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MYRTACE^. XXXIII. Eugenia. 



gather, 1-flowered, length of the petioles, umbellate, refracted My'rtus pistaciaefoHa, Mart. herb. Leaves with a few pellu- 

 cid dots, like those of the Pistdchia. Pedicels 3-4 lines long, 

 rising from very short scaly branches. Flowers small. Fruit 

 unknown. 



Pistachia-leavedl^ugeiiidL. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 

 64 E. stictope'tala (Mart. herb, ex D. C, prod. 3. p. 270.) 

 Leaves 5 inches long and 2 broad, full of minute pellucid dots. glabrous ; pedicels 5-7, aggregate, 1-flowered, rising from the 

 Petioles 5 lines long. Pedicels 4 lines long. Seeds 1 to 3. Fruit axils of the old leaves, sometimes upon a very short peduncle ; 



after flowering; fruit globose, depressed ; calycine lobes 4, ovate; 

 leaves oval, acuminated, petiolate, and are, as well as the 

 branches, glabrous ; lateral nerves running into a vein which is 

 "distant from the margin. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, at the river 

 Amazon. My'rtus umbellata. Mart. herb, but not of Spreng. 



orange-coloured. 



Small-pored~\ediVedi Eugenia. Tree. 



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bracteas 2, ovate, adpressed to the ovarium ; lobes of calyx 4, 

 ovate, nearly orbicular, full of glandular dots ; leaves nearly 

 sessile, ovate or oval, obtuse at both ends, coriaceous, opaque. 



lary, 1-flowered, slender, three times the length of the petioles, reticulately nerved on both surfaces, ^i . S. Native of Brazil, 



acutely bibracteolate under the flowers; calycine lobes 4, round- in the interior provinces. Pedicels 5-6 lines long. Leaves 3 



ish; leaves oval-oblong, acuminated at the apex, attenuated at inches long and \\ broad, 

 the base, petiolate, full of minute pellucid dots, glabrous on both Dotted-petalled Eugenia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



surfaces, as well as on the branchlets. h 



Native of Brazil, 



in woods in the province of Minas Geraes. My'rtus species, 

 Mart. herb. Flowers few, small. Torus nearly as in Psidium. 



%5 E. ? erythroca'rpa (D. C. prod. 3. p. 270.) pedicels 1- 

 flowered, axillary, usually 5-together, racemosely umbellate, 

 one-half shorter than the leaves, furnished with one bractea at 



Pedicels Q-7 lines long, very slender. Leaves 5 inches long and the base, 2 bracteoles under the flowers ; leaves elliptic, obtuse, 

 15-18 lines broad. 



FeW'JlorveTed 



Tree 10 feet. 



acute at the base, coriaceous, shining, and are, as well as the 



branches, glabrous ; calyxes 4- cleft. ^ . S. Native of New 



Granada, near Honda. My'rtus erythroc^rpa, H. B. et Kunth, 



nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 148. Leaves 12-14 lines long. Ovarium 



globose, 2-celled ; cells 10-11-ovulate. Berry red. Seeds un- 

 known. 



Red-fruited Eugenia. Tree 6 to 8 feet. 

 66 E. ? Maximilia^na (D. C. 1. c.) pedicels axillary, 2-6- 

 Native of Brazil, in the provinces of the Mines. Leaves together, aggregate, bibracteolate under the flowers ; leaves ellip- 



59 E. Hilaria'na (D. C. L c.) pedicels axillary, 2-5-to- 

 gether, 1-flowered, longer than the petioles, bluntly bibracteolate 

 under the flowers ; fruit globose, crowned by the calycine lobes, 

 which are 4, obtuse, and conniving ; leaves linear-oblong, ob- 

 tuse, attenuated at the base, stiff, opaque, on very short petioles, 

 and are as well as the branches glabrous, with revolute edges. 



2 to 3 inches long, and half an inch broad. Petioles one line 

 long. Pedicels 4 lines long. Fruit smaller than a pea. 



