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MYRTACEiE. XXVIII. Myrcia. 



and 



124. 



Lobes of calyx roundish, full of pellucid dots. Style minal, tricliotoniously panicled ; flowers 5-cleft, those in the 

 all the parts of the inflorescence velvety. Leaves rather 



villous when young, adult ones glabrous, except on the nerves on 



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forks sessile, the rest pedicellate ; leaves ovate, coriaceous, 

 opaque, shining ; branchlets acutely tetragonal, and are, as well 



Native of the West India 



the under surface, 2 inches long, and 9 lines broad, deflexed. as the pedicels, glabrous. T? 



Young fruit ovate. Cotyledons corrugated. Panicles twin in Islands, and now cultivated in the East Indies. My 



the axils of the upper leaves 



Deflexed Myrcia. Shrub 2 to S ft. 

 M. ? Thomasia^na (D 



37. 



My 



latifolia, Roxb. hort. beng. p 



diet. 4. p. 410. Div. ab. Eugenia citrifolia of the same author. 

 As variable a plant as Eugenia Pimenta^ the leaves lanceolate 

 minal, opposite, racemose, usually 6-flowered ; pedicels oppo- and acuminated, ex Poir., but oval and obtuse in the speci- 

 site, 1 -flowered, fvirnished with one bractea at the base of each ; mens, some collected in Guadaloupe, and others in the bo- 

 flowers 5-cleft; leaves elliptic, acuminated, opaque, shining tanic garden at Calcutta, but it differs from Eugenia Pimenla in 

 above, and full of impressed dots on both surfaces, as well as the the branches being acutely tetragonal. The leaves, berries, and 



branches. Tj . S. Native of the Island of St. Thomas, ex 

 herb. Deless. Peduncles, bracteas, and calyxes jmberulous 

 when examined by a lens. Stamens length of petals. Fruit and 



fM, 



seeds unl<nown. 



acrisy and are used for culinary purposes. 

 Pimento-like Myrcia. Fl. May. Clt. ? 



Tree. 



My 



Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



10 M. LEPTO^'cLABA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 244.) peduncles axil- 

 lary and subterminal, loosely panicled, glabrous, length of the 



7 M. coRiA cEA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 243.) peduncles terminal, leaves; pedicels 1 -flowered, short ; flowers 5-cleft ; leaves ellip- 

 tic-oblong, acuminated, full of pellucid dots, and are glabrous, 

 as well as the branches, b . S. Native of St. Domingo. Very 



panicled, glabrous, longer than the leaves ; branchlets distant, 

 opposite, bearing 1-3 flowers at the apex ; flowers 5-cleft, nearly 

 naked ; leaves obovate or elliptic-roundish, obtuse, coriaceous, 

 opaque, with somewhat revolute margins, shining on both sur- 

 faces, full of impressed dots above, and are, as well as the 



, S. Native of the Caribbee Islands. 



M. multijl 



Leaves 3 inches long, and an inch broad. 



branches, glabrous. 

 Plum. ed. Burm. 



Flowers small. Lobes of calyx 4, 2 obtuse, and 2 acutish. 

 Berry globose, 1 -seeded. Seeds shining. Cotyledons foliaceous, 



t. 208. 



tus coriacea, Vahl, symb. 2. p. 59. My 



f. 2. Pluck, aim. 155. f. 3. My 



corrugately plicate. 

 Slende 



11 M 



My 



Shrub 5 to 6 ft. 



diet. 4. p. 410. 



/3 



minal, panicled, and are as well as the branches villous ; buds 



ri^cea, Swartz, fl. ind. p. 912.? but the flowers are said to be 4- very villous; leaves ovate-elliptic, acuminated, full of large 

 cleft. Bracteoles hardly any under the flowers. Berry globose, pellucid dots, glabrous, shining above, areolate with promi- 

 size of black pepper. Seeds 1-2, nearly globose. Cotyledons nent and anastomosino; veins; flowers small, 5-cleft. Tj . S. 



foliaceous, corrugately complicated. 



Cor/aceoM,9-leaved Myrcia. Clt. 1759. 



