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EUGENTIA amplexicaulis. 
Stem-clasping Eugenia. 
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ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord, Myrracrx. - 
EUGENIA L.—Calyx campanulatus, carnosus, 4-5-fidus. Petala tot 
quot lac. cal. Stamina patentia, exserta, serie simplici in fauce calycis inserta. 
Ovarium (semisuperum?) 2-3-loculare, ovulis axi affixis. Stylus rectus. 
Stigma simplex. Fructus carnosus, 1-locularis, seepius monospermus. Se- 
mina carnosa, transyersa, cotyledonibus magnis hemisphericis, radicula cen- 
traliit—-Arbores (Indie orientalis). Folia sepius coriacea, nunc membra- 
nacea, resinoso-punctata, venis arcuatis margine parallelis, Flores magni, 
nunc solitarii axillares, nunc racemosi, vel paniculati. 
E, amplexicautlis ; floribus axillaribus terminalibusque solitariis, foliis membra- 
naceis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis glabris undulatis cordatis. 
E. amplexicaulis. Hort. bengalenszs, p. 37. 
Rami teretes, versits apices compressi, glabri. Folia subsessilia, membra- 
nacea, oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa, undulata, basi subcordata quodammodd 
amplexicaulia, venis arcuatis primariisque alte impressis. Flores in axillis 
foliorum superiorum, pedunculati, bracteolé 1 v. 2 in pedunculo. Calyx 
campanulatus, carnosus, 4-fidus, lacintis rotundatis marginatis. Petala 4, 
alba, calyce pauld breviora. Stamina indefinita, petalis longiora, patentia, 
serie simplict fauce tubi calycis inserta. Ovarium parvum, semisuperum, bilocu- 
lare, loculis monospermis, ovulis axi omnind affixis basi tantim liberis. Stylus 
rigidus, persistens, erectus. Stigma simplex. Fructus carnosus, pulcherrime 
purpureus, subaquosus, pomé parvi magnitudine, cavus. Semina.....- 
Sent to the Horticultural Society, from Sumatra, by 
the late Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. In the stove it is a 
small tree, flowering in June and July, and easily propa- 
gated by cuttings. The fruit is sometimes produced ; it is 
of the size of a small apple, of a beautiful crimson colour, 
somewhat turbinate in figure, of a spongy, watery texture, 
and with a slight taste of roses. 
This is, in our view of the subject, a true Eugenia, of 
which we conceive that Lugenia malaccensis, and its allies, 
of which this is one, is the representative. It is true, 
