MYRTACE^. XXV. Psidium. 



831 





leaves oval or oblong-lanceolate, 

 pubescentbeneath; peduncles 3-8, 

 or many-flowered ; fruit globose. 

 Tj . S. Native of the West Indies, 

 Mexico, and South America, 

 from whence it has migrated to 

 the East Indies, but is said to 

 grow wild in Cochin-china, by 

 Loureiro. Perhaps indigenous to 

 both Asia and America, or pro- 

 bably two species are confused. 

 Rumph. amb. 1. t. 48. — Mer. 

 sur. t. 57. 

 with 



FIG. 121. 



a figure, 

 somewhat 



t. 

 Hern, mex. p. 85. 



Fruit 



yellow, 

 with 



agreeable odour. 



astrmgent, witn an 



The root and 



young leaves are astringent, and 

 are esteemed useful in strength- 

 ening the stomach. Peduncles downy, varying from one to 

 many-flowered, whence it has been joined with P. pyriferum by 

 Raddi, under the name of P. Guaiava. Pulp of fruit red. 



/3 



r, 3. p. 62. t. 366.) 



above, but clothed with white tomentum beneath ; peduncles 1- 

 flowered ; fruit globose, nearly naked. Ij. S. Native of Bra- 

 zil, in fields at Ypanema, in the province of St. Paul. Like P. 

 incanescens, but the down is more woolly. Leaves 3 inches 

 long. Stem 1-3 feet high. Root thick. Fruit about the size of 

 a walnut. Perhaps the same as P. grandiflorum, RuizetPav. fl. 

 per. ined. 4. t. 421. f. a. 



Great-leaved Guava. Shrub 1 to 3 ft. 



16 P. Ru^FUM (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branchlets tetra- 

 gonal, densely clothed with rufous hairs, as well as the peduncles, 

 bracteas, and calyxes ; leaves elliptic or elliptic-oblong, on short 

 petioles, villous on both surfaces when young, but in the adult 

 state glabrous on the upper surface, and clothed with rufescent 

 villi beneath ; pedicels in the axils of the lower branchlets, but 

 somewhat racemose ; young fruit ovate-roundish, crowned by 

 the lobes of the calyx, which are short and obtuse. ^ . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in mountain fields in the province of Minas 

 Geraes. Branchlets hairy, but the branches are terete and 

 smooth. Leaves 4 inches long, and 1^ or 2 inches broad. 

 Bracteoles linear. 



Rufous Guava. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



17 P- PUBE'scENs(Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branches rather 



peduncles 1 -flowered. — Native country unknown. Berry dirty tetragonal; pedicels, bracteas, and calyxes hairy ; leaves nearly 



yellow, larger than a plum, 



Apple-hearing or Common Red Guava. 

 1692. Shrub 6 to 15 ft. 



IIP. HiA^Ns (Mart. herb. D. C. prod. 3. p. 234.) branches 

 tetragonal ; leaves oval, obtuse at the base, and usually at the 

 apex, puberulous on both surfaces, but hairy on the nerves be- 

 neath; peduncles solitary, 1, rarely 2-flowered, axillary, erect, 

 lateral ones usually deflexed ; flower-bud globose, gaping at the 

 apex. Pj . S. Native of Brazil, at Vaodo, Parama, in Tabu- 

 leira, and Catingas. Branches, peduncles, and calyxes velvety 

 from short rufous down. Ovarium obovate. Limb of calyx 

 cup-shaped ; lobes 5, roundish, at length reflexed. 



Gaping Guava. Shrub 6 to 10 ft. 



12 P. xuRBiNiFLORUM (Mart, in litt. ex D. C. 3. p. 234.) 

 branches tetragonal, hairy ; leaves ovate-oblong,. gradually acu- 

 minated, obtuse at the base, on very short petioles, beset with 

 tubercular dots on both surfaces, and hairy on the nerves be- 

 neath 



sessile, oblong, acute, when young downy on both surfaces, 

 Fl. June, July. Clt. hoary beneath ; pedicels 1-flowered ; bracteoles linear-subulate; 



lobes of calyx acute. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province 

 J. p. 234.) branches of Pernambuco, near the river Termo. Flowers large. Ova- 

 rium broadly obovate, not constricted at the apex. Habit nearly 

 of Cratce gus eriocdrpa* 



. Pubescent Guava. Shrub 3 to 4 ft. 



pedicels 1 -flowered, solitary, villous; calyx gaping, at 



lobed ; ovarium oblong, turbinate. ^ . S. Native of 



Pedicels 9-10 lines long. Ovarium and calyx becom- 



Branches opposite, at length terete. 

