Gsert.) This specier varies considerably in its foliage,
being sometimes broader than long, at others spatulate,
more rarely lanceolate, or merely a little broader upwards.
It is however a very distinct species.
b. Cymes lateral (i. e.) from year old branches.
38. E. (S ) reticulata (R. W.)leaves ovate lanceolate,
acuminated, thick and coriaceous; when dry, brownish
beneath and finely reticulated with slender whitish
veins : cymes axillary, corymbose, trichotomous : limb of
the calyx much dilated, 4-toothed : flowers large. Assam.
Griffith.
Judging from specimens only,this appears a rigid, very
ramous tree, the leaves have much- the texture and appearance
of those of Buchanania or Mangifera. 1 he
flowers are about the largest of the sub-genus and very
numerous.
I am indebted to Mr. Griffith for my specimens of
this plant.
39. E. (S) altemifolia (R. W.) leaves alternate ! sub-
orbicular, thick and coriaceous, penninerved: cymes lateral,
longish peduncled, corymbose, dense, sometimes
congested near the apex o f year old branches : calyx truncated
entire: petals calyptrated. Balaghaut Mountains
near Madras.
A noble species, the leaves, which are nearly orbicular,
being sometimes upwards of 7 ineh'es across, very thick
and coriaceous. The flowers are large, forming dense
clusters in the axils of the leaves, apparently pure white.
It seems nearly allied to E . cymosa Roxburgh and E .
(S ) densifloru Wall.,being generally very like that species,
but differs in the calyx being entire and the petals cohering.
40. E. (S ) cordifolia (R. W. Calyptranthis cordifolia,
Moon) leaves coriacious penninerved, ovate, accuminate,
sessile, cordate, stem clasping, at the base : cymes corymbose,
longish peduncled axillary, shorter than the leaves :
calyx limb very slightly 4-toothed, petals calyptriform.
Ceylon. Moon and Colonel Walker.—This is a large
handsome species. The leaves are upwards of 6 inches
long and nearly 3 broad, very coriacious, revolute on the
margin; flowers pretty large; the fruit I have not seen.
41. * E. (S ) Jambolana (Lam. Syz. Jambolanum DC.
&c.) This like many other widely diffused and cultivated
plants is a sufficiently variable species, and under, this
name may I suspect be ranged, in addition to the already
long list o f synonyms, E . fruticosa Roxb. at least so far
as can be determined from specimens. Roxburgh seems
to have looked more to habit than characters in consti
tuting this last a distinct species, the characters of the
two, though varying in words,being the same in substance,
that is, whatever character, is assigned to the one I find
equally in the other when compared.
42. * E. (S ) fruticosa (Roxb. FI. Ind.)
43. E. (S ) salicifolia (R. W. Syz. salicifolium Graham’s
Cat. Bombay plants) leaves linear lanceolate, tapering
towards both ends, obtusely acuminated, transversely
finely parallel veined, pellucid dotted, cymes numerous,
trichotomous, small, from the scars of fallen
leaves: flowers small,: fruit— Ghauts near Bombay.
Graham.
This seems distinct, but is certainly very near E . (S )
Jambolana. It may be S. lineare or S. salicifolium Wall,
which however, so long as I have no description nor
authentic specimens of either to compare, must remain
doubtful. The youDger leaves when held between the
eye and the light present a most beautiful net-work of
transparent veins but without pellucid dots, when older,
the reticulations nearly disappear and are succeeded by
pellucid points.
44. E. (S ) Odorata f (R. W. Syz. odoratum D.C.)
leaves ovate, lanceolate, attenuated towards the base,
with a blunt short acumen at the apex, glossy above, pale
glaucous and transversely veined beneath, cymes corymbose,
diffuse, each floriferous division ending in a cluster
of from 6 to 9 small sessile flowers. Mergui—Griffith.
DeCandolle describes his & Odoratum as having im-
punctate subcoriacious leaves. The leaves of my plant
are coriacious and the older ones are impunctate, but
when younger ones which have not altogether lost their
translucency are examined, pellucid dots can be detected.
He describes the peduncles as terminal, which in truth
in most o f my specimens they are, but, owing to-their
springing from the scars of fallen leaves, on one 5 ear old
wood I refer it to this, as its true section.
