326 LI« MYRTACE^ [Eugenia 



Konkan southwards. A shrub or small tree, wholly glabrous, 1. elliptic or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, blade 2-3, petiole J in. long. Fl. white fasciculate, pedicels 

 slender, J-l in. long, calyx-segments lanceolate, fr. ovoid, pendulous, scarlet or crimson, 

 J;-| in. long. 78. E. memecyllfoUa, Talb. Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. 236 t. 5. Gre- 

 garious in the Sholas of the higher ghats of North Kanara, 3,400 ft. Fl. sessile, large, calyx 

 tomentose, segments ovate, obtuse. Fr. white, pulpy, irregularly globose, J-1 in. 

 diam., seeds 1 or 2. Perhaps a form of 76. 79. E. singampattiana, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. 

 Or. t. 273. Tinnevelli ghats in evergreen forest. A small tree, 1. ovate from a broad 

 base, 3 in. long. Fl. w^hite, shortly i^edicelled, in terminal clusters, bracteoles and 

 calyx slightly pubescent. 



Myrtus communis, Linn. Myrtle^ Mfirad, Hind. A glabrous evergreen shrub, indi- 

 genous in the Mediterranean region, in Persia and some parts of Afghanistan, planted 

 in North West India. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 1-ii in. long, il. white, usually solitary, 

 on long slender peduncles, free part of calyx-tube short, 4~5-cleft, berries black. 



Decaspermum paniculatum, Kurz (Xelitris ijanioidata, Lindl. ; Wight 111. t. 97"^, tig. 

 10. Ic. t. 521). Khasi hills. Hills between Sitang and Salween, 3-4,000 ft., common 

 on deserted toungyas. Tenasserim. An evergreen shrub or tree, youngest shoots silky, 

 1. opposite, lanceolate, petiole and midrib silky, blade 1-3, petiole ^-J in. long. Fl. m 

 axillary and terminal panicles, J in. diam., often polygamou.s. Calyx-tube silky outside, 

 enclosing and adnate to the 4- or 5-celled ovary, with 2 or few ovules in each cell. 

 Berry globose, ^ in diam. 



Psidium Guayava, Linn. The Giiava free. Indigenous in tiopical America, cultivated 

 in most tropical countries, naturalized in India. A small tree or large shrub, 1. elliptic- 

 oblong, nearly glabrous above, pubescent beneath, blade 4-6, petiole ^-^ in. long, sec. n. 

 15-20 pair, prominent beneath. Fl white, IJ in. across, i^eduncles axillary, 1-lJ in. 

 long, 1-3-fld. Fr. edible, seeds numerous. 



Eliodamnia triaervia, Blume. Tenasserim, Maulmein to Mergui. Malay Peninsula 

 and Archipelago to Australia. A shrub, young shoots and inflorescence silky, 1. elliptic 

 or elliptic-lanceolate, often silky beneath, with 3 longitudinal nerves, blade 2-4, petiole 

 l~l in. long. Fl. small, supported by a pair of small bracteoles axillary, generally 

 fasciculate, pedicels much shorter than leaves. Berries globose, red, J-J diam. 



Rliodomyrtus tomentosa, Wight 111. t. 97,-^ fig. 3. Ic. t. 522. Nilgiris, Pain is, Ceylon, 

 Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. ClihiB^ {The Hill Goosehprry. Koniffa, Mai.). A 

 shrub, branchlets and inflorescence tomentose. L. opposite, the lower often ternate, 

 glabrous above, softly tomentose beneath , with 3 strong longitudinal nerves. Peduncles 

 axillary, 1-3-fld. Fl. J-f in., supported by a pair of linear bracteoleb, calyx densely 

 tomentose, adnate to ovary, not produced beyond it, petals tomentose on back. Fr. 

 purple, nearly globose, crowned by the persistent calyx-segments, pulpy, edible, 3-celled, 

 a double row of seeds in each cell. 



2. EUCALYPTUS, L'Heritier; Brandis T. FL 230. 



Evergreen, glabrous trees, many attaining a gigantic size, often flowering 

 when quite young, usually secreting aromatic resinous gum. Leaves of saplings 

 generally opposite, sessile, cordate and horizontal, those of the adult tree 

 (here described) as a rule alternate, petiolate and vertical. FL in umbels or 

 heads, usually pedunculate. Calyx-tube enclosing the ovary, adnate to it and 

 as a rule produced beyond it; not articulate at the base, but continued without 

 a break into the pedicel, truncate, the orifice closed in bud by the petals being 

 united into a cap (operculum), which falls off entire, when tbe stamens expand. 

 Stamens oo . Ovary inferior, the summit glabrous, flat, convex or conical, 3-6- 

 celled, ovules numerous, on an axile placenta. Fruit consisting of the more or 

 less enlarged calyx-tuhe, usually hard and woody, full of resin-sacs. Seeds 

 numerous but a large proportion abortive, these usually larger than the fertile 

 seeds. Species about 140, all Australian, excepting a few in New Guinea and 

 the Indian Archipelago. Many species cultivated in India, chiefly on account 

 of their wonderfully rapid growth, producing an extraordinary quantity of hard 

 heavy wood per acre per annum. Of these I mention the following, which, as 

 far as known at present, are likely to be of some importance in India. 



