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MYRTACE^. XXV. Psidium. 



Dog-wood-leaved Campomanesia. Tree. 



Lardly with any pellucid dots. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, at 



3 C. ? TOMENTosA (H. B. ct Kunth, 1. c.) leaves elliptic-ob- Nogueira, in the province of Rio Negro. Fruit globose, gla- 



brous, pale yellow, size of a Borsdorffer apple. Lobes of calyx 

 ovate, obtuse, erect, and usually connate, crowning the fruit; 

 pulp acid, citron-coloured. Seeds orbicular, compressed, pale 

 brown. 



Acute'angled-hrdLn(^edL Guava. 



Shrub. 



long, acutish, coriaceous, clothed with rufescent tomentum be- 

 neath. ^ . S. Native of New Granada, near Ibague. Flowers 

 and fruit unknown. 



Tomentose Campomanesia. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Pstdium, p. 833. 



4 P. striate'llum (D. C. prod. 3. p. 233.) branchlets tetra- 



XXV. PSI'DIUM (from xpiEioy^ pstdion^ the Greek name gonal, glabrous ; leaves oblong, gradually acuminated, hardly 



of the pomegranate. It is derived from ;/>tw, psio^ to make small, obtuse at the base, on very short petioles, glabrous, and full of 



in reference to the number of seeds). Lin. gen. no. 615. Lam. tubercular dots on both surfaces ; pedicels solitary, 1-flowered, 



ill. 416. Lindl. coll. nd. 16. — Guaiava, Tourn. inst. t. 443. glabrous; ovarium obovate, striated lengthwise. ^2.8, Native 



Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 185. t. 38. — Psidium and Buchardia, Neck. of Brazil. Allied to P. turbinijldrum . Leaves with pellucid dots 



LiN. sYST. Icosdndria^ Monogynia. Tube of calyx ellipsoid when young. Perhaps a species of Myrtus. 

 (f 121. a.) or obovate, usually contracted at the apex; limb ^S^ria^erf-fruited Guava. Shrub 10 to 12 ft. 



ovate, undivided, but afterwards 1-5-cleft (f. 121. rf.). Petals 5, 5 P. punctula'tum (D. C. 1- c.) branches somewhat tetra- 



(f. 121. 6.). Stamens numerous, free, inserted in a broad circle gonal ; leaves ovate, cuneated at the base, short-acuminated at 



almost through the whole undivided part of the limb. Style the apex, glabrous, dotted beneath, and bearded in the axils of 



the veins ; peduncles 1 -flowered ; ovarium broad, globose. ^2 • 



Peduncles 



filiform (f. 121. c); stigma capitate. Ovarium 5-20-celled (f. 



121. ^.) (ex Mart, in htt.) ; cells bipartite ; from the septiform S. Native of Brazil. Petioles half an inch long. 



placenta being cleft at the margin, many of the cells become abor- longer than the petioles. Young leaves villous and dotted. Lobes 



tive at maturity. Ovula numerous, horizontal (f. 121. e.), fixed 

 to the margin of the placenta. Berry many-seeded, corticate 

 by the tube of the calyx, and crowned by its lobes. Seeds 

 nestling in the pulp in the mature fruit, with a bony testa. 

 Embryo form of a horse-shoe, with a hard crustaceous testa ; 

 radicle longer than the cotyledons, which are very small ; cover 

 of embryo separable at the radicle. — Trees or shrubs, natives of 

 America within the tropics. Leaves opposite, feather -nerved, 

 dotless. Peduncles axillary, 1-3-flowered, bibracteate. Flowers 

 white. Fruit edible ; cells usually not distinguishable at ma- 



of calyx broad, very blunt, and spreading. 

 Dotted Guava. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



Perhaps a Myrtus, 



6 P. RivuLARE (Mart. herb, ex D. C. L c.) branchlets some- 

 what tetragonal ; leaves oval or ovate, short-acuminated, gla- 

 brous above, when young white beneath, clothed with rufous 

 down at the nerves, but glabrous in the adult state ; pedicels 

 solitary, 1 -flowered, opposite, at the base of the branchlets of the 

 same year ; fruit spherical. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, between 



Coari and Ega by rivulet sides. 

 Fruit 10-celled. 



Lobes of calyx oval, obtuse. 



turity 



Guava is a corruption of the American name Guayaba. 



Rivulet Guava. Shrub 6 to 10 ft. 



