Eu(jenia\ LI. MYRTACE/E 323 



E. cerasoldes, Roxb. ; "Wight Ic. t. 615. Vern. Piaman^ Eai Jctman^ Hind. 

 Kon thabye^ Upper Burma. 



A small or middle-sized, sometiines a large tree, 1. tliinly coriaceous, turning 

 red before falling; broadiy-oTate or eliipticj sometimes obovatej blade 3-8, 

 petiole '^-1 in. long, sec. n. 8-12 pair. El. sessile, greenish, in broad com- 

 ])ound trichotomous cymes, ramifications divaricatej from the previous year's 

 wood. Calyx-tnbe turbinate \^ stamens \ in. long. Berry dark purple, juicy, 

 edible, \-\ in. diam. crowned by the broad and large calyx-rim. Seed 1. 



Subhimalayan tract from tlie Jumna eastwards. Common in Savannahs in Sal 

 forests. Behar. Oris<^a. Assam, Silliet, Cacliar, Cbittagong. Burma, Upper and Lower. 

 Fl. April, May. 48. E. Tbalsamea, Wiglit. Sikkim Terai, in swampy places and along 

 rivers. Assam. Khasi kills. Chittagong. Upper Burma on stream banks ( Ye thahye 

 tliein). A shrub attaining 15 ft., 1. membranous, lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, blade 

 3-5, naiTowecI into i3etiole J-^ in. long, sec. n. 8-12 pair, prominent beneath, as well as 

 intramarginal veins. Fl. very small, in short fasciculate compound trichotomous cymes 

 with slender ramifications, calyx-tube from a short cylindrical base turbinate, fj in. 

 long, mouth truncate, fr. nearly globose, J in. long, crowned by the bx'oad calyx-rim. 

 49. E. Stocksii, Duthie, Konkan and Wainad. Similar to 48, but branchlets acutely 

 quadrangulai", inflorescence and fl. larger, calyx-tube I in. long. fr. not known. 50. E. 

 nicobarica, King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 70, 130 {E, occhisa, Kvlyz not Miq. ; El. Brit. 

 Ind. ii. 498) 1. thinly coriaceous lanceolate or elliptic, blade 2^-4J, petiole g in. long, fl. 

 sessile or on short 4-angled pedicels, calyx -^ in. long. 



(b.) Sec. n. numerous, slender, closely parallel. 



51. E. Jambolana, Lam. : Wight Ic. t. 535 : Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 197^ 

 Brandis E. Fl, t. 30. Tern. Jaman^ Jamun^ Hind. Phalinda^ Garhwal ; 

 Kcda jcnUj Nep. ; Kiula^ Kol; Jamhidj Mar.; yerediij Tel. ; Nerale, K^n.; 

 Navalj Tarn. ; Ndga, Mai. ; Thabye^ Burm. 



A large tree, bark light grey. L. coriaceous, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolatej 

 blade 3-6, petiole i-1 in. long, sec. n. numerous, very fine, closely parallel. 

 Fl. whitish, scented, sessile, in compound trichotomous cymes on the jarevious 

 year's wood, rarely axillary, calyx-tube turbinate, ^~\ in. long, base short 

 cylindrical, limb almost truncate, segments very short. Petals united in a 

 calyptra, stamens as long as calyx-tube. Fr. i-l| in. long, pink while ripen- 

 ing, black when fully ripe, juicy, edible. 



Subhimalayan tract from Hazara eastwards, ascending to 3,000 ft. Common 

 throughout India and Burma, excepting the arid region of Sind and the southern 

 Punjab. PL March-May. Fr. June-July. The 1. are renewed in April, the old 1. 

 turning red before being shed. This species varies in the shape of its leaves and tlip 

 size of fl. and fr. A very striking fox'm has large fl., calyx-tube ^-J in. long, it is the most 

 common form in the Western Peninsula, but has also been found in N.~ Western India. 

 Bengal, Assam and the Andamans. It occurs both with elliptic and elliptic-lanceolate 1 . 

 In Kumaon and Gurhwal I have found the large fruited form with both elliptic and 

 lanceolate 1. In the evergreen forests of Travancore occurs a middle-sized tree, perhapb 

 a distinct species (Bourdillon, No 105) with small fl. and inflorescence often axillary, 

 A similar form I found in the Yoonzaleen in March 1880, JE7. caryophyllifoUa^ Lam. 

 Wight Ic. t. 553 is supposed to be distinguished by lanceolate 1. 52. E. fruticosa, Eoxb. 

 Maimansingh, Dacca, Chittagong. Sundriban {Ban-jam). Burma, Upper and Lower, 

 often in Eng forest (Thahye-ycde, Yethah^/e). A shrub similar to 51, but inflorescence 

 larger, its ramifications sharply quadrangular, fl. white, calyx ^-J in., turbinate 

 without a cylindrical basis, petals often free, fv. globose, | in, diam. 



53. E Heyneana, Wall. {E. salic^foUa^'Wigh.t Ic. t. 539.) Jamnera^ Hind.; Par JamhuJ^ 

 Mar. Gregarious in the beds of w^atercourses in Behar and the Central provinces. 

 Also in the Konkan, North Kanara, Travancore and elsewhere on the west side of the 

 Peninsula. A shrub, 1. coriaceous, lanceolate, blade 4, petiole J-f in. long, sec. n. 

 numerous, slender, with reticulate intermediate n. betw^een. Fl. sessile, white, in com- 

 pound trichotomous cymes from the old wood, calyx-tube turbinate J-J in. long. Pr. 

 oblong, J~ I in. long, not edible. 



P. PL middle sized and small, calyx - tube \^ in., and tinder, rarely 

 larger, petals calyptrate, inflorescence terminal and axillary. (Species 54-07.) 



(a) Leaves large, blade over 3 in. 



