Eugenia.] 
LI. MYRTACEiE. 
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reduced to heads, on the previous year’s wood, either in the axils of the old leaves 
or at the nodes of the denuded branches, the peduncles and pedicels very short. 
Calyx-tube 5 to 6 lines long, very narrow, clavate, glabrous or powdery-pubescent, 
the free part short, slightly dilated, obscurely sinuate-toothed. Petals cohering 
and falling off together in a small calyptra. Stamens short. Ovules 12 to 20 in 
each cell. Fruit red, in loose cymes. — Syzygium lonyifioruw , Wall. Cat. Herb. 
Ind. n. 8572 ; allied to F. corynocarpa, A. Gray, Bot. of Wilk. Exped. 526, t. 64. 
Hab.: Rockingham Bay, Mackay, and Mt. Dryander. 
The species is also found in the Malayan Peninsula. 
Wood of a grey colour, close-grained, and hard. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 22‘2a. 
Var. parvifolia. Tree medium-sized. Leaves small, with long acuminate points. Hab.: John- 
stone River, Dr. T. L. Bancroft. — Wood of a grey colour, close-grained, soft ; easily worked ; 
suitable for flooring-boards of verandas. Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 222b. 
9. E. Jambolana (Jambos-like), Lam. Diet. iii. 198 ; Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 
288. A tall shrub or tree, attaining sometimes a considerable size, quite glabrous. 
Leaves oval-oblong, obtuse or shortly acuminate, usually 4 to 6in. long and 2 to 
Bin. broad, but sometimes longer, very firm, shining, with numerous fine pinnate 
veins and reticulate between them, the principal ones confluent but -not forming a 
regular intramarginal vein. Flowers not large, numerous, in broad trichotomous 
panicles lateral on the old wood below the leaves, the ultimate cymes dense. 
Calyx sessile, turbinate-campanulate, the lobes very short and broad at the 
margin, almost entire when the flower is fully out. Petals cohering and falling 
off together in a calyptra. Berry roundish, from the size of a cherry to that of a 
pigeon’s egg, usually with a single seed ( Roxburgh). — Wight, Illustr. ii. 16, and 
Ic. t. 535, 624 ; Syzyyium Jambolanum, DC. Prod. ii. 259 ; Wight and Arn. Prod. 
329, with the synonyms adduced ; Fityenia Moorei, F. v. M. Fragm. v. 33. 
Hab.: Albany Island, W. Hill. 
Very common in East India and the Archipelago, where the fruit is much eaten. 
10. E. corynantha (flower-bud club-shaped), F. v. M. Fragm. ix. 144. A 
tall tree, branchlets somewhat terete. Leaves ovate, 2 to 3in. long, somewhat 
acuminate, very thinly penninerved, shortly tapering to a short petiole, the oil- 
dots scattered and rather obscure. Peduncles axillary and terminal, short, the 
short branches bearing 2 to 5 flowers, clavate in the bud. Calyx-tube clavate, 
6 to 8 lines long, somewhat funnel-shaped ; lobes 4, about 1^ line long, roundish 
and tardily separating. Petals free, not adhering together. Stamens about ^in. 
long ; anthers narrow-oblong. Style setaceous ; stigma very minute. Ovary 
near the middle of the calyx-tube. 
Hab.: Nerang Creek, J. Shirley. 
11. E. cormiflora (stem flowering), F. v. M. Fragm. v. 32; Bentli. FI. 
Austr. iii. 284. White Apple. “ Moorool,” Barron River, J. F. Bailey. Often a 
tall erect tree with a fine head. Leaves ovate-elliptical to almost oblong, obtuse 
or shortly acuminate, 3 to 5in. long, narrowed into a petiole often |in. long, not 
very thick, the principal veins rather distant and uniting irregularly far within 
the margin. Flowers large, in short trichotomous cymes, clustered on the trunk 
not above 3ft. from the ground, the peduncles and pedicels very short. Calyx- 
tube urceolate, nearly +in. long, very thick, the free part short, dilated at the top; 
lobes 4, very unequal, the largest nearly orbicular, 4 to 5 lines broad. Petals 4, 
free, broad, unequal, the largest above |in. long. Stamens erect and more rigid 
than in most species, the outer ones above lin. long ; anthers oblong. Ovary 
very thick and fleshy, with 2 small cells, each with about 8 ovules. Fruit ovoid- 
urceolate, crowned by the calyx-lobes, nearly 2in. long. 
Hab.: Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Maryborough, W. Hill. 
The species appears to be very nearly allied to K. Malaccensis, Linn , common in India and the 
Archipelago. 
Wood of a dark colour, close-grained, and tough. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 224. 
