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1. E. acuminata, Ptob. Br.—SyD, E, .^errata, Eoxb. ; Wiglit 111. t. 170 ; 

 Braudis F. Fl. 330. Tern. Shatcahi) Pushtu : Ponravi) Haz. : Pania^ Puna, 

 Hind. ; Diial^ As. 



A middle-sized evergreen tree, bark s-rev -with ioncritudinal fissures, wood 

 brown, even grained, easily worked. ISTearl}' glabrous, young 1. and mlior- 

 escence with scattered short appressed hairs, L. elliptic-oblongs acuminate, 

 sharp-serrate, blade 4-8, pet. |-li in. long. FL numerous, white, fragrant, 

 nearly sessile in lari>e terminal and axillary pyramidal panicles, corolla rotate, 

 drupe 03'ange, red or nearly black when ripe, pyrenes 2, 1- or 2-seeded. 



Subhimalavan tiact and outf-^r hills, ascending to 5,000 ft. AVest Buar^, As^ani. 

 Ivliasi and Cbittagong hills. Uppor Burma {Fdtlnn, Smalps). Fl. PelD.-April. — China, 

 Pormo&a, Japan, Australia. 2. E. macropliylla, Wall. Nepal, China, 1. ovate, smra- 

 tures unequal, upper side rougli ^dth bhort stiff hairs on a conical haso, blade 4-6, 

 pet. \-~i in. PI. in bliort rounded terminal panicles, corolla-tube more than twicp the 

 fengtli of calyx. Fr. globose^, mucronate \ in. diani. 



8. E. buxifolia, Eoxb. Cor. PI. t. 57. Yevn. Fichika ^/ror, Tel. Western Peninsula, 

 chieiiy on the east side, common in tlie semi-evergreen scrub. Fl. Kov.-June. 

 Ce^'^lon, IMalay Aichipelago, China, Formosa. A sliruh \\ith stifi* branches^ 1. i-1 in., 

 fascienlate on arrested hranehlets, ohlanceolate, apex with a few obtuse teeth, pale 

 beneath, upper side rough with short si it!' hairt., standing generally on white disks (cj sto- 

 lith cellb). FL solitary or a few together, on slender hairy peduncles. Calj'x hairv, seg- 

 ments spathulate, longer than tnbe, corolla l-l in. across., style 2-lad to near the base, 

 or tv> o distinct slides. Drupe globose, j-J in. diam., yellow or scarlet wlien ripe, stone 

 one, 4~celled. 



B. Leaves (luite entire, corolla rotate or broadly campannlate. 



4. E. leevis, Eoxb, Cor. PL t. 56 ; Wight Ic. t. 1B82 : Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 

 246 ; Brandis P. PL t. 42.-— Syn. E. floribunda^ Benth. ; JS. asjjercij Eoxb. 

 Cor. PL t. 55. Yern. Chamror^ Koda, Hind. ; Tcnnbolia^ Eajpiitana; Datrcmgj 

 Mar. ; Potjadi^ Tel. ; Eapjjura^ Kan.: Charandij Mai. ; GyaiUKj byu^ Upper 

 Burma. 



A middle-sized tree, pubescent or glabrous, branches whitish-grey. L. 

 elliptic, sometimes obovate, blade 3~-S^ petiole J-l in. PL in loose terminal or 

 axillary cymes, composed of anilatex*al racemes, calyx hairy, lobes ovate, 

 corolla rotate or broadly campannlate, lobes as long as or twice the length of 

 tube. Drupe nearly 2-lobed, somewhat broader than long, } in. broad, red; 

 afterwards black, a sweet pulp enclosing 3-4 one-seeded pyrenes. 



Sind. Trans Indus, ascending on the Suliman range to 2,500 ft. Sub-liimalayau 

 tract to 2,500 ft. G-angetic plain. Bajputana. l*entral Provinces, aingblium, 

 "Western Peninsula. Burma, "Upper and Lower. The old leaves are shed January, 

 Febr., new foliage Febr.-Aprih Fl. before or witb the young 1., sometinieb before tlie 

 L are sbed — Persia. Ceylon. Ind. Arcliip. Cliina. Australia, Polynesia. A very 

 variable S2)ecies, 2 remarkable varieties in the Western Peninsula are: a. aspera, 1. 

 small, hairy beneath when mature, (3. canaren^ils, glabrous, L elongate-elliptic evenly 

 narrowed at both ends. The following fonr species are closely allied to 4 : 5. E. ovalifolia» 

 ■Wight Ic. t. 1383. Hills of the Southern Deccan. Iniiorebcence hairy, 1. giabruiiSj 

 elliptic, nearly obtuse. 6. E. Wiglxtiana, Wall. ; Wight Ic. t. 1384. M^^soi^e, Karnstik, 

 Courtallam. L. glabrous, lanceolate, corolla campanulate. 7. E. retusa, Wall. 8. E. 

 parallela, Clarke, both from Upper Burma, imperfectly known. 



9. E. obtusifolia, Hochst. ; Brandis F. Fl. 340. Yern. Manah, Bal. ; Tamholia, Merw ara, 

 Afghanistan, Baluchistan. Sind. Salt range, Punjab. Ajpore and Merwara. A small 

 shrub, branches grey. L. rough and hairy, obovate or spatbulate, blade 1-2 in., 

 narrowed into pet. J in. long. Fl. white or blue in las hany cymes, corolla-tube twice 

 tlie length of calyx, lobes as long as tube. 



C. L. quite entire, coi'oUa tubular. 



10. E. WallicMana, Hook. 1 & Thorns. Yern. Boeri, Doivari, Nep, ; Kalet, Lepcha ; 

 Kl/et madh, Burm. Sikkim, 2-7,000 ft., often gregarious, forming the second growth 

 on clearances. Bhutan. Khasi hills, Upper Burma, Shan hills sind. Irawadi valley. 

 PL March-.Tune. A middle-sized deciduous tree, nearly glabrous, 1. ellipticdanceolate, 

 acuminate, blade 3-6, sometimes longer, petiole J-1 in. long. FL before the leaves, in 

 minutely pubescent "compact cymes, mostly at the ends of lateral branchlets, corolla- 



