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LI. MYRTACE^E. 
[Eugenia. 
12. E. Ilislopii (after R. Hislop), Bail. Ql. Agri. Journ. v. part 5. 
“ Walkaran,” near Cooktown, Roth. A tree of about 30ft. in height, and 
a trunk diameter at the base of 15in.; branchlets rather crowded, slender. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, about 2^in. long and J to lin. broad ; the apex more or 
less elongated, but blunt, tapering considerably to a petiole of about £in. long, 
upper side glossy, under side somewhat brownish ; primary nerves rather distant, 
looping far within the margin, transverse reticulate veins prominent, oil-dots 
copious. Flowers in short, stout dichotomously-branched panicles, ljin. long, 
on the trunk of the tree from near the base to the height of about 10ft.; the 
flowers usually in pairs at the ends of the branches of the panicle, closely sessile, 
or by the elongation of the branch appearing pedicellate. Calyx-tube white, 
campanulate, about 5 lines long, longitudinally corrugated ; lobes short, broad, 
rounded. Petals white, twice or more as long as the calyx-lobes, rotundate and 
much imbricate. Stamens 6 to 8 lines long, the inner ones smaller. Anthers 
oblong, about 1 line long. Fruit ovoid, 3£in. long, 2|in. broad, white with a 
pink blush, very soft and very succulent. 
Hub.: Near Cooktown. The tree does not grow, so far as at present known, at a lower altitude 
than 1500ft., 1 f. Hislop (Noth.) 
13. E. Hodgkinsoniae (after Miss Maria Hodgkinson), F. r. M. Fragm. ix. 
145. A small tree, the branchlets almost terete. Leaves on short petioles, ovate 
to lanceolate-ovate, chartaceous, 3 to 5in. long, 1£ to 2in. broad, pale on the 
under side, somewhat shortly acuminate. Oil-dots few. Peduncles terminal, 
bearing cymes of few very fragrant white flowers. Calyx-tube obconic-turbinate, 
lobes 4, unequal, roundish, 2 to 4 lines. Petals nearly ^in. long, glabrous, mem- 
branous towards the margins. Stamens almost lin. long. Ovary 2-celled, ovules 
numerous in each cell. Style capillary, about lin. long. Stigma very minute ; 
anthers linear-elliptic. Fruit globose, about 1+in. diameter, 1 seeded, bright-red, 
testa somewhat thick, cotyledons hemispherical. — E. odoratimma, Bail.; E. Fitz- 
geraldi, F. v. M. and Bail. Bot. Bull. 3. 
Hab.: Summit of Blackall Range, Field Naturalists. Flowering March. 
14. E. Tierneyana (after E. Tierney), F. v. M. Fragm. v. 14 ; Benth. El. 
Austr. iii. 284. A tree of 60 to 70ft., with an ashy smooth bark and spreading 
branches ( Dallachy), quite glabrous. Leaves elliptical-oblong to almost obovate, 
shortly and obtusely acuminate, 3 to 6in. long, narrowed into a short petiole, not 
very thick, the primary nerves rather distant and uniting far within the margin. 
Flowers rather large, not numerous, in loose trichotomous cymes on the old 
wood, in the axils of the old leaves or at the nodes of denuded branches, not 
exceeding the leaves and often several from the same node. Calyx-tube turbinate, 
about 3 lines long, rapidly contracted into a short pedicel ; lobes 4, orbicular, 
distinct, unequal, the largest nearly 2 lines, the smallest scarcely above 1 line 
diameter. Petals nearly 4 lines diameter, spreading and separately deciduous. 
Stamens half as long again as the petals. Ovary in the narrow base of the calyx, 
with numerous ovules in each cell. Fruit globular, red, about 4-in. diameter. 
Hab.: Rockingham Bay, and many other tropical localities. 
The red fruit produced in large quantities and makes very good jam. 
The species is very near allied to the E. Indian E. laurifolia, Roxb., differing chiefly in the 
leaves narrowed at the base. — Benth. 
15. E. grandis (a grand species), Wight, lllustr. ii. 17, and Ic. t. 614 ; 
Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 285. White Apple. “ Waargoon-waargoon,” Herberton 
district, J. F. Baileg. A large and handsome tree, quite glabrous. Leaves from 
broadly oval to oval-oblong, obtuse or obtusely acuminate, 4 to 6in. long, very 
firm and shining as in E. Jambolana, but thicker, and the veins more distant, 
forming a continuous intramarginal nerve. Flowers rather large and numerous, 
