EUGENIA, a genus of plants named in honour of Prince Eugene of Savoy. It still contains nearly 200 species, though numbers have been removed to the genera Nelitris, Jossinia, Myreia, Sizygium, Caryophyllus, and Jambosa, in which are now contained the clove-tree, the rose-apple, and jamoon of India, formerly included in Eugenia. This genus is confined to the hot and tropical parts of the world, as Brazil, the West India, Island.s and Sierra Leone, and extends from the Moluccas and Ceylon in the south to Sylhet and the foot of the Himalayas in the north. Some of the species secrete a warm volatile oil in their herbaceous parts, abound in tamtin, yield good wood, and a few have fruits which are edible, though not very agreeable, from being impregnated with the aroma of the oil. Dr. IVight gives, in !cones, 66 species of the E. Indies ; and Duthie and Gamble name 77 species. Dr. Thwaites emunerates several species in Ceylon. The generally accepted names of the species are— acuminata. grandis. oblata.
albitlora. grata. obovata.
alternifolia. Helferi. obtusifolia.
amplexicaulis. hemisphwrica. occlusa.
aquca. Heyneana. operculata.
areolata. inophylla. pachyphylla.
argentea. jarnbos. paniala.
Arnottiana. jambolana. pellueida.
balsamea. Javanica. polyantha.
Beddomei. Jossinia. polypetala.
bifaria. Khasiana. ramossima braehiata. Karzii. revoluta.
bractcata. laeta. Rottleriana.
bracteolata. lancewfolia. rubens.
calcadensis. lanceolaria. rubicunda.
calophyllifolia. lepidocarpa. rubricaulis.
caryophyllata. leptantha. Singampattiana.
caryophyllifolia. lissophylla. Stocksii.
clavitlora. macrocarpa. tetragona.
codyensis, macrosepala. thurnra.
tuneata. Malabarica. toddalioides.
cymosa. Malaccensis. tristis.
diospyrifolia. mangifolia. venusta.
floccosa. microphylla. Waltichii.
Fortnosa. Moontana. Wightiana.
frondosa. montana. Wynadensic fruticosa. Monronii. Zeylanica.
C ardneri. myrtifolia.