506 iix. MTETACEJ!. (J. F. Duthie.) [^ugenia^ 



nate thickly coriaceous linear obtuse nerves inconspicuous, peduncles axillary- 

 solitary shorter than the leaves 1-flowered, fruit size of large grain of pepper. 



Basics of rivers, Asamboo HUls, Teavancoeb, 4-SOOO ft. alt. 



A small tree, much branched and very dense. Leaves J-^ by ^-^ in., bright red^ 

 quite glabrous when young, prominently black-dotted ; petiole 1 J in. — I have seen no- 

 specimens. 



130. Xi. Tbwaltesii, Duthie ; young parts pilose, leaves shortly petioled. 

 firm ovate obtuse rather abruptly acuminate subacute at the base, pedicels axil- 

 lary fasciculate twice as long as the petioles, flowers small, berry spherical gla- 

 brous shining. JBedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Oen. cxii. E. concinna, Thwaites Eaum.^ 

 416 ; not of Phil, in lAnntea xxviii. 640 ; SeM. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. cxii. 



CSetlon, Ambagamowa District, Thwaites. 



A tree ; bianchlets terete. Leaves sparingly pilose, at length glabrous, 3-5 by- 

 1J-2J in. ; petiole nearly J in. Pedicels about ^ in. or more. Calyx-lobes unequal. 

 Petals eiliate, downy outside. Berries red, about ^ in. in diameter. 



131. E. slngrampattlana, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 65. t. 273 ; leave» 

 ovate or ovate-oblong retuse or subacute subcordate at the base coriaceous deep 

 green above very pale beneath quite glabrous, flowers white in very short ter- 

 minal crowded racemes, calyx and bracts slightly pubescent. 



SmoAMPATTY TTtt.t h, Tinnbvellt Ghats, moist forests, alt. 3000 ft., Peddome. 



A small dense tree. Leaves about 3 by lJ-2 in. ; primary nerves numerous^ 

 forming a continuous looping one near the margin. Flowers about ^ in. across. 

 Petals prominently nerved. 



DOTTBITUI. AND EXCLUDED SPECIES. 



E. CAEYOFHTiiATA, WiUd. (the Clove-tree) is a native of the Molucca Islauda 

 and not indigenous in India. 



E. sp. (No. 2420 of Griffith's Herbarium) is too imperfect for description. 



E. PUI.CHELIA, Soxb. is a native of the Molucca Islands. 



E. WTNAADENSis, Bcdd. »» Mod. Lit. Soc. Jomm. ex Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 35, t. 161 ; Fl. 

 8ylv. Anal. Gen. ex. ; young parts and inflorescence densely fulvo-tomentose, leaves, 

 oblong-lanceolate -with a long blunt acumen quite glabrous on both surfaces when 

 old, peduncles supra-aziUary, calyx-lobes lanceolate acuminate a little longer than 

 the corolla, bracts 2 linear much longer than the flowers, stamens inserted round 

 the edge of the disk, ovary 2-celled, ovules pendulous &om the apex about i in each 

 ceU. 



Westeen Pbninsttla ; Wynaad, alt. 2-3000 ft., Beddome. 



A small tree or shrub. Leaves 3-3J by l-lj in., rather thin ; lateral nerves indis- 

 tinct above, slender beneath and uniting into a continuous one within the margin ^ 

 petiole J-J in. Peduncles J in. Fruit ?. — This is probably, as Col. Seddome sug- 

 gests, the type of a new genus intermediate between Pvmenta and Eugenia. The> 

 materials at my disposal are too incomplete for the preparation of a proper generic 

 description. The above is compiled from Col. Beddome's description of the plant. 



SlTBT£lB£ BASaXNGTONXES:. (By C. B. Clarke.) 



9. BAXt&XNeTONXA, Forst. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, crowded towards the ends of the branches, entire or 

 slightly crenate-serrate, pnnate-nerved, not dotted. Flowers in elongated ter- 

 muial and lateral racemes, less often in interrupted spikes ; bracts small, deci- 



