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MYRTACE^. XXV. Psidium/ 



capitate. Fruit unknown. Leaves full of pellucid dots. Per- terete or compressed, slender, glabrous ; leaves elliptic, acumin- 



haps a Myrlus. 



JUver-side Gu3,\a., Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



ated, glabrous, full of pellucid dots ; pedicels 1-flowered, rather 

 compressed, thrice the length of the petioles; flower-bud oblong, 



22 P. DENsi'coMUM (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branches acute; fruit obovate, subglobose, turbinate at the base, 1-3- 



terete, rather compressed at the apex, glabrous; leaves petio- seeded. T2 . S. Native of Brazil, in woods on the banks of 



late, ovate-lanceolate, gradually acuminated, glabrous ; pedicels rivers in the province of Bahia. Bark greyish. Leaves an inch 

 1-flowered, 3 or 4-times longer than the petioles; fruit glohose. 



T? . S. Native of Brazil, on the banks of the Solunois, and at bedded in bitter, rather diaphanous pulp. P. oligospermum, 



Lake Ega. Tree glabrous, with a dense head. Allied to P. Link, enum. is perhaps different from this. 



long and 5-lines broad. Fruit nodding, yellow. Seeds ira- 



Jluvidiile^ but differs in the pedicels being shorter. 

 Dense -headed Guava. Tree 20 feet. 



Few-seeded Guava. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 



30 P. LANUGiNo'suM (Ruiz, ct Pav. fl. per. ined. 4. t. 421. 



23 P. littora'le (Raddi, mem. 1831. p. 6. t. 1. f. 2.) f. b.) branches terete ; leaves oblong, obtuse, crenated, woolly; 

 branchlets terete ; leaves oval-oblong, thickish or coriaceous, peduncles 3-flowered, the middle flower sessile, and the lateral 



attenuated at the base, bluntly acuminated at the apex, glabrous 

 on both surfaces, shining above ; pedicels 1-flowered, longer 



ones pedicellate, bearing 2 bracteas at the base of each ; tube of 

 calyx long, 4-cleft, with the lobes acute ; stamens exserted. 



than the petioles ; fruit exactly pear-shaped. T2 . S. Native of Tj . S. Native of Peru. Petals obovate. Fruit long, terete, 

 Brazil, on the sea-shore, where it is called by the inhabitants 4-celled, crowned by the lobes of the calyx. Seeds reniform. 

 Araca de Praya. Fruit greenish-yellow, but white inside. 

 Shore Guava. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



24 P. RiPA^RiuM (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branches terete ; 



Shrub woolly in every part. 



Woolly Guava. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



31 P.? MYRsiNiTEs (D. C. prod. 3. p. 236.) branchlets 



pedicels and calyxes hairy ; leaves almost sessile, linear-oblong, terete, clothed with rufous hairs; pedicels axillary, solitary, 1- 

 obtuse at the apex, rather cordate at the base, pubescent beneath, flowered, angular, hairy; bracteoles deciduous; ovarium tur- 

 andnearlyglabrousabove; pedicels 3-flowered; fruit pear-shaped. binate, -glabrous ; lobes of calyx 5, very blunt ; leaves oblong, 



\l . 8. Native of Brazil, on the banks of rivers. Nearly allied to 

 P. turbiniflorum. Leaves 3 inches long and an inch broad, with 

 somewhat sinuated crenated margins. Lobes of calyx very blunt. 



River-side Psidium. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



25 P. GuAviROBA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 235.) glabrous; branches 



almost sessile, obtuse at the base, acutish at the apex, villous on 

 the margins, and middle nerve above, the rest glabrous. ^2 • ^• 

 Native of Brazil, in deserts, in the provinces of the mines. 

 Myrtus myrsinites, Mart. herb. Pedicels 3-4 lines long. Throat 

 of calyx broad, and staminiferous, as in Psidium. Leaves 12-15 



terete ; leaves oval-lanceolate, acuminated, tapering to the base, lines long, and 3-4 broad. Perhaps a species of Myrtus. 



petiolate ; pedicels 1-flowered, length of petioles ; fruit globose ; 

 calycine lobes short and blunt. T2 • S- Native of Brazil, in 



Myrtle- like Vsidium. Tree 12 feet. 