45. E. (S') Toddalioides (R. W.) leaves lanceolate, attenuated
towards the base, ending in a long narrow acumen
above, coriaceous, transversely parallelly veined, pellucid
dotted: cymes lateral di-trichotomus, each branch
bearing 1-2 or 3 flowers: limb of the calyx much dilated,
tube contracted not hicker than the pedicel. Mergui—
Griffith.
The leaves o f this species have the peculiar venation
observable in species- of Xanthoxylon and Toddaliat
whence the name, and being similarly perforated with pellucid
dots, the species, not in flower, might be supposed
referable to that order. The flowers are few, scattered
in small cymes along the naked branches.
46. * E. ( i f balsamea (R. W. Syzygium balsameum
Wall.) leaves obovate, lanceolate, atenuated towards the
base, trarfvsversely veined, pellucid dotted: cymes corymbose
small, several often springing from the same
axil, much shorter than the leaves : calyx entire not
toothed—Assam—Capt. Jenkins. ■-
This is a very distinct species and easily recognized by
its numerous short, but many flowered cymes, several
springing ftom each axil or scar of a fallen leaf along
the naked branch. My specimens are partly communicated
by Dr. Wallich from the Calcutta Bot. Garden,
partly by Captain Jenkins from Assam, neither however
in fruit.
47. * E. (S ) operculata (Roxb.—Syz. nervosum D.C.)
4 8 * E. (S ) tetragonum (R. W. Syzygium tetragonum
Wall.) stems 4-sided, angles winged: leaves,oblong-ovate,
attenuated at both ends, penninerved, marginal nerves
prominent; cymes lateral trichotomous, much shorter
than the leaves: fruit globose about the size of a large
pea.
This species seems very closely allied to the former,
the decidedly 4-sided 4-winged ramuli seeming to form
the only really available distinction, unless the absence
of pellucid dots, which I cannot detect in the specimens
before me, form another. Communicated by Dr. Wallich.
49. K. (S ) andrososmoides ? (D.C. Myrtus androsae-
moides Lin ) leaves from broad oval to obovate-suborbi-
cular, coriacious, glabrous, short petioled, not shining,
pellucid dotted : cymes lateral trichotomous diffuse : fruit
about the size o f a small pea, crowned with the dilated
margin o f the calyx, 1 seeded. Assam—Capt. Jenkins.
The specimens from which this character is taken were
communicated by Captain Jenkins but are not very good.
The leaves in their general appearance greatly resemble
some of the broad-leaved varieties o f Combretum ova•
Ufolium. It seems very distinct from all the other species
of the genus I have seen.
§. Petals usually fre e and expanding before falling off.
The plants referred to this section are few and I have
found some difficulty in determining what really belong
to it, from free and cohering petals occurring in the same
species. Such being the fact the sectional character must
be received with some latitude.
Cymes lateral.
50* E. (S ) WallicMi (R. W.—E. bifaria Wall. MSS.)
The species figured by Wallich under this name does
not resemble the specimens so named and communicated
by Dr. Wallich himself, as well as received from both
Mergui and Assam. The plate, judging from the size ot
the flowers, their short pedicels and the small number on
each cyme, clearly represent a Jambosa, (1 think Eug.
alba J2.) while the specimens leave no doubt of their belonging
to Syzygium and, as if to place the matter beyond
a doubt the petals appear as often, much oftener indeed,
to cohere and separate as a lid than expand; my first
thought therefore was, before attentively examining the
specimens and comparing them with the figure, to place
it between E . (S ) balsamea and operculata, which,
judging from the specimens only, seems the propel place
for it, except, that the calyx is more deeply cleft than is
usual in that section, and it is in all respects so closely
allied to the following that I cannot think of separating
them. . , ,
51. E. (8 ) poly antha (R. W.) leaves penninerved oval
lanceolate, tapering at the base, bluntly acuminated,
coriaceous, dotted, shining above, dull, somewhat glaucous
beneath : cymes numerous, short, many-flowered, several
springing together from the scars of fallen leaves : calyx
4-cleft, petals 4, constantly expanding before * falling:
fruit. Mergui—Griffith.
In dried specimens, this species is easily known by
the shining deep brown colour o f the upper surface of
its leaves, compared with the pale dull colour o f the lower,
and by the flowers, the petals of which in this species
always expand, though, in all other respects, they resemble
the most perfect species of Syzygium. It is very
nearly allied to the preceding.
