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NAT. ORDER.— MYRTACE^. 
is a native of the East Indies, and is common in most of the Islands 
in the South Sea. 
Jambosa amplexicaulus. Stem-clasping-leaved Ko^e Apple. This 
tree generally attains the height of twenty or thirty feet ; racemes 
few-flowered, terminal— lower ones axillary, solitary ; leaves mem- 
branous, oblong, lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous, undulated, rather cor- 
date at the base; fruit very fine, purple, and about the size of a 
small apple ; calyx fleshy, bluntly four-cleft. It is a native of Su- 
matra. 
Jambosa aiistralis. Southern Rose Apple. This tree rises about 
twenty feet in height ; peduncles axillary, three-flowered, solitary — 
terminal ones rather solitary, panicled ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 
acute ; flowers white. It is a native of New Holland, where it is 
cultivated as an ornament by the road sides and pleasure grounds. 
Jambosa formosa. Beautiful Rose Apple. This species rises 
from twenty-five to thirty feet in height; leaves elliptic-oblong, 
rather accuminated, sessile, cordate, stem-clasping ; racemes axillary, 
rising after the leaves have fallen, sessile, short ; pedicles clavate- 
elongated ; flowers smooth ; stamens very long ; berry globose, pen- 
dulous ; calyx and petals reddish ; filaments white. Native of the 
East Indies, at Moalmyne, and at the bottoms of the rocks on the 
banks of the Athan. 
Jambosa laurifolia. Laurel-leaved Rose Apple. This tree is 
rather uniform in height with the other species, being from twenty 
to thirty feet ; cymes axillary, opposite, three to five-flowered ; lower 
pedicles opposite, elongated ; flowers three, terminal, sessile on the 
tops of the peduncles ; leaves elliptic, bluntish at both ends ; flowers 
white. Native of the East Indies. 
Jambosa hypericifolia. St. John's- wort-leaved Rose Apple. This 
species is a shrub ; pedicles terminal, solitary, one-flowered shorter 
than the leaves ; leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, rather 
cordate at the base, glabrous ; calyx four cleft, rather attenuated at 
base. It is a native of Java, on Mount Salak. 
