Eugenia.] lix. mtetaceji. (J. F. Duthie.) 475 



{Myrtus) ; Berg in Fl. Brazil vol. xiv. pt. i. 377. J. macrophylla, DC. Prodr, 

 I.e. in part. 



Maiacca, Griffith; Andaman and Nicoeae Islands, Kwre. — Disteib. Malay 

 Islands. 



A tree ; trunk rarely straight and soon divided, branchlets terete or terete-com- 

 pressed. Leaves 5-6^ by 1|-2| in., or larger in cnltivated examples ; nerves indis- 

 tinct above, slender but prominent beneath and uniting in loops -within the margin. 

 Calyx-tube turbinate, about J in., slender below ; lobes 4, rather unequal, membranous 

 at the edges. Bern/ size of a medlar, -white or red. — This tree, according to Mr. Kurz, 

 flo-wers in March and April, and the fruit ripens in May and June. 



Vab. Boxburghiana, "Wall. MSS. (sp.); leaves shortly petioled cordate at the 

 base rounded at the apex, cymes compact terminal. E. decora, Wall. Cat. 3608. 

 Chittagong. 



12. E. pendens, Duthie ; young branches terete, leaves shortly petioled 

 oblong or ovate-lanceolate narrowed belo-w obtusely acuminate subcoriaceous 

 pellucid-punctate, principal lateral nerves prominent beneath and vridely 

 separated, cymes terminal and axillary 6-7-nowered, flo-wers large the lo-wer 

 ones long pediceUed, calyx-tube turbinate. 



Malacca, Griffith, 2349, Maingay, 747. 



" Eather a small tree -with pendent branches " (GrifBth). Leaves shining a little 

 on the upper surface, 6-8 by 2-3i in. ; nerves indistinct above prominent beneath, 

 uniting in a distinct looping one -within the margin ; petiole J in. Peduncles equalling 

 the petioles or a little longer ; lower pedicels about J in. Calyx-tvhe f in. ; lobes 

 4, rounded, with membranous edges, opposite pairs equal, reflexed after flowering. 

 Petals large, orbicular. Style very long, IJiu., persistent. 



.§§ Ccdyx less than | in. in length. 



a. Flowers pedicelled. 



13. E. Walllclill, Wight HI. ii. 17; Ic. t. 536; leaves lanceolate or 

 elliptic-oblong acuminate acute at the base dark and shining above, lateral nerves 

 uniting twice within the margin, cymes corymbose axiUary and terminal shorter 

 than tibe leaves, calyx-tube suddenly contracted at the base lobes prominent per- 

 sistent, petals frequently expanding before falling, berries oblong. 0. bifaria, 

 Colebr. in Wall. Cat. 3606. E. prsecox, Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 488 ? ; Wight Ic. t. 

 619 ; Kurz in Jowrn. As. Soc. Beng. xlvi. (1877) pt. ii. p. 66 ; For. Fl. Brit. 

 Burm. i. 483. 



SiKKiM, J. D. H. ; Khasia and Bhotan, Griffith ; Assam, Masters ; Silhbt, 

 J. D. H. S[T.T.\ Chittagong, Boxburgh, J. D. H. '^ T. T. ; Mbegui, Griffith. 



A tree ; branchlets stout, quadrangular. Leaves 4^ by If in., coriaceous, rusty- 

 coloured beneath ; petiole about ^ in. Flowers white. Calyx-tube about \ in, long. 

 Stamens about 4 times the length of the calyx. Style long, persistent. Berry about 

 J in., crowned with the cup-shaped calyx-limb. — In Eoxburgh's figure of E. prsoox 

 the inflorescence is more branched and the flowers rather smaller ; the leaves are 

 drawn acutely acuminate. 



Vab. lancecBfoUa ; leaves rounded at the base, petiole much shorter ; E. lancese- 

 folia, Boxb. Hort. Beng. 37 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 494. Silhet Forests, Boxburgh. Chitta- 

 gong, j. D. H. 4- T. T. 



;3. Flowers sessile. 



14. E. grandls, Wight Bl. ii. 17 ; Ic. t. 614 ; leaves large thick hard 

 and coriaceous shining broadly obovate or suborbicular abruptly acuminate or 



