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so short that the unexpanded flower is broader than deep. Expanded 
stamens 1 1 2 -— in. long. 
Mauritius, near Colville Bridge and Grand Bassin, Newman ! Bojer ! Endemic . 
9. E. cymosa, Lam. Ency. iii. 199. An erect tree, with straight 
terete brown branchlets. Leaves distinctly petioled, oblong, acute, 
rounded at the base, 2-4 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, not so rigid and thick 
in texture as in its allies and the veinlets immersed. Flowers in 
crowded small trichotomous short-peduncled or sessile cymes 1-2 in. 
broad, which are usually lateral from old branches ; pedicel above the 
joint often as long as the calyx, which is % in. broad and deep, with 
teeth twice as broad as deep. Bounded cap formed by the united 
petals broader than deep. Developed stamens \ in. long. Fruit 
globose, an inch thick, the tube not produced above it, crowned by 
the accrescent persistent calyx-teeth. Syzygium cymosum, DC. Prod . 
iii. 259. 
Mauritius, frequent on the Pouce and in other hill-woods. E. paniculata, Lam. 
Ency. iii. 199, (Syzygium paniculatum, DC. Prod. loc. cit.) seems to he only a variety 
of the same species with terminal cymes. Endemic. Bois a ecorce blanche. 
10. E. sechellarum. Baker. Branches terete, moderately slender. 
Leaves distant, distinctly petioled, oblong, acute, or acuminate, cuneate 
at the base, 4-5 in. long, 1J-2 in. broad, rigid, with the veinlets 
raised. Panicles short-peduncled, terminal or lateral, 3-4 in. broad, 
with the flowers sessile at the end of the branchlets and spreading 
main branches. Calyx \ in. long, turbinate, narrowed into a short 
pedicel above the joint, the lobes twice as broad as deep. Expanded 
stamens | in. long. 
Seychelles. Described from a specimen in the Herbarium of Judge Blackburn, 
now in the Kew collection. Resembles E. Jambolana in general habit, hut differs 
entirely in its flowers. Endemic. 
11. E. Wrightii, Baker. A small tree with branches straight, 
grey, terete, moderately thick. Leaves distant, distinctly petioled, 
ovate or oblong, 4-6 in. long, 2 %- 3 in. broad, cuspidate, broadly 
rounded at the base, rigidly coriaceous, shining, with all veinlets 
conspicuous. Cymes copious, lax, peduncled, lateral and terminal, 
4-6 in. broad, with ascending main branches ; flowers pedicelled or 
sessile. Calyx -§— J in. long, narrowed into a false pedicel in the 
lower half above the joint ; lobes twice as broad as deep ; tube not 
produced beyond the ovary. Petals round, i in. long. Stamens 
and style £ in. long. Fruit not seen. 
Seychelles, common in Mahe and Praslin, Prof. Wright ! Horne ! Endemic. 
12. E. glomerata, Lam. Ency. iii. 199. A much-branched erect 
shrub, with grey branches and crowded leaves. Leaves obovate, 
short-petioled, 1-1J in. long, obtuse, rarely cuspidate, rigidly coria- 
