502 Lix. MTETACE^. (J. F. Duthic.)- lEugema. 



114. E. calcadensis, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. 35, t. 162 ; Fl. Sylv. Anal. 

 Oen. ex. ; young parts rusty-pubescent, leaves opposite or subalternate elliptic 

 to suliobovate obtuse very rugose on the upper surface but glabrous in age except 

 the chatmeUed midrib, peduncles axillary solitary about equal to th^ petioles 2- 

 rarely 1-flowered, flowers showy white, ovary 2-celled with numeroils ovules. 



Galead Hills in S. Tinnevellt, up to 2000 ft., Beddome. 



A small tree. Leaves 2i-3 by 1-1^ in., coriaceous, not dotted ; nerves inconspicuous 

 above slightly prominent oeneath, the primary ones joining within thS margin ; pe- 

 tiole ^^ in. Pedicels \-l\ in., Tpith a subulate bract at the base of sach. Flowers 

 1-lJ in. in diam., with 2 small linear bracts at the base. Cdt/yx-hbea rounded. Petals 

 oblong cUiate ^-f in. long. Disk suborbicular, densely woolly, covering the whole of 

 the top of the ovary at the apex of the calyx-tube. Stamens inserted all over the 

 disk. 



tt Stammal disk not enlarged. 



§ Flowers pedieelled. 



115. E. bracteata, Soxb. Sort. Seng. 37 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 490 ; young parts 

 and inflorescence rusty-pubescent, leaves shortly petioled ovate-oblong tapering 

 or cuneate at the base obtusely acuminate glabrous when old coriaceous shining 

 pellucid-dotted, peduncles axillary short 1-flowered solitary or 2-3 together or 

 in fascicles with 2 small braeteoles under each flower, berry globose l-S-seeded. 

 DC. Prodr. iii. 264 : W. ^ A. Prodr. i. 331 ; Wight HI. t. 13 ; Thwaites Snian. 

 114 ; Blume Mm. Sot. i. 87 (in pari) ; Sedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Oen. ex. Myrtus 

 bracteata, Willd. Sp. PI. ii. 969. M. coromandeliana, ^Sn. MS8. M. rusci- 

 folia, Willd. I. c. 970 ; DC. I. c. 241 ; Sprmg. I. v. 482. M. latifolia, Segne in 

 Roth. nov. sp. p. 232 (not of Aubl). M. Heynei, Spremgj I. e. 482 ; DC. I. c. 241. 



Sheet and Plains of S. India, especially near the sea ; ]VIadea.s, G. Thomson, 

 "_ '.t, Hunt-er ; Anamaiiat Mts., up to 3000 ft. alt., Beddome ; Ceylon, Jaffna, 

 Gardjier. 



A shrub or small tree. Leaves 1^-2 by about f in. Ccdyx-lobes broad, unequal, re- 

 flexed after flowering. Petals ovate-oblong, twice as long as the calyx-lobes, pubescent 

 at the back, margins ciliate. 



Vae. Boxburghii ; leaves broader, petioles longer, flowers larger. E. Eoxburghii, 

 DC. Prodr. iii. 271 ; Wall. Cat. 3621 (in part) ; Hook. Jimrn. Dot. i. 66, t. cxxiv. • 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 441 (in part); Blume Mtis. Bot. i. 87 (in part). E. zey- 

 ianica, Boxfi. Hort. Beng. 92 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 490 excl. syn. Willd. ; W.^A. Prodr. i. 331 ; 

 Am. in Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. xviii. 336 (1836). E. Willdenowii, Wight III. ii. 13; 

 le. t. 545 ; not of DC; Thwaites Bimm. 114; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. ex. : Twt of 

 Wall. Cat. 3623. Myrtus littoralis, Soxb. in E. I. C. Mus. t. 151. M. spicata, Ham. 

 — Plains of S. India and in Ceylon. 



Bottler's specimens in the Kew Herbarium, and those of Amott from Ceylon 

 named E. zeylanica have the leaves upwards of 4^ in. long. In Wight's figure the 

 peduncles are incorrectly represented as 2-flowered. 



Vab. fasoioulata ; leaves 2J-3 in., flowers fascicled more erect peduncles shorter. 

 E. fasciculata. Wall. Cat. 3622; Blume Mils. Bot. i. 87.— Silhet, WalUch. 



116. E. B.ottlerlana, W. ^ A. Prodr. i. 331 ; much branched, young 

 shoots petioles pedimcles and calyx covered with rusty-silky tomentum, leaves 

 very narrow lanceolate tapering at both ends obtuse glabrous on both surfaces 

 except when young peUucid-dotted, peduncles axillary or somewhat lateral 3-4 

 together or sometimes solitary filiform scarcely one-fourth the length of the- 

 leaves, braeteoles 2 imder the calyx, calyx-segments 4 triangular ovate obtuse,, 

 pejals 4 much longer than the calyx villous on the margin. Wight III. ii. 13 1 

 Ic. t. 100 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gm. ex. 



