854 



MYRTACEiE. XXXIII. Eugenia. 



branches 



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live of Brazil, in woods on the road to Felisbert. Mv 



Na- p. 1082. Calyx 4-cleft- Fruit roundish, and with the seeds 



Mart 



Leaves membranous, pale green, 4 inches 

 long and an inch and a half broad. Petals roundish, hardly longer 

 than the calyx. Stamens innumerable. Fruit unknown. 



nearly as in Eugenia* 



Reinwardt's Eugenia. Shrub. 

 SI E. Maranhaoe'nsis : 



Felisbert Eugenia. Shrub. 



.) 



1 -flowered, 



mAOE^NSis ; branched ; leaves oblong, coria- 

 ceous, acuminated, glabrous on both surfaces ; pedicels axillary, 

 1-flowered. ^ '^ "^^ * " ^' ' • *- 



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Maranham 



a little shorter than the leaves ; bracteoles small ; leaves oblong- 

 linear, obtuse, acute, marked by the nerve above, which is im- 

 pressed, dotted beneath, the rest veinless and glabrous. T^ . S. 

 Native of Peru. My'rtus parvifolia, Juss. herb. Flowers 



small. Very like the following species, but the leaves are a Myrtle 



Maranham Eugenia. Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 



38 E. MYRTOiDES ; branched ; leaves ovate, quite entire, 

 acute, coriaceous, almost sessile; pedicels axillary, 1-flowered. 

 ^2 . S. Native of the western coast of Africa, on the Gold 

 coast, particularly at Accra. 



little larger, and not exactly linear, acute at the apex. 



Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 



Small-leaved Eugenia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



31 



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axillary 1- 



-flowered. 



39 E. ? PUNICJEFOLIA 



) pedicels axillary, 1 - 



flowered, a little shorter than the leaves ; bracteoles small ; leaves flowered, twin, much shorter than the leaves, bibracteolate under 



oblong-linear, obtuse, nearly nerveless, dotted, glabrous. Tj 



and 



the flowers ; leaves oblong, obtuse, acute at the base, rather co 



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Leaves 4-5 lines long, and a line riaceous, shining, and are as well as the branches glabrous ; calyx 



broad. Flowers small. Fruit and seeds unknown. It agrees 4-cleft. ij . S. 



Mount 



U'gni. My'rtus parvifolia, Juss. herb. 



eptospermum-like Eugenia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Myr 



(Vahl 



ax 



under the flowers, bractless at thebase ; leaves elliptic, glabrous, 



acuminated at both ends. Tj ~ " ' ~ 



My'rtus Patrisii, Spreng. syst. 



a half long. Bracteas acute, sho/t. Fruit globose, not torose. 



Staminiferous disk broad, nearly as in Psidium. Seeds very few. 



My _ 



Leaves 2 inches long. Flowers the size of those of Cratce'gus 

 oxyacdntJia. Ovarium 2-celled. Berry nearly globose, red, 1-2- 

 seeded. Said to be allied to Myrtus ligustrina. 



Pomegranate-leaved 'Eugenia. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 

 40 E. visMioiDES (D.C. 1. c.) pedicels 1-3, axillary, 1-flowered, 

 Native of French Guiana, much shorter than the leaves, bibracteolate, under the flowers; 



Pedicels an inch and leaves oval, cuneated at the base, on very short petioles, bluntly 



attenuated at the apex, glabrous on both surfaces as well as on 

 the branches, with a very few pellucid dots. Tj . S. Native of the 



Cotyledons conferruminated ? in the immature state. Allied to Moluccas 



Myrt 



Patris's Eugenia. Tree. 



33 E. NEMORALis (D. C. prod. 3. p. 267-) glabrous; pedi- 



calyx very blunt, roundish. Leaves 3 inches long and 1^ broad. 

 Vismia-like Eugenia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



(D. C. 1. c.) 



eels axillary 1-flowered, solitary, opposite, erect, equal in length 1-flowered, 4 times shorter than the leaves, bibracteolate under 

 !?i:!.f.?^! 1 -i ^^^f^^^^^s hardly any under the flowers ; fruit the flowers ; leaves oval, almost sessile, bluntish at both ends, 



stiff*, full of minute pellucid dots, glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 branches rather pubescent. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 province of Bahia, among bushes at the bottoms of the moun- 

 tains. My'rtus sancta, Mart. herb. Leaves pale green, 15 

 lines long, and 8-9 lines broad. Pedicels 3-4 lines broad, and 

 are as well as the calyxes glabrous. Calycine lobes very blunt. 

