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MYRTACEiE. XXIX. Calyptranthes. XXX. Svzygium. 



M 4* 



15 lines long. Flowers larger than any other of the species 



Fruit unknown. 



. Neat 



Tree. 

 (D. C. 1. c.) 



17 C. ? BULLA TA (D. C. 1. c.) branches minutely pubescent; 

 leaves broad-lanceolate, obtuse, more or less blistered. T2 . S. 

 Native of Honduras. My'rtus buUata, Salisb. prod. 354. This 

 species is hardly known. 



tuse, stiff, opaque, and are, as well as the branches, glabrous ; i5/z5fer^d Calyptranthes. Shrub 12 to 14 ft. 



Cult. 



XXX. 



Myrc 



GIUM 



peduncles axillary or terminal, equal in length to the leaves, 



somewhat panicled. T2. S. Native of Brazil. Leaves hardly 



petiolate, 2-3 inches long, and 15-18 lines broad. Flowers 



small. Flower-bud obovate, mucronate, blackish, as well as 



the whole plant. 



Blackish Calyptranthes. Tree. 



- 11 C. ? LORANTHiFOLiA (D. C. 1. c.) Icavcs elliptic, obtuse, 



rather coriaceous, opaque, clothed with adpressed pubescence, 



as well as the branchlets, but glabrous above ; peduncles twin, 



opposite, panicled, rising from the base of the branchlets, and 



are, as well as the flowers, clothed with adpressed rufous down. - - 



T? . S. Native of Brazil, in fields in the province of St. Paul. ^^^^ons circumcised operculum. Stamens numerous, free. Style 



syzygos, coupled ; in allusion to the manner in which the branches 

 and leaves are united by pairs). Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 166. t. 33. 

 but not of Browne. D. C. prod. 3. p. 259. — Opa, Lour. fl. coch. 



Eugenia spec. Lam. Roxb. 



309. 



Willd 



Calyptranthus, Blume, bijdr. p. 1089. 



Mon 



Tube of calyx obovate ; 

 limb nearly entire or repandly lobed. Petals 4-5, roundish, joined 

 into a calyptra, and as if they were forming a convex mem- 



Leaves 2 inches long, and 15 lines broad. Petioles %-S lines 



one ; stigma simple. Ovarium 2-celled ; cells few-ovulate. 



long. Racemes 2 inches long. Flowers tern, and as if they ^^''^X 1 -celled, 1 or few-seeded. Seeds globose. Cotyledons 

 were operculated, from the bracteoles cohering at the apex. ^?^'S^' A^_*^^» half hemispherical. Radicle small, inserted beneath 



t Loranthus-leaved Calyptranthes. Tree. 



(M 



ex D. C. prod. 3. p 



) 



the middle of the cotyledons, and concealed by them. — Trees or 

 shrubs, natives of the Old World within the tropics. Leaves 



leaves oval, narrowly acuminated, opaque, rather membranous, opposite, glabrous. Peduncles axillary and terminal, cymosely 



glabrous on both surfaces, as well as on the branches ; peduncles corymbose. This genus differs from Calyptranthes in the oper- 



axillary and terminal, loosely panicled, compressed, and are, as culum being formed from the petals, not from the calyx ; from 



well as the calyxes, velvety from adpressed short rufous down. Caryophyllus in the tube of the calyx being obovate or turbinate,' 



" S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio Negro, in "°^ cylindrical, and with the lobes hardly distinct ; and from Eu- 



Leaves 6 inches long, and 2 inches broad. Panicle S^^^^ '" ^^^^ cotyledons being less closely conferruminated, and 



shorter than the leaves, usually much branched from the base.' ^" ^^® P^*^^^ cohering into a calyptra. 



woods. 



Flower-bud obovate, dotted. Fruit unknown. 

 Cuspidate Calyptranthes. Tree. 



§ 1. Fruit globose or suhglohose. 

 1 S. Guinee'nse (D. C. prod. 3. p. 259.) leaves oblong-ellip- 



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S 



13 C. Lu*ciDA (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) leaves elliptic-ob- tic, acuminated at both ends, shining above and reticulated be- 

 long, acuminated at both ends, petiolate, full of pellucid dots, neath ; cymes trichotomous, corymbose, terminal; calyx* 5- 

 " ' ' ' toothed. Tj . S. Native of Guinea and Senegal. Calyptranthes 



Guineensis, Willd. spec. 2. p. 974. This species is intermediate' 

 between t/iofmioAa and Syzy'gimn. Fruit unknown. 