32 P. Brownia'num (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branchlets 



fields at Ypan'ema, in the province of St. Paul, where it is called hairy ; pedicels solitary, axillary, 1 -flowered, with lanceolate- 

 by the inhabitants Guaviroha de Canorro or Guavirobo de Campo. linear bracteoles under the flowers ; flower-bud ovate, acute, 

 P. caninum. Mart, iierb. but not of Lour. Leaves 2 inches 

 long, and 9-10 lines broad. Fruit the size of a large pea. 

 Guaviroba. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



glabrous, at length splitting unequally into 5 roundish lobes; 

 leaves ovate, almost sessile, bluntly attenuated at the apex, 

 opaque, glabrous on both surfaces as well as the branches. ^ . S. 



26 P.? DEcussATUM (D. C. 1. c.) brauchlcts terete, rather Native of Brazil, in the desert of Bahia. A small, densely 

 hairy; leaves oval, obtuse, membranous, opaque; pedicels ax- branched tree, with greyish bark. Leaves 2 inches long and 1 



Petals roundish. 



Stamens usually changing into elliptic petals. Fruit unknown. 

 Brown^s Guava. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 



illary, 1-flowered, length of leaves ; calyx at length bluntly 5- inch broad, with rather revolute margins, 

 lobed, reflexed ; style incurved. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in 



fields, in the province of Minas Geraes. Myrtus decussata. 

 Mart. herb. Leaves 6 lines long and 3 lines broad. Branches 33 P. obovatum (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branchlets 



and branchlets opposite, slender. Stamens very numerous. terete, velvety from short down ; leaves obovate, coriaceous, 

 Calyx glabrous. 



Decussate-hranched Guava. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



quite glabrous in the adult state, but when young rather velvety ; 

 fruit nearly globose, glabrous. ^2 • S. Native of Brazil, in 



27 P.? desert6rum (Mart. herb, ex D. C. prod. 3. p, 236.) fields, in the province of St. Paul. Very like the Brasilian P. 



branchlets terete, and are as well as the petioles and pedicels 

 clothed with short velvety down; leaves ovate, acute, rather 

 cordate at the base, with crenated margins, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, full of pellucid dots; pedicels 1-flowered, slender; 

 fruit ovate ; lobes of calyx roundish. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the desert of Bahia. A small neat tree, with pale green 

 leaves. Leaves 15-18 lines long, and 7-9 lines broad. Pe- to the petioles. 



tloles 2-3 lines long. Pedicels 10-12 lines long. Flowers small. 

 Desert Guava. Tree 10 to 15 feet. 



Cattleydnum, but differs in the branches being beset w^ith short 

 villi. 



ObovateAeaved Guava. Shrub 10 to 15 feet. 



34 P. Cattleia^num (Sabine, in hort. trans. 4. p. 315. t. IL) 

 branchlets terete, glabrous ; leaves obovate, coriaceous, quite 

 glabrous; pedicels opposite, 1-flowered, hardly equal in length 



T2. S. Native of China and of Brazil, or 



rather originally brought from China to Brazil. Lindl. coll. 



t. 16. Ker. bot. reg. 622. P. coriaceum. Mart. herb. P. Chi- 

 28 P. ? TENXjiFOLiUM (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branchlets nense, Lodd. cab. The fruit of this Guava is rather large, nearly 

 terete, glabrous as well as the petioles and pedicels ; pedicels spherical, of a fine deep claret colour, growing in the axils of 

 1-3 together, axillary, 1-flowered; leaves ovate, obtuse at the the leaves; the skin has much the consistence of that of a 



base, but acuminated at the apex, glabrous, but beset with fig, but is thinner; the interior is a soft fleshy pulp, purplish 



crowded, very minute dots : fruit globose; lobes of calyx round- 

 ish. T2 • S. Native of Brazil, in the desert of Bahia. Fruit 5- 

 celled ; cells biovulate. Pedicels 5-6 lines long, slender, bract- 

 less at the apex. Leaves membranous. Very nearly allied to 

 P. deserlbrum. 



Fine-leaved Guava. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



red next the skin, but becoming paler towards the middle, and 

 at the centre is quite white; it is juicy, and in consistence is 

 much like a strawberry, to which it bears some resemblance m 

 flavour. 



Cattley's Guava. Fl. May, Ju, Clt. 1818. Tr. 10 to 20 ft. 



35 P. coHDATUM (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1779.) branchlets terete, 



29 P, OLIGOSPERMUM (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branches glabrous ; leaves sessile, cordate-roundish, rather stem-clasping 



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