7 P. Maribe'nse (Mart. herb. D. C. prod. 3. p. 233.) gla- 

 brous ; upper part of branches tetragonal ; leaves on short pe- 

 1 P. pu'milum (Vahl. symb. 2. p. 56.) branchlets tetragonal ; tioles, elliptic-oblong, cuneated at the base, bluntish at the apex; 



* Branchlets tetragonaL 



globose. 



leaves lanceolate, acute, glabrous above, tomentose and lined 

 beneath; pedicels 1 -flowered, shorter than the leaves; fruit 



^ . S. Native of the Moluccas, Ceylon, and Java. 

 Blume, bijdr. fl. ned. ind. p. 1093. — Rumph. amb. 1. t. 49. P. 

 angustifolium, Lam. diet. 3. p. 16. Branches and under side of 

 leaves white, ex Lam, P. cujavillus, Burm. fl. ind. p. 114. but 

 the peduncles are said to be 2-flo\vered, and the leaves ovate. 



pedicels 1 -flowered, a little longer than the petioles ; fruit sphe- 

 rical. ^2 . S. Native of Brazil, at Maribi, near the river Ta- 



pura. 

 lines long. 



/3 



(D 



lanceolate, velvety from rufous down beneath, as well as on the* 

 branchlets. ----- - - - - 



Leaves 2 inches long, and an inch broad. Petioles 2 

 Fruit 6 lines in diameter. Lobes of calyx short, at 



length obliterated or deciduous. 



Maribi Guava. Shrub 6 to 10 ft. 



8 P. MONTA'NUM(Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 879.) branches tetra- 

 gonal ; leaves oval-oblong, acuminated, quite glabrous ; pedun- 



' " ' "• ^ - ^ Native of Jamaica, 



^ 



as the Indian plant. 



Dwarf Guava. Slirub 2 to 3 ft. 



Native of Guadaloupe. Perhaps the same 



cles many-flowered ; fruit roundish 



Fruit small, acid, smell- 



on the mountains. Wood very hard. 



ing like the flowers of the bitter-almond ; hence it is called 

 Almandron, Leaves broadly subcrenated according to the 



2 P. aroma'ticum (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 485, t. 191.) branchlets author, but almost entire according to the specimens examined, 

 tetragonal ; leaves oblong, acuminated, glabrous ; peduncles 1- The wood is excellent, of a dark-colour and curled grain; it i« 



easily worked, and takes a fine polish. 



Mountain Guava. Clt. 1779- Tree 60 to 100 ft. 



9 P. PYRiFERUM (Lin. spec. 672.) branches tetragonal; leaves 

 elliptic, acute, lined with rather prominent nerves, pubescent 

 beneath ; pedicels 1 -flowered ; fruit pear-shaped. I2 • ^* " 

 tive of the Caribbee Islands and the continent of America, near 

 Cumana, and now cultivated every where within the tropics, tor 

 the sake of its fruit. Lindl. hot. reg. 1079. Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 

 ined. 4. t. 418. Rumph. amb. 1. t. 47. Trew. ehr. t. 43. Guay- 

 ava pyriformis, Gsertn. fruct. 1. t. 38. P. vulgare. Rich. acU 

 soc. hist. par. p. 110. The common Guava is pear-shapeO, 

 and of a yellowish colour when ripe. Pulp sweet, aromatic, ana 

 pleasant. The fruit of the guava is eaten both by the "^W^^s 

 and Europeans, either in its crude state or when made ^"^^ J^jj^^g' 



Pear -bearing or Common Guava. Fl- June, July. Clt. 16^ • 

 Tree 10 to 20 ft. . 



10 P. pomi'ferum (Lin. spec. p. 672.) branches tetragonal, 



flowered ; fruit globose, 4-celled. ^i . S. Native of the woods 

 of Guiana and Cayenne. Buchardia, Neck. gen. no. 728. Berry 

 yellow, hardly the size of a cherry. The bruised leaves have 

 the smell of balm. 

 » Var, /3, grandiflbrum (AubL guian. t. 190.) leaves ovate, fj . 



S. Native along with the first, which it is very like, but 

 smaller. 



Aromatic Guava. Fl. July. Clt. 1779. Shrub 5 to 8 ft. 



8 P. acuta'noulum (D. C. prod. 3. p. 233.) branchlets acutely 

 tetragonal, almost 4-winged, glabrous ; leaves ovate or elliptic- 

 oblong, short, petiolate, rather attenuated at both ends, glabrous, 

 full of pellucid and somewhat tubercular dots ; pedicels solitary, 

 1 -flowered; calycine lobes ovate, reflexed, longer than the tube, 

 which is obovate before expansion. Tj . S- Native of Brazil, 

 near Ega. Pedicels nearly an inch long* Leaves about 3 

 inches long. 



Var. /3, Acidum (Mart, herb.) leaves more obtuse at the base. 



