318 LI. MYETAGE^ [Evgenia 



large, wlaite, 3-9 in a shortly pediinoled inflorescence Fr. 2 in. cliam , greenish-yellow 

 ■when ripe, crowned with the mflexed calyx-lohes. Closely allied to this is a large tree 

 (Dacca, C. B. Clarke, April, 1872) with 9~27-M. lax panicles from the axils of fallen L, 

 petals yellow, anthers yellow, stigma yellow-green. 



5. E. Munronii, Wiglifc, Ic. t. 546 ; Bedd. Manual 109. 



A middle-sized very beautiful tree, glabrous, 1. coriaceous, from a cordate 

 base lanceolate, blade 6-9, petiole stout channelled, \ in., sec. n. 18-24 pair, 

 slender but prominent beneath, joined by conspicuous intramarginal veins. 

 Fl. white, 1-1^ in. across in terminal many-fid. trichotomous compound cymes, 

 calyx-tube obconic, | in. long, tapering into the pedicel which is as long as 

 the calyx-tube. 



Western Ghats from South Kanara to Cape Comorin, Nilgiris. Fl. Dec— Feb. A 

 variety with broader leaves found by Bourdillon on the lower hills of Travancore. 6. 

 E. diospyrifolia, Wall. Khasi and Garo hills. Upper Burma, near streams. A small or 

 middle-sized tree, hranchlets sharply quadrangular, 1. from a narrow cordate base 

 oblong-lanceolate, fl. solitary or in terminal 3-5-iid. cymes, calyx-tube turbinate, V| in. 

 long, free portion above the ovary shallow-oupshaped, fr. globose 1-2 in. diani., red. 



7. E, Rama Varma, Bourdillon MSS. 



A middle-sized or large tree, 1. from a cordate base gradually narrowed into 

 a long acumen, blade 5-7 in. long, petiole stout, very short, midrib impressed on 

 the upper surface, very prominent beneath, as well as the 15-20 pair of sec. n. 

 which are joined by straight intramarginal veins. Fl. white, on the old wood, 

 solitary or in few-fid. racemes, pedicels longer than calyx. Calyx-tube | in. 

 long and as wide at the mouth, segments semicircular, petals orbicular \ in. 

 diam. Fr. greenish-pink, globose, 1 \ in. diam. 



Travancore, evergreen forests at high elevations 4-4,500 ft. Fl. March. Called 

 after His Highness the Maharajah of Travancore, who wisely insists on a good manag ^- 

 ment of his forests in the interest of future generations. 



^. Leaves more or less elliptic, narrowed towards both ends. 



8. E. Jambos, Linn. ; Ku.rz F. M. i. 495. — Syn. Jamhosa vulgaris DC ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 435. The Rose Ajople. Vern. Gulah Jaman^ Hind. ; Thabyc, 



Burm. 



A middle-sized tree, 1. thinly coriaceous, oblong- or elliptic-lanceolate, taper- 

 ing to both ends, blade 4-7, petiole I in., sec. n. and intramarginal veins slender 

 but distinct. El. greenish-white, 2-3 in. across, in short terminal corymbs, 

 composed of 2-4 pair of opposite fl., those of the uppermost pair often opening 

 first. Calyx-tube obconical, | in. long, stamens If in. long, pedicel often as 

 long as calyx-tube, Fr. globose or pear-shaped, 1^-2 in. long, yellow or pink, 

 edible. 



Indigenous in the Malay Archipelago and Upper Burma (Shweho district, 1,000 ft. 

 on stream banks). Cultivated throughout India and Burma, run wild in places. Fl. 

 Feb.-April, but also at other times. 9. E. Iseta, Ham. {B. paucifiora, Wight lo. t. 526 ) 

 Western Ghats from Bombay southwards. L. ohartaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, blade 4-5, petiole J- J in., sec. n. slender, distant. Fl large, crimson, sometimes 

 white, solitary or in 3~5-fld. cymes, calyx-tube | in. almost cylindrical, slightly widen- 

 ing upwards, free portion shallow-campanulate, pedicel often longer than tube, ovary- 

 cells in the middle of tube, petals J in. diam., stamens 1 in. long. Fr. ovoid 1 in. long, 

 crowned by the calyx-segments. 10. E. javanica, Lamk. (J5. atba^ Eoxb. ,* Wight Ic. t. 

 548.) Andamans and Isficobars, Sundriban (C. B. Clarke). A middle-sized tree, 1. thinly 

 coriaceous, fl. large white pedicellate, in many-fld. terminal and lateral compound 

 cymes, some £. occasionally sessile, calyx-tube turbinate, J in. long, cylindrical below. 

 Fr. white, shining, depressed-turbinate, almost flat, 2 in. diameter, crowned by the 

 fleshy incurved calyx-lobes. 



11. E. hemisphserica, Wight Ic. t. 525. ; Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 203. Vern. 

 Veil nydra^ Mai. 



A large tree, L elliptic-lanceolate, blade 3-6, narrowed into petiole j in. long, 

 sec. n. faint, distant, 8-10 pair. Fl. white, in ample compound terminal and 



