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GENUS ITI. SYZYGIUM. 
Jeosandria Monogynia. Ser: Syst: 
Deriv. From the Greek for a yoke, in allusion to the branches: 
diverging in pairs. 
Gen. Cuar. Trees or shrubs: leaves opposite, quite entire, gla- 
brous : peduncles axillary or terminal, cymose or corymbose : calyx 
tube obovate; limb nearly entire or repand-lobed: petals 4—5,. 
roundish, in sestivation forming a lid, deciduous; stamens distinct : 
ovary 2-celled, with several ovules in each cell: stigma simple: 
berry 1-celled, 1 or few-seeded: seeds globose. 
(1) S. Jamporanum. (Dec.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 329.—Dee. prod. III. p. 259. 
Syn. S. caryophyllifolium, Dec.—Eugenia Jambolana, Lam, 
Roxb. fl. Ind. Il. p. 484.—E. obtusifolia, Roxb.—Calyptranthes 
Jambolana, Willd.—C. caryophyllifolia, Willd—Myrtus Cumini, 
Linn, Burm. Ind. p. 115. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 585.-—~Rheede Mal. V. t. 29.—Rumph. | 
Amb. I. t. 42. 
Srrc. Car. Arborescent: leaves oval or oblong, more or less 
acuminated or obtuse, feather-nerved, coriaceous: cymes panicled, 
Jax, usually lateral on the former year’s branches, occasionally axil-. 
lary or terminal: calyx shortly turbinate, truncated: berry olive- 
shaped, often oblique: flowers small, white. ; 
Peninsula. Northern India. Flowering in March. The wood 
is hard, close-grained and durable. The bark is strongly astringent. 
and dyes excellent durable browns of various shades. (Roxb.) 
(2) S. canyorHyLLmum. (Gaerin.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 329.—Dec. prod. IIT. p. 260. 
Syn. Calyptranthes caryophyllata, Pers.—Myrtus caryophylla« 
ta, Linn.—Eugenia corymbosa, Lam.—Dec. prod. III. p. 284. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 540.—Rheede Mal. V. t. 27. 
Spec. Cuar. leaves obovate, obtuse or with a short blunt acu- 
mination, tapering towards the base, inconspicuously dotted: calyx 
shortly turbinate, inconspicuously repand or 4-toothed: cymes co~ 
rymbose, trichotomous, terminal, lax: fruit globose, 1-seeded. 
Peninsula. 
(8) S. RuBicunpuM. (W.& A.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 330. 
Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 538. 
Spec. Cuan. Shrub: leaves narrow-oblong, attenuated at both 
ends, coriaceous, pellucid-dotted, striated with numerous parallel 