 Shrub 10 to 20 ft. 



length 

 Brazil. 

 ing glabrous at length. 



Top-Jlorvered 



13 P. cine'reum (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branches tetra- 



* * Branchlets terete, 



18 P. Guinee'kse (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2, p. 881.) branches 

 terete, pubescently villous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, glabrous 

 above, clothed with rusty tomentum beneath, as well as the pe- 

 tioles; peduncles 1-3-flow^ered ; fruit roundish. T2 • ^* C"'" 

 tivated in the West Indies, but is said to have been introduced 

 from Guinea. Berry fulvous, rather pubescent, red inside, 

 about the size of a nutmeg, of an exquisite taste. 



Guinea Guava. Shrub 8 to 12 ft. 



19 P. polyca'rpon (Lamb, in Lin. trans. 11. p. 231. t. 17.) 

 branches terete, hairy ; leaves almost sessile, ovate-oblong, acute, 

 pubescent above, wrinkled and scabrous beneath ; peduncles 3- 

 flowered ; fruit globose. T2 . S. Native of the Island of Tri- 

 nidad. Ker. bot- reg. 653. Branches reclinate. Fruit yellow 



The 



gonal; leaves oblong, mucronate, on very short petioles, gla- inside, about the size of a plum, of a delicate taste, 

 brous above, but clothed with adpressed canescent villi beneath ; middle flower on the peduncle is sessile, and the lateral ones 



peduncles 1-3-flowered; fruit ovate, crowned by the lobes of the 

 calyx, which are roundish-ovate and short. ^ . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of St. Paul. Perhaps a narrow-leaved 

 variety of P. incanescens. 



Grey Guava. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



14 P. incane'scens (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branches 



peaiceiiate, as m tlie preceding and tollownig species. 



Many-fruited Guava. FL May. Clt. 1810. Shrub 3 to 6 ft. 



20 P. Ara'ca (Raddi, mem. 1821. p. 5. t. 1.) branchlets 

 terete, hairy ; leaves petiolate, oval or oblong, obtuse, downy or 

 hairy on both surfaces ; peduncles axillary, i-3-flowered; fruit 

 ovoid. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in fields about Rio Janeiro. 



tetragonal ; leaves obovate, on short petioles, cuneated at the P. minus. Mart. herb. Berry about the size of those of a sor- 

 base,° obtuse, and mucronate at the apex, glabrous above, but bus, greenish-yellow on the outside, but whitish within. Very 

 clothed with adpressed canescent villi beneath ; peduncles 3- nearly allied to P. Guineense, but the leaves are velvety above, 

 flowered ; young fruit ovate, crowned by the lobes of the calyx, 

 which are ovate and short. ^ . S- Native of Brazil, in fields 

 near Taubate, in the province of St- Paul. A very distinct 



Branchlets rather downy. Leaves 2| inches long, and 

 Fruit nearly like that oi Eugenia^ 4-5-seeded. 



Guava. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



species. 

 1 \ broad. 



Hoary 



15 P. GRANDiFOLiUM (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branches 

 tetrac^onal, thick, clothed with white tomentum ; leaves obovate, 



not glabrous, and the nerves more elevated. 



Araca Guava. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



21 P. fluvia'tile (Rich, ex herb. Thib.) branchlets terete, 

 glabrous ; leaves petiolate, oval, quite glabrous ; lower ones 

 obtuse at both ends, but the upper ones are acuminated at both 

 ends; pedicels opposite, 1-flowered, almost 10-times the length 

 of the petioles. T2 . S. Native of Cayenne, along the banks of 

 rivers. P. Guianense, Pers. ench. 2. p. 27. Peduncles an inch 



mucronate, on short petioles, cuneated at the base, glabrous and a half long. Style longer than the stamens. Stigma hardly 



