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PSIDIUM polycarpon. 
Guava of Trinidad. 
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ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNId. 
Nat. ord. Myrti (MYRTACER). Jussieu gen. Div. I. Flores in fo- 
liorum axillis aut in pedunculis mültifloris oppositi. Folia plerimque oppo- 
sita et punctata. 
PSIDIUM. Supra fol. 622. 
P. polycarpon, foliis ovato-oblongis acutis suberenatis, suprà pubescentibus, 
subtüs rugosis scabris, pedunculis trifloris, ramis reclinatis, Lambert in 
trans. linn. soc. 11. 231. tab. 17. 
Frutex vir tripedalis, ramosus. Rami elongati, graciles, reclinati. 
Folia ovalia seu ovato-oblonga, breviüs petiolata ( cinereo-virentia, costato- 
nervosa nervis alternis distantibus subtus varicosis). Pedunculi axillares, 
solitarii, interdüm gemini, sericeo-tomentosi, apice dichotomi, triflori. Flos 
intermedius sessilis, laterales pedicellati. Poma subrotunda, congesta parva. 
Lambert loc. cit. 
“ This is a very small shrub, scarcely three feet high, 
* divided into a few straggling branches, the lower ones 
* lying on the ground, the upper bending towards it. The 
“ young twigs are round and hairy. The leaves have oppo- 
* site footstalks ; they are near five inches long and more 
* than two broad, of an oval-oblong form, with upward- 
* curved ribs; smooth, with scattered hairs above; rough 
“and hairy beneath. They cover the greater part of the 
* branch, each pair, an incb and an half distant. From 
“ the bottom of each comes out a short stalk, which sup- 
“ ports three flowers, and they turn into as many round 
“ yellow fruits, the size of a large Cherry, of a delicate taste, 
“ far superior to the common Guava. The numerous fruits, 
“ when full grown, form a continued cluster on the greater 
“ part of the branch, which is bended to the ground by the 
“ weight. 
* The species is indigenous to the grassy savannahs of 
* Trinidad; from whence plants were sent to St. Vincent's 
“in 1792.“ Lambert loc. cit. 
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