COMMENTARY ON 
stating, that the synonyma which he gives to this plant seem 
correct. 
Eugenia Jambolana, Enc. Meth. iii. I98 ; Hort. Beng. 37- 
Eugenia caryophyllifoliaj Enc. Meth. iii. I98. 
Calyptranthes Jambolana, Willd. Sp. PL ii. 975 ; Hort. 
Kew. iii. I9I. 
Calyptranthes caryophyllifolia, Willd. Sp. PI. ii. 975, 
exclusis synonymis Rumphii et Burmanni. 
Myrtus Cumini, Burm. Fl. Ind. 1 15, exclusis synony- 
mis Rumphii et Burmanni. 
Myrtus foliis lanceolato-ovatis, Lin, Fl. Zeyl. 185, ex- 
clusis synonymis. 
Prunus Indica, fructu nigro, Oliv^ magnitudine, Jam- 
bulous Acostse, Madan Zeylonensibus, Burm. Thes. 
Zeyl. 197} exclusis synonymis Plukenetii, Sioani, et 
Rayi. 
Jambolana, Herb. Amb. i. 131, t. 42. 
Caryophyllus, languescente vi aromaticus, Malabaren- 
sis folio et fructu maximo, Pluk. Aim. 88 ; Phyt. 
t. 274, f. 2 : Mant. 39. 
Perin Niara, Hort. Mai. v. 57, t. 29- 
Jati Jam Bengaliensiura. 
Jamun Hindice. 
Habitat ubique ad Indiaa pagos. 
Arbor mediocris. Folia rigida, oblonga, basi saspius obtusi- 
uscula, apice reflexo plerumque acuminata, venis parallelis in 
venam submarginalem desinentibus? reticulata, poris minutis 
perforata, odore languido aromatico amara. Petiolus quartam 
folii partem longitudine attingens, obtusangulus. 
Paniculffi nunc axillares, tunc terminales, saepius tamen in 
hamuli parte foliis nudata. 
Calyx truncatus. Bacca Olivse magnitudine utrinque obtusa, 
sed apicem versus s^pius crassior, umbilico profundo rimo 
semper obliquo coronata, nigra, monosperma. Caro crassa, 
succo tingente scatens, ex purpurascente alba. Receptaculum 
nullum. Semen oblongum, utrinque obtusum, bacca multoties 
minus. Integumentum crustaceum, friabile. Albumen nullum. 
Cotyledones crassse, hinc planae, inde convexae, transversa?. 
Radicula unum latus versus inter cotyledones nidulans. 
In the woods of Behar, or Magadha, I found a tree dif- 
fering in no respect from the above description, except that 