8 M. A^CRis (D. C. 1. c.) pe- 

 duncles axillary and terminal, 



trichotomous, corymbose, com- 

 pressed, longer than the leaves ; 

 flowers 5-cleft ; leaves elliptic, 

 obtuse, convex, coriaceous, quite 

 glabrous, reticulated above from 

 elevated veins, full of very fine 



Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 

 FIG. 122. 



Native of St. Domingo 

 the mountains. My 

 907 



and Guadaloupe, among shrubs on 



pell 



dots. 



\2 . S. Native 



of the West Indies, in mountain 

 woods and pastures. Hook. bot. 

 mag.31 53. Myrtus acris, Swartz, 

 fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 909. Myrtus 

 caryophyll^ta, Jacq. Caryophyl- 



Mill. diet. Myr 



aim. 



49. 



t. 



907. Eugeniaperiplocifolia, Jacq. coll. 2. p. 108. t. 4. Eugenia 

 microcarpos. Lam. diet. 3. p. 201. Eugenia laxiflora, Poir. 



suppl. 3. p. 123. ? Leaves an inch and a half long. Berry glo- 

 bose, scarlet. Seeds 2, hemispherical. Cotyledons corrugated. 

 There are varieties of this plant with the panicles either longer 

 or shorter than the leaves, and the flowers either 4 or 5-cleft. 



Eugenia Mini, 

 tv of M. multi' 



flowers 4-cleft. h 



Native of Cayenne. 



acris, Coll. hort. ripul. 

 but not of Sieb.— Pluk. 

 155. f. 3. Berry oblong, accord- 

 ing to Swartz. Allied to Eugenia Pimenta, but differs in the 

 flowers being always 5-cleft. In Jamaica this tree is commonly 

 called wild cinnamon or wild clove tree. 



Aubl. guian. 1. p. 498. t. 197. 

 fiora^ but according to the figure it comes nearer to M. spUndens. 

 Perhaps two species are confused under the name. Perhaps Eu- 

 genia patens of Poir. suppl. 3. p. 124. is referrible to this plant. 



Splendent Myrcia. Clt. 1803. Tree 12 to 20 feet. 



12 M. MULTiFLORA (D. C. 1. c) pcdunclcs axillary and ter- 

 minal, paniculate, longer than the leaves, and are, as well as the 

 branches, glabrous ; leaves oval, bluntly acuminated, membra- 

 nous, Tull of pellucid dots, with the veins rather prominent on 

 both surfaces, and confluent near the margin. ^ . S. Native 

 of Cayenne. Eugenia multiflbra, Rich, in act. soc. hist. nat. par. 

 1792. p. 110. Lam. diet. 3. p. S02. Myrtus multiflora, Spreng. 



M. splSndens, but 



Fruit 



It is a handsome tree, of syst. 2. p. 485. but not of Jaume. 



a pyramidal form. The timber is very hard, red, and weighty, differs in the flowers being small, glabrous, and 5-cleft. 

 capable of being polished, and used for mill cogs. The leaves globose. Seeds 1-2, large, with a hard testa. Cotyledons folia- 



have a very sweet aromatic smell, and on account of their agree- ceous, corrugated. 



able astringency often used in sauce. The flowers are small 

 and white, with a slightly reddish tinge. The berries are round, 



Many-flowered My 



Shrub. 



) 



and are as Jarge as peas, and have an aromatic smell and taste, pressed; immature fruit ovate, but when mature globose; leaves 



purposes. The tree glabrous, shining, elliptic, ending in a linear, obtuse, abrupt acu 



grows in Antigua, 



frag 



Jamaica, and Barbadoes, and fills the woods 



namon. 



5'Aarjp- tasted Myrcia, Wild cinnamon or Wild clove. FL May 

 Tuly. Clt. 1759. Tree 20 to 40 ft. 



9 M, piMENToiDEs (D. C. L c.) peduuclcs axillary and ter- 



men, having the lateral veins hardly prominent and confluent ai 

 the margins. Tj . S. Native of French Guiana. Eugenia fallax, 

 Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. 1792. p. 100. Leaves full of pel- 

 lucid dots. Pedicels pubescent. Lobes of calyx rounded at 

 the base, sraoothish, permanent, but the tube is white and 

 downy. Seed 1. Style hooked, according toLeblond. 



