wight). 



X Flowers in simple or almost simple axillary racemes sometimes much 

 reduced. Calyx much elongate. Berries ovoid. 



