Eugenia] LI. MYRTACBiE 325 



ot B-iid. cyniPs in a terminal coiymbiforni infloiescpnce, caljx-tiilDe J in., segments 

 broadly triangular, petaK cal.yptratp, •^omptimes free. Fr. ovoid-oblong, I in. long, 

 dark purple, bl E. revoluta, Wiglit, 1. thickly corlaceou's, 1]-B in , obovate, obtuse, often 

 emaiginate, i)etalb small, usually distinct, fr. globobo J in. diam., is a Ceylon tree. I 

 have been no sppoinipns from the Xilgirito. 65. E. Myhendra, Bedd. MSS. A large tree 

 on the Tinnevelii and Trarancore ghats, branchlets and ramiiications of inflorescence 

 sharply c|uadrangalar, 1 oblancpolate, 1-1 J m. long, see. n. slender, very numerous, 

 clo&elj^ parallel, tl. spssile m terminal compound trichotomous evmes, calyx-tube ^ in. 

 long, begments broad, roundod, fr. unknown. 66. E. cmieata, Wall. Assam. Ivhasi 

 hills. Upper Burma in stioam beds {Tf-thahye, Burm. Smales). A shrub, branchlets 

 and ramification^ ot inliorescenoe ([uadrangular, 1. lanceolate, blade 13~2^ in., petiole 

 -^ m. long. Fl, setesdp, m small terminal compound cynieh, calyx-tube | in., petals 

 calyptrate, btamens }, in., fr. red, nearlv globose, \ in. diam. 67. E. m,yTfcifolia, Boxb. 

 Tenasserim (Kurz). Mala\^ Peninsula, branchlets quadrangular, L elliptic-lanceolate 

 2-3 in. long, petiole ver^^ short. El. bessile or shortly pedicellate, in trichotomous 

 compound cymes. Calyx-tub^ broadly funnel-shaped, ^ in. long and at mouth J in, 

 wide, the free portion a shallow cup. Petalb 4 calyptrate, stameub J in. long. 



Sect. III. Eu-eutjenifL Oalyx-tiibe not produced be3'-ond ovary, petals dis- 

 tinct, fl. solitary or fasciculate : 2 bi^acteoles at the base of calyx-tube. Nearly 

 all Western species. (Species 68-79.) 



A. Young shoots and inflorescence pubescentj pedicels longer than calyx- 

 tube. 



68. E. bracteata, Roxb.— Syn. E, WiUdemwii, Wiglit Ic. t. 545. 



A shrub or small tree, young shoots and inilorescence rusty-pubescent, 1. 

 coriaceous, elliptic, blade 1-3, petiole | in. PL wliite, showy, on slender 

 axillary, usually l-fld. peduncles, these frequently in pairs. Calyx-tube hairy, 

 hemispherical, segments large, obtuse, reiiexed after flowering. Petals hairy 

 at back, ciliate at max'gin, twice the length of calyx-segments. Berry orange 

 or red, globose, | in. diam., 1-2-seeded, crowned by the persistent calyx- 

 segments. 



Western Peninsula, on the east side in semi-evergreen scrub as far north as Orissa. On 

 the west side m evergreen forests, ascending to 5,000 ft. Assam and the Khasi hills. PL 

 Nov ."May. Ceylon dry legion. t>9. E. Rottleriana, W. et A. ; Wight Ic. t 100. Tinnevelii 

 and Travancore ghatb. A bmall or middle-sized tree, L nariowlj^ lanceolate, 2 x J in., fl. 

 fasciculate on short peduncles, top of ovary and base of style hairy. 70. E. argentea, 

 Bedd. Waindd, a small tree, branchlets and underside of 1. with dense silky silvery 

 hairs, 1. lanceolate from a rounded base, blade 3--5, petiole ^ in., bee. n. blender, nearly 

 at right angles fi'om midrib, bracteoleb linear persistent, fr. globose i in. diam. 71. E. 

 Jossinia, Duthie (Josslnia Indica, Wight 111. t. 97 * Ic. t. 523). Tinnevelii hills. A 

 bhrub or bmall tree, 1. coriaceoub oblanceolate, blade 1-2, narrowed into petiole J in, 

 long, fr. velvety. 72. E. calcadensis, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 1. 162. Calcad hills, Tinne- 

 velii. A small tree, peduncles axillar^^, solitar}'-, mostly 2-iid., petals white, i in. long. 



73. E. (?) Wynadensis, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 161. Wainad (2-3,000 ft.). A large 

 shrub or small tree, young shoots and inflorescence densely fulvo-tomentose, peduncles 

 fasciculate, axillary or supra-axillary, each fl. bupported by a pair of lanceolate brac- 

 teoles larger than calyx, calyx lobes lanceolate, as long as petals, disk on top of ovary 

 glabrous, ovules pendulous from the top of the two cells, 4 in each. Probably a new 

 genus. 



B Young sboots and inflorescence pubescent, fl. sessile or nearly so. 



74 E, floccosa, Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 200, Tinnevelii ghats above Calcad. A beautiful 

 large tree, 1. thickly coriaceous, blade elliptic, 3-5 by 2-3 in., petiole ^ in. long. PI. 

 rusty tomentose on short pedicels in terminal compact cymes, disk on the top of the 

 ovary densely woolly, petals white. 75. E. macrosepala, Duthie, ghats of North Xanara 

 on the edge of evergreen forests, locally common, a bushy spreading shrub, branchlets 

 pubescent, 1. elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, blade 3-4, petiole J in., fl, clustered, sessile, 

 clusters axillary or above the scars of fallen L, calyx-tube shorter than bracteoles, lobes 

 lanceolate, longer bhan petals. 76. E. codyeasis/Munro, Coorg and Nilgiris. A shrub, 1. 

 elliptic, blade 2-3, petiole J in., fl. sessile, clustered, axillary and above the soars of 

 fallen 1., calyx-lobes broad, half the length of petals. 



0. Young shoots glabrous. 



77. E. Mooniana, Wight Ic. t. 551. Evergreen forests of the Western ghats, from the 



