484 iix. MTETACEa;. (J. F. Duthie.) [Eugenia. 



tinct, berries oblong. Bedd. Fl. St/lv.'Anal. Gen. cvii. Syzygium densiflorum, 

 Wall. Cat. 3601 ; W. Sf A. Prodr. i. 329. 



Common on the Nilghiri and IPttlnet HiiXS, alt. 6-7000 ft., Wight, &c. Ana- 

 MAUAT Mts., alt. 'iOOO ft., Beddome. 



A large spreading tree, trunk low ; brancMets 4-gonous. Leaves 2-3 by 1-1 J in., 

 obscurely dotted, the numerous nerves uniting dose -within the margin; petiole 

 J-nearly 1 in. Flowers cream-coloured, crimson in bud. Fruit dark purple. — Tim- 

 ber valuable (called " Nawal ") ; the fruit is eaten but astringent (Beddome). 



Vae. Benthamiana, Wight MSS. (sp.) ; leaves almost sessile eordate-amplexicaul 

 upper generally solitary, flowers smaller, petals apparently united. — Nilghiri Mts., 

 Gardner. Perhaps distinct. 



A specimen in the Kew Herbarium from the Pulney Hills (No. 254 of Beddome's 

 collection) I find a difBculty in placing satisfactorily. To the above species it bears 

 a great resemblance but for the elongate calyx-tube. 



§§ Calyx elongate. 



X Flmuers axillary, racemose, calyx j-l in. long. 



42. E. ItXaing'a'yii Ihithie ; leaves shortly petioled long oblong-lanceo- 

 late acuminate rounded at the base, racemes short axillary or from the leafless 

 axils of the rugged lower branchlets, calyx-tube elongate clavate about | in. 

 glandidar, lobes 4 rounded deciduous. 



TWat ava, Maingay 750. 



Older branchlets with rugged corky bark, upper stout, terete, reddish. Leaves 

 4^7^ by lf-2J in., indistinctly nerved above, midrib stout beneath; petiole J in. 

 Style short, acute. — This plant differs from the other members of the section in the 

 rounded base of the leaves ; it seems to approach nearest to E. claviflora, and has a 

 general resemblance to E. bomeensis, Miij. H. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 434 (Jambosa), but 

 the petioles of the latter are much longer. 



43. E. claviflora, Hoxb. Sort. Beng. 37 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 488 ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate narrowed at the base obtusely acuminate, corymbs lateral subsessUe um- 

 belliform, calyx-lobes rounded, flowers clavate, berries long ovate crowned with 

 the cyathiform base of the calyx-limb. Wight HI. ii. 15 ; Ic. t. 606 ; Kurz in 

 Joum. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xlvi. pt. ii. p. 65; For. Fl. i 480. Syzygium 

 claviflorum, Wall. Cat. 3575. S. longiflorum Wall. Cat. 3572. S. excavatum, 

 Wall. Cat. 3574. 



SiEKiM and Khasia Mts., alt. 2-4000 ft., J. D. H. ^ T. T.\ Silhet and Chitta- 

 GONG, Wallich; VmG,v,Kwrz; Nicobar and Anbaman Islauds, £^Mr^; Tenassebqi, 

 Heifer ; Sincapoee and Penang, Wallich. 



A tree. Leaves 3-6 by about Ig- in., rather closely nerved. Berry about an 

 inch long. — In Chittagong this grows to be a stout useful timber-tree of very con- 

 siderable size ; it flowers in March, fruits in May ; fruit eaten (Roxburgh). AVallich's 

 specimens named S. excavatum have very thick coriaceous leaves somewhat revolute 

 at the margin ; the berries are | in. long including ^ in. of projecting calyx-limb. 



44. E. leptantba, Wight III. ii. 15; Ic. t. 528; leaves from ovate- 

 elliptic to oblong-lanceolate obtusely acuminate narrowed into a very short pe- 

 tiole, cymes raceme-like arranged on the leafless axils or at the nodes of denuded 

 branches, calyx-tube long narrow clavate, limb with broad shallow teeth or 

 nearly truncate, berry clavate-oblong. Bemth. Fl. Austral, iii. 283 (Syz.) ; Eurz 

 in Joum. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xlvi. pt. ii. p. 65 ; Foi: Fl. i. 480. Syz. suavis- 

 simum. Wall. Cat. 3573. Syzyg. Cfriff. Notvl. 654. 



SncKiM, foot of hills, J. D. H. ^ T. T.; Pegtt, Kurz ; Eangoon, Cleghom ; Moct- 

 MEiN, Falconer; Mehgui, Griffith; Amheest, Wallich; Singapore and Penakg, 



