Lix. MTETACEiB. (J. F. Duthie.) 505 



singly clothed ■with adpressed hairs, the lobes large unequal rounded and ciliate, the 

 ipetioles are glandular and ciliate at the edges. 



ft Flowers pediceUed. 



126. XS. amoena, Thwaites Enum. 114 ; leaves sessile ovate-lanceolate acu- 

 aiinate cordate at the tase or sul)amplexicaul glabroiis coriaceous, flowers often 

 terminal subfaacicvilate, pedicels much, shorter than the leaves. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 ■Anal. Oen. cxi. E. Mooniana, Wight, var. |3., Thwaites Fnum. 114. 



Ceylon, Kokool Corle and Delosbage District, up to ISOO ft., 2%waites. 



A small tree; branchlets terete. Leaves 2-6 by li-2| in. ; nerves inconspicuous 

 above, more prominent beneath and uniting in a distinct marginal nerve with often a 

 second fainter one nearer the edge. Pedicels |-J in. Braets ovate, acute. Petals 4, 

 oblong, ■white, about \ in. in length, longer than the roundish calyx-lobes. — Some of 

 Mr. Thwaites' specimens, and which he considers to be merely a state of this species, 

 have the leaves much thinner, broader at the base, and ■with rather different nervation, 

 the pedicels are shorter, and the calyx-lobes sometimes acute. 



127. Zi. Koonlana, Wight 111. ii. 13 ; Ic. ii. 551 ; not of Oardner in 

 Booh. Jmirn. of Bat. ii. 352 (1843) ; shruhhy, glabrous or the young shoots 

 puberulous, leaves short-petioled ovate acuminate tepering at the base, peduncles 

 axillary solitary or 2 together 1-flo'wered, flowers smaU, calyx-tube ventricose 

 oblong, lobes 4 reflexed pointed, fruit globose or oblong size of cherry. 

 Thwaites Ermm. 114 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gem. ex. 



Courtallton, Wight ; Nilghiei Hills, Hb. Hohenacker ; Sbvagheeky Hills, 

 Wight; OoNCAN, Stocks; Ceylon, up to 4000 ft., Thwaites. 



A most variable species in the shape of the leaves and the length of the petioles 

 and flower-stalks. Leaves 1|-2J by |-1^ in. ; acumen short and obtuse, or prolonged to 

 a fine point. Pedicels about j in., axillary or from the old wood belo^w. — It approaches 

 E. im^hra, but the leaves are thicker and the pedicels are less slender. — ^Col. Bed- 

 dome says (1. c.) " I have another species allied to this which may prove to be ne'w 

 {specimens imperfect) the peduncles are several-flowered." 



Vab. gradUt ; leaves longer, fruit oblong. E. gracilis, Bedd. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 XXV. 217 ; Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. ox. — Anamallay Hills. 



E. UNiFLOEA, Linn.; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i., 441 ; leaves nearly sessile ovate 

 sublanceolate glabrous rather thin and pellucid-punctate, pedicels axillary usually 

 solitary and 1-fiowered shorter than the leaves, calyx-lobes 4 reflexed, berries 

 globose, torulose. E. Willdeno^wii, DC. Prodr. iii. 265; Bpreng. Syst. ii. 480 

 \Myrtiis) ; WaU. Cat. 3623. Syzyg. Michelii, Lam. Diet. iii. 203 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 

 263. MyrtuB braziliana, lAnn. Sp. PI. 471. Plinia rubra, Linn. Mant. 243. P. 

 peduneulata, lAnn.f. Svppl. 253. E. zeylanica, Willd. 8p. PI. ii. 963. 



A native of S. America, becoming naturalised in Ceylon and parts of India. 



Vab. Siibcordata; leaves slightly cordate at the base. W. ^ A. Prodr. i. SSI ; 

 Wight III ii. 13. 



128. E. mabaeoldes, TFj]5rAi Ja ii. 13 ; shrubby, leaves short-petioled 

 obovate-epathulate rigid glabrous shining above densely glandular, flowers on 

 short pedicels axillary solitary or clustered on leafless branches, calyx-tube 

 ventricose, limb 4^parted, berry spherical size of small cherry. Thwaites Fnum. 

 114 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. cxi. 



Ceylon ; Central Provinces 4-7000 ft. alt.. Moon, Gardner, Thwaites. 

 A shrub; much branched. Leaves resembling those of Maba buxifolia, i-2 by 

 l-liin. 



,129. E. xaXoro^'h.yWsi, Bedd. Fl.Syh.Aruil.Gen.cx.; glabrous in all 

 its parts, young branches angled and winged, leaves opposite occasionally alter- 



