480 MYRTACER. [ Lugenta. 
aS Leaves acute at base, narrow, ~~ 
Fruit almost globular or ovoid, dull-yellow . E. Jambos. 
* Calys smooth inside, pihaat a an adrarlaasaal thickened ring 3 
flowers usually small, the limb often obsolete and turning 
truncate after flowering. Berries often small, globular to 
ovoid, more or less sappy, 1- rarely 2-seede 
. @) Calyx elongate, or shorter and in this case more or less 
obversely conical, 
. E. claviflora, Roxb—An evergreen tree (25—30+3—6 
+ sis), all parts sate glabrous ; “eaves lanceolate, acute at 
the base, on a short stout, or rather slender petiole 1-3 lin. long, 
acuminate, se coriaceous, 3-6 j in. long, glabrous, the midrib im- 
e, prominent beneath, the lateral nerves numerous, irre- 
gular, faint, Anastomosing towards the margin ; flowers variable in 
size, from 4 to Lin. long, sessile or nearly so, forming axillary, short, 
glabrous racemes + tiomoesame reduced or, according to Roxburgh’s 
figure, short-panicled with small bracts) in the axils of the leaves ; 
yx elongate, tubular, tapering at base, the limb 4- or 5-lobed, 
the lobes rounded and broad, but short; petals 4 or 5, free, white, 
orbicular-obovate, about 3 lin. lo ong ; filaments slender, glabrous 
berries ovoid-oblong, about an inch long, bluish black, sent 
sappy and edible, 1-seeded, crowned by the incurved calyx-limb. 
Has.—Not exvearent in the a coast forests of the Andamans; also 
Chittagong and Tenas —Fr. Feb.— 
2. E. leptantha, Wight—An evergreen tree (25—30+6—8 
+ 3—4), all parts g glabrous ; leaves lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 
acuminate at both “ends, on a 1-2 lin. long petiole or almost 
sessile, thin coriaceous, entire, 2-4 in. long, glabrous, the midrib 
r small, about $ to 4 in. long, sessile, with a filiform 
-base, forming a short, glabrous raceme (sometimes reduced, or 
the banal flowers ternary on a very short peduncle) in the axils of the 
leaves or above the scars of the fallen ones; calyx smooth, clavate- 
funnel-shaped, about 4 in. long or somewhat filiform-tapering at the 
base, the limb almost truncate; petals 4 or 5, orbicular, clawed, 
about a line long or longer, free; filaments glabrous ; berries clav- 
ate-obovate, about 4 in. long, smooth, l-seeded, crowned by the 
tempcate cup-shaped limb. 
__ Has.—Rather rare in the tropical forests along the eastern and southern 
slopes of the Pegu Yomah; ae ss. “and more soe eee in the coast 
of th the Andamans.—Fl. F May.— 
grata, Walleedn evergreen small Kahn parts glab- 
ovate-oblong and lanceolate to narrow-lanceolate 
