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tely oblong, 4^ cm. long, 1^ cm. broad or broader, obtuse at the apex, cuneately 

 at the base, reaching the petioles which are 8 mm. long, entire, chartaceo- 

 coriaceous, rubescent when dried, shining above, pale beneath, costa im- 

 pressed above, prominent beneath, margin sHghtly re volute, lateral veins 

 slender, straight reaching the margin, connected by a marginal nerve, ^aetioles 

 8 mm. long, sulcate above. Flowers cymose, cymes terminal at the apex of 

 branchlets, or axillary, 3 cm. long, ternately branched, pedicels 3 mm. long, 

 bracts subulate, bracteoles 2, opposite narrowed 1 mm. long, at the base of 

 the calyx. Calyx elongately obconical, 4 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, ax-ticulated 

 with pedicels at the base, punctate, narrowed at the base, lobes 4, minutely 

 triangular, acute, f mm. long, 1 mm. broad. Petals 4, rounded, 2 mm. long, 

 more or less connate in calyptra, soon falling. tStamens 20-25, filaments terete 

 3 mm. long, anthers cordate, ^ mm. long. Style simple, 4 mm. long, truncate 

 at the apex, stigmatic. Ovary 2-celled. 



Hab. Exact locality is not given. 



This differs from B. sinensis Hjemsl. in having acute calyx-lobes, and in 

 many other points. 



Eugenia formosana Hayata Materials for a Flora of Formosa, p. 113, 

 and Ic. PL Formos. Fasc. I. PI. XXXYI. Branches slender, glabrous, ashy, 

 branchlets opposite. Leaves opposite petiolate, oblong or obovate, 6 cm. long 27 

 mm. broad, abruptly acuminate at the apex, or acute, obtuse at the extremity, 

 gradually narrowed at the base, coriaceous, glabrous, shining above, pallid be- 

 neath, petioles 12 mm. long. Flowers cymosely paniculate, panicles terminal 

 or axillary 5 cm. long, 3 cm. broad, branches furcate, or ternately branched, 

 bracts and bracteoles minute, flowers shortly pedicellate. Calyx-tube 1 mm. 

 long, blade campanulate, 1|- mm. long, 3 mm. in diameter, truncate, lobes ob- 

 solete. Petals strongly imbricate, orbicular, 2 mm. in diameter, more or less 

 connate in calyptra, deciduous. Stamens oo , many seriate 5 mm. long, fila- 

 ments distinct patent. Ovary connate to the calyx-tube, styles 3J mm. long. 



Hab. Koshun, Kusukusu. 



Near Eugenia cijmosa Lam. ; but differs from it by the obovate, but not 

 caudate, leaves. The leaves of E. cymosa are generally oblong. 



Eugenia Jambos Linn. ; Matsum. et Hayata Enum. PI. Formos. p. 143. 



