Eugenia.^ lix. mietaceje. (J. F. Duthie.) 471 



Sbot. I. Jambosa. Inflm-escence oymose. Cdyx usually -with a thick- 

 ened staminal disk and 4 conspicuous persistent lobes. Flowers showy, usually 

 4'merous. Semes large, turbinate or ovoid. Seeds large, with a thick fleshy 

 endocarp. (To p. 481). 



• Flmoers lateral, sessile or subsessile, usvMlyfrom lec^kss axils. 



1. E. formosa, Wdl. PI. As. Sar. ii. 6, t. 108; Cat. 3609, in part; 

 leaves large opposite or in threes nearly sessile elliptic-oblong obtusely acumi- 

 nate cordate or amplexicaul at the base, racemes lateral short few-flowered, 

 calyx-tube turbinate narrowed into a long pedicel, lobes unequal, firuit subglo- 

 bose pendulous crowned with the recurved calyx-limb. Kurz in Jmim. As. 

 Soe. Beng. xlvi. pt. ii. p. 68 ; For. Fl. Brit. Bwm. i. 492 ; Wight III. ii. 14. 

 Jambosa formosa, Walp. Eep. Bot. ii. 191 ; Blume Mm. Bot. i. 92 ; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 412. J. mappacea, Korth. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. i. 200. 



Eastehn Bengai and Eastben Peninstoa, Chittagoug, Upper Tenasserim, 

 Monlmein. Banks of Attra E., Wallich. 



A lofty tree with wide-spreading branches. Bark soft, ash-coloured, marked with 

 the sears of fallen leaves. ^romcAfefe alternately compressed or subtrigonous. Leaves 

 crowded at the ends of the branchlets, 5- upwards of 16 by 4-4J in., very coriaceous, 

 shining above, paler beneath; midxib stout; lateral nerves prominent beneath, 

 uniting within the margin. Flowers large, purple turning to red, scentless. Peduncles 

 fleshy, branches clavate jointed near the middle ; braoteoles 2, minute. Calyx-tube 

 much produced ; lobes spre-ading, orbicular. Petals twice as large as the calyx-lobes, 

 shortly clawed. Stamens many, very long. Ovary turbinate. Berry size of a walnut, 

 2-oelled, smooth, shining, white, insipid. Seeds large, rugose, greenish, 



Vak. temifolia, Boxb. Sort. Beng. 37; Fl. Ind. ii. 489 (sp.); leaves in threes. 

 Wall. Cat. 3607; Wight 7ZZ. ii. 14; let. 611; Blwme Mus. Bot. 92 {Jambosa).— 

 SntKTivr, J. D. S. ; Assam and Silhet, Wallich. Peoit, McClelland. 



2. E. amplezlcaulls, Boxb. Hort. Beng. 37 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 483 ; leaves 

 opposite amplexicaul oblong with a rounded apex, peduncles short lateral 3- or 

 9-flowered, berries spherical size of a small apple. Wight III. ii. 14 ; Ic. t. 608 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 3612 ; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1033 ; Kurz in Jawm. As. Soc. Beng. xlvi. 

 (1877) pt. ii. p. 68; For. Fl. Brit. Bwm. i. 493. Jambosa amplexicaulis, 

 DC. Prod. iii. 287. J. alba, var. amplexicaulis, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 414 ; 

 Blume Mus. Bot. i. 96. — J. sylvestris alba, Mumph. Herb. Amb. i. 127, t. 39 ? 



Chittaqonq, Roxburgh. 



A stately tree. , IHmJc tolerably straight, quickly dividing into numerous spread- 

 ing branches. BarJc of woody parts brown. Leaves 6-8 by 3-4 in. Peduncles trifid, 

 each division 3-flow6red. Flowers large, white, scentless. Berry greenish-yellow 

 when ripe. — Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. Beng. 1. c. refers to specimens in Herb. Brandis 

 collectfed in Upper Tenasserim as coming very near to this species, and only differing 

 from Eoxburgh's figure by having a terminal inflorescence. In the figure given by 

 Bumphius 1. c. the leaves are acute at the base. 



3. E. malaccensls, Linn. ; Lam. Diet. iii. 196 ; leaves shortly petioled 

 large ovate or elliptic-oblong attenuated at each end coriaceous glossy, racemes 

 lateral dense shortly peduncled, flowers red, calyx-tube turbinate narrow below, 

 lobes unequal, fruit subglobose or depressed-turbinate crowned with the in- 

 curved calyx-lobes. Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 483 ; Wall. Cat. 3611 ; Wight El. ii. 14, 

 t. 98 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. ex. ; Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. Beng. xlvi. pt. 

 ii. p. 68 ; For. Fl. Brit. Bv/rm. i. 493. E. macrophylla. Lam. I. c. Jambosa 

 malaccensls, DC. ; KoHh. in Ned. Kruidk. (1847) 200; Bot. Mag. 4408; W. Sf 

 A. Prodr. i. 332. J. purpurascens, DC. I. c. excl. syn. Boxb. J. domestica, 



