498 MX. MYETACB^. (J. F. Dathie.) 



101. E. occlusa, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 460 (^Syzygium); leaves on 

 longish petioles elliptic obtuselj' acuminate acute at base coriaceous sMning 

 above paler beneath, lateral nerves distant indistinctly uniting -within the mai- 

 gin, flowers rather large in condensed lateral panicles, calyx-tube broad above 

 and with a truncate mai^n. 



NicoBAK Islands, Kurz. — Disteib. Java. 



BrancMets terete or subcompressed upwards, light brown or whitish. Leaves 

 2-4 in., varying in width, rusty-brown when dried ; midrib furrowed above ; petiole 

 about 1 in. Panicles shorter than the leaves, branches divaricate or subdeflexed, 

 Bvds globose. Caiyx-tube upwards of J in. — The calyx and corolla are apparently 

 fused together in the calyptrate operculum. Under this species Mr. Kurz refers E. 

 cerasoides, Boxb., E. polyantha, Wight, and the specimens 2394 & 2395 of GrifB.th's 

 and Heifer's collection. 



102. E. operculata, i2ox&. for^^en^.37; Fl. Ind.ii.^Q; leaves broadly 

 ovate or elliptic rounded at the apex or obtusely acuminate narrowed below lateral 

 nerves few distant prominent becoming fainter towards the margin, panicles 

 from leafless axils lax divaricate, berry globose or ovoid. Wight Ic. t. 552 ; 

 Brandts For. Fl. 234 ; Kurz For. Fl. i. 483. E. cerasoides, Boxh. Hart. Beng. 

 92; Fl. Ind. ii. 488; W^^ht Ic. t. 616; Miq. Anal. Bat. Ind. i. 27; Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. i. pt. i. 443 ; Kurz in Joum. As. Soe. Beng. vol. xlvi. pt. ii. 66 ; For. Fl. i. 

 484. Syzygium nervosum, DC. Prodr. iii. 260 ; Mem. Myrt. ii. 16 ; WaU. Cat. 

 3551 A & B ; 3553 B & {wnder E. ribesiotdes) ; Benth. Fl. Bmi^h. 119 ; 

 Thwaites Enum. 417 ; Miq. Fl. Ind, I. c. 460 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Oen. cvi. 

 S. costatum, nodosum, and angkolanum, Miq. Fl. Ind. I. c. 4A&. Oalyptranthes 

 mangiferifolia, Hanee in Wd^. Ann. ii. 629. 0. costata, Sam. in Wail, Cat. 

 3556. 0. grandis and 0. Tatna, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 3554, 3555. 



SuB-HiMAiATAN forests from the Jtjmna to Assam, ascending to 2000 ft. Otidh 

 and GoBAXHPUB forests, Cachab, Chittagong, Pegxt, Kurz. Cetion, up to 3000 ft. 

 — ^DiSTBiB. Indian Archipelago and S. China, Yunan. 



A large tree ; branchlets subterete or 4-gonous. Lea/oes 3-8 by 2-4 in., subcori- 

 aceons, dots often black (in the dried specimens), rarely peUueid ; primary veins 

 8-12, curving into a rather faint intramarginal vein ; petiole i-| in. Inflorescence 

 often thyrsoidal. Feduncles long, acutely angled. Flowers small, greenish, in threes, 

 nearly sessile, odorous, Calyx eampanulate, with short obtuse lobes, or nearly trun- 

 cate. Petals united and falling in one piece, calyptra often apiculate. Berry ^— J in., 

 rugose, juicy. The wood is used for building and for agricultural implements. The 

 fruit is eaten. 



Vae. Paniala ; berries oval. E. Paniala, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 489. Wight Ic. t. 616 ; 

 Kurz For. Fl. i. 483. Syz. Panealla, Wall. Gat. 3557 ? Oalyptranthes cuneata, 

 flam. ?—Chittagong, Boxburgh; Silhet, Wallick; Pegu, Eangoon, McClelland. — 

 There is no fruit with Wallich's and Hamilton's specimens. Flowers in April, fruit 

 ripens in June. 



Vae. obovata, Kurz. For. Fl. i. 482 ; leaves obovate or oblanceolate, cymes more 

 compact. Syz. obovatum. Wall. Cat. 3552, not of DC. S. vastum, Widl. Cat. 3561. 

 S. polyanthum, Thwaites; not of Wight.— Silhet, Chittagong, Eangoon, Wallich; 

 Ava, Griff. 



103. E. Stocksll, Duthie; leaves elliptic-obovate rounded or obtusely 

 sicuminate at the apex indistinctiy nerved dote not pellucid, cymes axillary and 

 from the leafless axils half the length of or equalling the leaves, flowers small, 

 petals calyptrate. 



CoNCAN, Stocks. Wynaad, Beddome. 



A lofty tree; branches acutely 4-gonous. Leaves i-Q by l|-3 in., thin; lateral 

 nerves few slender below curving upwards and becoming faint towards the margin. 



