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LI. MYRTACEJE. 
[Eugenia. 
liexuose. Anthers with globular divaricate cells, as in F. Smithii. Fruit crimson, 
globular, l^in. diameter, crowned by the small circular scar of the calyx-rim and 
the minute calyx-teeth, and often with a few stamens. Cotyledons as in 
E. Smithii. 
Hab.: Johnstone River (flowering specimens), Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft; Eumundi (fruiting 
specimens), IF'. Munro Hull ; Evelyn, Herberton, J. F. Bailey. 
Fruit useful for preserving, being fleshy and of a sharp acid flavour. 
Wood known as “ Scrub Mahogany,” of a dark colour, hard, and according to Mr. Mazlin very 
durable. — J. F. Bailey, Rep. on the Timber Trees of the Herberton District, Se 2 >t. 1899. 
5. E. kuranda (native name at Barron River), Bail. A tree of medium size. 
Bark thin and scaly; the branchlets often flattened. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, 
usually tapering much towards the base ; apex more or less obtusely acuminate, 
texture coriaceous. The flowers in short cymes upon the branches below the 
foliage. Fruit white, round or transversely oval, from 1 to 2in. or even more in 
diameter ; the calyx-lobes deciduous, leaving a saucer-like depression from 4 to 8 
lines in diameter. Style persistent ; pericarp fleshy ; endocarp hard, crustaceous. 
Seeds usually solitary, or 2 in the oblate fruits. 
Hab.: Johnstone River, Dr. T. L. Bancroft; Barron River, E. Cowley. 
Wood of a flesh colour, close in grain, stands well in drying ; suitable for house-building 
purposes. — Bailey’s Cat. QI. Woods No. 223 (then supposed to be a form of E. Jambolana). 
6. E. gustavioides (contour of fruit like that of a Gustavia), Bail. A very 
large glabrous tree with an erect straight trunk often several feet in diameter, the 
branchlets more or less compressed. Leaves thin, coriaceous, about 5in. long, 
2+in. broad, oblong, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, the apex often acuminate and 
twisted, base cuneate, midrib sharply prominent, lateral nerves slender, looping 
far within the margin and again once or twice. between that and the edge of the 
leaf ; petiole about |in. long. Fruit globose, attaining 2in. in diameter, rind of 
a dark colour, hard and dry, crowned by the wide circular scar of the calyx-rim, 
endocarp inseparable from the rind, containing a solitary globose seed. — Q. Agri. 
Journ. vol. v. pi. 140. 
Hab.: Near Lake Bavrine, J. F. Bailey. 
7. E. Ventenatii (after E. P. Ventenat), Bentli. FI. Austr. iii. 283. A tall 
tree, quite glabrous. Leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate or rarely ovate-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, narrowed at the base, mostly 3 to 5in. long, finely penniveined 
as in E. Smithii. Flowers larger than in that species, in compound thyrsoid or 
oblong panicles, the pedicels short but slender and distinct. Buds nearly globular. 
Calyx-tube broadly turbinate-campanulate, about lh line long, the adnate portion 
very short, the margin truncate with 4 lobes or teeth very short, or if larger and 
petal-like falling off as the flower expands. Petals 4, ovate, concave, under 1 
line long, usually distinct and very deciduous, but according to F. v. Mueller 
sometimes cohering, and occasionally there is an inner series of smaller ones. 
Stamens attaining about 2 lines ; anther-cells parallel. Ovules about 10 in each 
cell. Fruit depressed-globular or somewhat urceolate, often exceeding -|in. in 
diameter, 1-seeded. — Metrosuleros Jloribunda, Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 75, not of Sm.; 
Syzygium floribundum, F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 58. 
Hab.: Rockingham Bay, Dallacliy ; Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller, II'. Hill, C. 
Stuart ; Ipswich, Vernet ; also in 11. Brown’s collection without a label. — Bentli. 
Wood of a grey colour, soft and easy to work ; might be suitable for cabinet-work. — Bailey’s 
Cat. Ql. Woods No. 222. 
8. E. leptantha (flowers slender), Wight , lllustr. ii. 15, and Ic. t. 528; 
Bentli. FI. Austr. iii. 283. A tree about 60ft. high, with a smooth bark, glabrous 
but pale, or the inflorescence hoary-pubescent. Leaves from oval-elliptical to 
oblong-lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, narrowed into a very short petiole, 4 to 
5in. long, finely penniveined. Flowers in short dense raceme-like cymes, almost 
