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3. S Zeylanicum, DC. Prod. 3, p 260.— Arborescent ; leaves 

 ovate or oblong, much-acuminated, coriaceous, shining on the 

 upperside ; flowers shortly pedicellate, forming axillary or terminal 

 compound cymes ; calyx pruinose elongated clavate ; berry white, 

 globose, 1-seeded. Syn. Myrtus zeylanica, Linn. A most beautiful 

 tree, very like a gigantic myrtle, confined to the higher Ghauts to 

 the south of the Presidency. 



4. S RuBicuNDUM, W. and A. Prod. 1, 330. — Leaves narrow- 

 oblong, attenuated at both ends, coriaceous, pellucid dotted ; cymes 

 corymbose, terminal, longer than the leaves ; flowers minute ; calyx 

 4-lobed, shortly turbinate. On the higher Ghauts on banks of 

 Jambool streams. 



5. S Salicifolium, Wall. — A shrub, with narrow-lanceolate 

 leaves ; flowers small, white, in lax panicles from the naked branches. 

 The beds of rivers on the higher Ghauts. Wight Ic. 539. The 

 wood is much used for rafters. Maratha name " Pan Jambool." 



Note. — S gibsonii, Grab. Cat. No. 579, in the Olea dioica. 



2. EUGENIA, WiUd. 



1. E WiLLDENOvii, DC. Prod. 3, 265. — A tree; leaves short- 

 petioled, oblong, narrowed at the base, acuminated with a blunt 

 point, coriaceous, shining, veined, not dotted ; peduncles filiform, 

 solitary or in pairs, axillary or on the leafless branchlets, with two 

 subulate bracteoles under the calyx. Syn. E zeylanica, Willd. 

 sp. ii, p 963. Phoonda Ghaut. Wight Ic. 545. 



3. J AM BOS A, Rumph. 



1 . J Pauciflora, Wight Ic. 526. — A middling-sized tree ; leaves 

 short-petioled, lanceolate, attenuated towards the base, ending in 

 a long, slender acumen ; pedicels solitary from the extreme axils, 

 1 -flowered ; calyx tube cylindrical, long and slender ; flowers 

 reddish ; fruit ovoid. On the higher Ghauts opposite Bombay. 



2. J Lanceolaria, Wight Ic. 613. — A small tree ; leaves short- 

 petioled, narrow-lanceolate; flowers terminal, about 15, corymbose, 

 fascicled ; flowers lai'ge, rosy, and somewhat fragrant ; berries 

 irregularly round-lobate, size of a small apple. Syn. Eugenia 

 lanceolaria, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, p 494. Ram and Neelkoond 

 Ghauts. 



LX. BARRINGTONIACEiE. 



1. BARRINGTONIA, Forst. 



1. B Racemosa, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, p 634. — A stout timber tree; 

 leaves broad lanceolate serrulate, smooth on both sides, 3 to 12 



