41. MYKTACEiTJ. 



167 



Calyx elongate. Flowers axillary, racemose .. 5. J?. Wighiiana, 

 Calyx shorter. Flowers ia corymbs ... 6. E. zeylanica. 



Petals calyptrate. 



CalyK-tube shortly turbinate. 



Branches 4-angled. Leaves lanceolate ... 7. lissophylla. 

 liranches terete. Leaves ovate, acuminate or 

 obtuse. 



Flowers sessile. 



Cymes longer than the leaves ... JE caryophylleoe. 

 Cymes shorter than the leaves ... 9. -E". utilis. 

 Flowers pedicelled. Calyx broadly 

 turbinate ... ... ... 10. Tcanarensis, 



Calyx-tube slender and tapering, limb 4-5 loberl. 



Leaves indistinctly nerved, dots not pellucid . 11. JE. StocTcsii. 

 Leaves distinctly nerved, dots p, llucid. 



Cymes short, conjpact, below the leaves . 12, E, Jamholana, 

 Cymes lateral, lax from the scars of 

 fallen leaves, much branched ... 13. E. Heyneana. 



Binall trees or shrubs. Flowers solitary or fascicled. 

 Tetals distinct. 



Branchlets &c. pubescent. Staminal disk broad., 14. E, macrosepala. 

 Glabrous. Stamina! disk not enlarged. 



Flowers peduncled. Fruit small ... ... 15. JE. Mooniana. 



Flowers sessile. Fruit large ... ... 16. E. memecylifolia. 



E. malaccensis, Linn.; Lam, Diet. IIL 196; Fl. Br. I. 2, 471; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sjlv, 110. Jambosa malaccensis, DC. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fi. Snppl. 35. Malay Apple or Kavika Tree. Malacca jamhulj Y em. ; 

 Jamb neerl^ K. 



Native of the Malay ArcLipelngo. Cultivated in the supdri palm 

 gardens of the Haigas in North Kanara, also near and in Bombay. Fl. 

 Apl.-May. A large evergreen tree. Wood reddish-grey, rough, soft. 

 Ports moderate sized and large. Med. rays broad. Weighs 38 lbs. to 

 the cub. ft. Produces a juicy insipid fruit. 



2. U, Jambos, Linn. Fl. Br. L 2. 474; Brandis For. FL 23.3 ; Bedd. 

 FL Sylv. 110. Jambosa vulgaris, W. & A. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 35. 

 Hose Apple. Guldb-jaman, saharajamhlia, Vern.; Pun neerl, K. 



A moderate sized or small tree. Planted throughout the presidency. 

 Run wild and planted near villages in North Kdnara. Fl. Jany. to Mch, 

 Fr. July- Aug.; also at other times during the year. Fruit scented, edible. 

 Seed 1 — 2, large, loose in the pericarp, testa thin, rough, brown; 

 cotyledons unequal, green. 



3. E. hemispherica, Wight. IIL 11. 14; Fl. Br. 1. 2. 477 ; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t, 203. Jambosa lanceolaria, Wgt. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl 

 94. 



Southern India and Ceylon. On the Konkan and North Kanara gh^tg, 

 in evergreen forests, common on the Nilkund, Ram and Ainshi gLats, and 

 throughout the Siddapore sub-division evergreen forests ; often along 

 river banks. Fl. Mch. -April. Fr. R. S. 



A large or moderate-sized tree. Bark smooth, scaly, inner red. Wood 

 light brown, hard. Pores small^ numerous, single or in rows. Med. rays 