Guinea Syzygium. Tree. -- 



. 2 S. LATiFOLiuM (D. C. 1. c.) leaves broadly ovate, obtuse at 

 both ends, somewhat emarginate at the apex, coriaceous, reticu- 

 lated, on very short petioles ; flowers nearly sessile, in lateral 

 fascicles. 17 . S. Native of the Mauritius. Calyptranthes, 



glabrous on both surfaces, as well as on the branches, shining 

 above ; peduncles axillary, twin, panicled, a little shorter than 

 the leaves, and are, as well as the calyxes, glabrous. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia. A tree 20 feet high, 

 with white bark. Branchlets angular. Leaves about 2 inches 

 long, and 9 lines broad. 



Shining Calyptranthes. Tree 20 ft. 



14 C. aroma'tica (St. Hil. pi. usul. bras. t. 14.) shrubby; 



leaves connate, oblong-elliptic, quite glabrous ; peduncles axil- Sieb. fl. maur. 2. no. 98. in this the leaves are 9 inches long and 

 lary or terminal, twm, elongated, panicled. Tj . S. Native of 5 broad. 



Brazil, in woods about Rio Janeiro. Petals 2-3, small, greenish. 

 The flower-buds are whitish and aromatic, and are used in Brazil 

 as a succedaneum for cloves. An oil might be obtained from 

 them equal to oil of cloves. 



Aromatic Calyptranthes. Shrub. 



15 C. panicula'ta (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. syst. p. 131. prod, 

 p. 74. t. 13.) leaves lanceolate-oblong, bluntly acuminated; 

 racemes panicled, terminal. T2 • S. Native of Peru, in groves. 

 Flowers very fragrant. Operculum conical. Berry 2-4-celled. 

 A species not sufficiently known. Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 4. t. 424. 



Panicled Calyptranthes. Shrub 10 to 12 ft. 



16 C. ? LATERIFLORA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 258.) spikes simple, 

 rising from the old trunk or branches, villous ; bracteas ovate, 

 acute, concave, lower ones sessile ; flowers sessile in the axils of 

 the bracteas ; leaves oblong, acuminated, opaque, quite glabrous 

 on both surfaces, h . S. ^' ' " ~ 



Native of Brazil, in the provinces of 



the Mines. Spikes 3-4 inches long, pedunculate, 11-15-flow- 

 ered ; flowers opposite, axillary, bibracteate. Flower-bud nearly 

 globose, very villous, at length ruptured at the apex, not 4-5- 



Sf.itLlf ^-li-Z-i f^t^ r. '^J^^ir^ - - -hes long, and an inch Wd! 



Broad-leaved Syzygium. Tree. 



S S. oBOVA*TUM (D. C. 1. c.) leaves obovat^ or oval, obtuse, 

 coriaceous, on short petioles, feather-nerved, and somewhat re- 

 ticulated ; cymes numerous, on long peduncles, disposed in a 

 terminal panicle ; calyxes repand. ^ . S. Native of the Mau- 

 ritius. Eugenia obovata, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 124. My'rtus ob- 

 ovata, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 436. Calyptranthes Pollicina, Willem. 

 maur. p. 29. Calyptranthes, Sieb. fl. maur. no. 99. Leaves 5 

 inches long, and 3 inches broad. Berry globose, larger than a 



pea. Seeds 2, hemispherical. Cotyledons fleshy, conferru- 

 minated. 



06oca/e-leaved Syzygium. Tree. 



4 S. panicula'tum (D. C. 1. c.) leaves oval, acuminated, 

 feather-nerved, silky ; cymes numerous, rather crowded, disposed 

 m a terminal panicle ; calyx repand. Tj . S. Native of the 

 Island of Bourbon, where it is called Bois a ecorce blanche. S. 

 panicul^tum, Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 166. t. 33. ? Jambolifera pen- 

 dula, Lin. ex Steud. Eugenia paniculata. Lam. diet. 3. p. 1 99- 

 Branches with white bark. Petioles 5 lines long. Leaves 2 



Calyptranthes. Perhaps anew genus, but the expanded flowers 

 as well as the fruit, are unknown. 



Panicled Syzygium. Tree. 



Side-flo 



Tree 20 to 30 ft. 



axillary and 