 Style hooked at the apex. Fruit unknown. 

 Holy Eugenia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



42 E. Coare'nsis (D. C. 1. c.) pedicels 1-3 together, 1- 



imder 



elliptic ; calycine lobes 4, broad, obtuse ; leaves elliptic, ab- 

 ruptly and obsoletely apiculated, coriaceous, opaque. Tj . S. 

 Native of Brazil. My rtus nemoralis, Mart. herb. Allied to 

 E. cltnocdrpa, but differs in the fruit being erect and twice the 

 size. Leaves 2 inches long and an inch broad. 

 Grove Eugenia. Shrub. 



34 E. clinoca'rpa (D. C. 1. c.) glabrous; pedicels axillary, 

 1-flowered, twice the length of the petioles, when in flower 

 erect, and when in fruit deflexed ; bracteoles small, under the 

 flowers ; fruit elliptic ; lobes of calyx short, very blunt ; leaves 



oval, rather oblong, attenuated at the base, obsoletely acumin- the leaves ; calycine lobes 4, obtuse : leaves oval, nearly sessile, 

 ated at the apex, rather coriaceous, full of pellucid dots. F2 • S. " ' - - - ' ^ ^ » 



Native of Brazil, at the river Peruaguacu, in the province of 



Bahia, in woods. My'rtus clinocarpa, Mart 



Leaves IS- 



IS lines long and 6-8 lines broad. Young branches somewhat 

 tetragonal. Fruit 1 -seeded. Cotyledons conferruminated. 



Bed-fruited 



Shrub. 



35 E. Brasilie'nsis (Lam. diet. 3. 



- p. 203.) pedicels 1- 

 flowered, slender, rising from the axils of the scaly leaves, along 

 the branches from velvety scaly buds ; bracteoles none ; calycine 

 lobes reflexed ; leaves oval or obovate-oblong, bluntish, coria- 

 ceous, quite glabrous. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. My rtus 

 Dombeyi, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 485.— E. bracteolaris. Lam. mss. 

 in herb. Juss. Leaves shining above, 9 inches long, 1^ broad. 

 Pedicels about equal in length to the floral leaves. Stamens 



hardly 



Brasilian Eugenia. 



Shrub. 



) pedicels 



w — 



liptic-oblon 



bluntish, coriaceous, remote, smoothish. 

 Moluccas. My^'rtus Reinwardtiana, 



petioles 



^ 



bluntly somewhat acuminated, stiff) opaque, and are as well as 

 the branches glabrous ; lateral veins almost wanting. 1^ . S. 

 Native of Brazil, at Rio Negro. My'rtus Coarensis, Mart, 

 herb. Leaves an inch lone and 6 lines broad. Pedicels 2-3 

 lines long. Flowers small. Fruit unknown. 

 Coari Eugenia. Shrub. 



43 E. KochiaVa (D. C. prod. 3. p. 268.) pedicels 1-3 toge- 

 ther, 1-flowered, 3-times shorter than the leaves, bibracteolate 

 at the apex ; calycine tube obovate, with the lobes ovate ; leaves 

 oval-oblong, sessile, stiff) opaque, obtuse at both ends, almost 

 veinless, and are as well as the obsoletely tetragonal branchlets, 

 glabrous. \ . S. Native of Brazil. My'rtus Kochi^a, Mart, 

 herb. Leaves an inch long and 4 lines broad, erect. Nearly 



like those of Phyllirce'a media. Pedicels 4 lines long. Flowers 

 small. 



Koch's Eugenia. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



44 E. stigmatosa (D. C. 1. c.) pedicels 1-3 together, axillary, 

 1-flowered, 3-times the length of the petioles, acutely bibrac- 

 teolate, under the flowers ; leaves oval, cuneated at the base, 

 bluntly acuminated at the apex, glabrous, full of large pellucid 