52. E (S ) cymosa (Lam. Rumph. Amb.: 1 tab. 41)
leaves short petioled, finely transversely veined, oval, acuminated,
somewhat waved on the margin, acumen blunt
pointed: cymes corymbose, contracted, trichotomous,
few-flowered: flowers subsessile, clustered on the points
of longish peduncles : calyx slightly lobed, petals free
expanding.—Mergui—Griffith.
This is certainly a beautiful plant, and though in
character not easily distinguished from the preceding, is
yet very distinct. The leaves want the course conspicuous
nerves, being quite even on both sides, the nervation
resembling that of a Calophyllum plant, the midrib only
conspicuous. The cymes, though as a whole small, yet-
seem to have long branches,the flowers being confined to
their points and capitulate. The fruit I have not seen.
Cymes terminal or from the axils of young shoots.
53. E. (S') rubens (Roxb.) “ Leaves short petioled
opposite and subalternate, lanceolar obtuse, fine _ veined
hard and glossy panicles terminal, ultimate divisions often
unbelhferous.— R. FI. Ind. 2. 496.
1 have specimens from Mergui which answer, generally,
exceedingly well to the above description, the under
surface of the leaves o f which, are of a rusty redish
colour while the upper is glossy and very hard.
5 4 * E. (S ) inophytta (Roxb. Syz. inophyllum DC.)
The petals o f this species being free and expanding,
with a tendency to the terbinate calyx of Jambosa, De-
Candolle must bave referred it here rather from habit than
on account of its agreeing with his generic character. It
has much the habit o f Syzygium but not the calyptrated
petals.
55. E. (S ) rovoluta (R.W.) leaves short petioled obovate,
very obtuse, revolute on the margin, very coriace.-
ous, penninerved, polished above, dull glaucous beneath:
cymes terminal longish peduncled, flowers sessile congested
on the points of the floriferou9 ramuli : calyx 4-5-
toothed: pétais usually free sometimes cohering—Ceylon
—Colonel Walker.
This species varies much in size and somewhat in the
shape of the leaves—the smaller leaved varieties having
them from oval to obovate lanceolate, while the larger
ones are very broadly obovate, but all are very hard and
coriaceous and, at least when dried, revolute on the margin.
My specimens were partly communicated by Colonel
Walker and partly collected by myself.
56. E. (S ) Amottianum (R. W. Syz. densiflorum W.
and A.) DeCandolle’s Jambosa densiflora claims precedence
in the name.
57. * E. (S ) grandis (R. W. E. cymosa Roxb. FI. Ind.
not Lamarck.) A magnificent species at once distinguished
by its large broad oval, very obtuse, thick coriaceous
leaves, and dense somewhat capitate many flowered cymes.
Mergui—Griffith SiUiet ; My specimens from Mergui
correspond accurately with those communicated by Dr.
Wallich from the Botanic Garden Calcutta.
In a circular arrangement of the order the species of
this section would form the transition to Jambosa, and so
far as I am able to form an opinion on the subject, from
the very imperfect materials now before me, I think it probable
Jambosa will be found to form the typical group of
the circle, Eueugenia the sub-typical and the other three
sub-genera the aberrant. This, however, can as yet only
be surmised, as it is impossible to determine the sequence
o f a genus until the whole order has been carefully analysed.
The places o f the following species^ remain to be determined
the character of the petals being unknown to me.
E. (S ) rotundifolia (S. rot undifolium. Am. pugil.)
“ Shrubby, leaves approximated, very short petioled, orbicular,
subretuse, coriaceous scarcely punctuated, above
glossy veinless,beneath penninerved: cymes terminal sessile
capituliform few-flowered : calyx obovate shortly 5-
toothed—Mountains of Ceylon : 6000 feet of elevation.”
—Arnott.
From the examination of an imperfect specimen o f the
plant now before me, l should rather describe the calyx
as 4 than 5-toothed, in all other respects the character
accords accurately with the specimen.
E. (S ) calophylifolia (R. W.) shrubby, ramuli 4 -sided:
leaves approximated, from obovate suborbicular to oval,
very obtuse, coriaceous, smooth, dull, not shining, veinless
above, penninerved beneath, slightly revolute on the margin,
cymes terminal, corymbose, short peduncled, many-
flowered, calyx limb repandly 4-toothed, petals 4 orbicular
expanding (?) before falling.
Ootacamund, Neilgherries.
This is quite distinct from, though evidently nearly al