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Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



60 E. FRUTicuLOSA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 270.) pedicels axillary, 

 I -flowered, longer than the petioles, lower ones solitary, upper 

 ones 2-3 together, minutely bibracteolate under the flower ; fruit 

 ovate ; calycine lobes obtuse ; leaves oblong, cuneated at the 

 base, obtuse at the apex, stiff*, opaque, glabrous In the adult 

 state, as well as on the branchlets, but when young clothed with together, axillary, much shorter than "the leaves, minutely bi- 



tic, attenuated, coriaceous, dotted, shining, quite glabrous. ^ . 

 S. Native of Brazil, about Barada Vereda. My'rtus micrantha, 

 Nees et Mart, in nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 51. but not Kunth. 

 Bracteoles ciliated. Ovarium 2-celled, many-ovulate. Fruit 

 and seeds unknown. Said to be allied to Myrcia hracteala and 



M. lucida. 



Maximilian's Eugenia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



67 E.? Lambertia^na (D. C. 1. c.) pedicels 1-flowered, 5-6- 



adpressed down beneath, h 



vince of St. Paul. My'rtus fruticulosa, M 



Native of Brazil, in the pro- bracteate under the flowers ; leaves oval, acutish at both ends. 



shrub, having the branches knotted at the base. Leaves nearly 

 2 inches long, and 4-5 lines broad. Pedicels 4 lines long. Fruit 

 yellow. Seed one, large. 



Shrubby Eugenia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



61 E. RUsciFOLiA (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 123.) pedicels axillary, 

 solitary or the upper ones are aggregate, glabrous, longer than 

 the petioles ; leaves ovate, obtuse, coriaceous, glabrous, dotted 

 beneath. Tp , S. Native of South America. My'rtus daph- 

 noides, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 480. Fruit and seeds unknown. 

 Perhaps the peduncles are one or many-flowered. 



Butcher s-broom-leaved Eugenia. Shrub. 



62 E. ? OLE^FOLiA (D.C. prod. 3. p. 270.) pedicels 1-flow- 

 ered, axillary, 4 in a fascicle, twice the length of the petioles, 

 bibracteolate under the flowers ; leaves oblong, obtuse, cuneated 

 at the base, coriaceous, shining, and are, as well as the branches, 

 glabrous ; calyx 4-cleft. \ . S. Native of South America, in 

 the province of Jaen de Bracamoros, at the river Marannon. 

 My'rtus oleaefolia, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 147. 

 Pedicels 3 lines long. Berry 3-celled ; cells 8-ovulate. Seeds 

 unknown. Allied to Eugenia huxifolia. 



Olive-leaved Eugenia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



63 E. PisTACi^FOLiA (D. C. 1. c.) pedicels 3-together, axillary, 

 1-flowered, twice the length of the petioles, minutely brac- 

 teate at the base, and bibracteate at the apex ; tube of calyx 

 globose ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, obtuse at the base, bluntish at 

 the apex, rather coriaceous, and are, as well as the branches. 



A small with a very few dots, reticulately veined beneath, rather coria- 



glabrous* Tj 



ceous, and are, as well as the branches, quite glabrous ; calycine 

 lobes ovate, obtuse. ^ . S. Native of the West Indies, in St. 

 Vincent's. Petioles 3 lines long, hardly shorter than the pedi- 

 cels. Leaves 4 inches long and 2 inches broad. Fruit ovate- 

 globose, 1 -seeded. 



Lambert's Eugenia. Shrub. 



68 E. PLURiFLORA (D. C. 1. c.) glabrous ; pedicels 1-flowered, 

 hardly longer than the petioles, 5-7 from the axils of the old 

 leaves, each bearing 2 ovate bracteas at the apex, which are 

 adpressed to the ovarium ; calycine lobes 4 ovate ; leaves oval, 

 coriaceous, obtuse, opaque, shining above, tubercularly dotted 

 beneath. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of the 

 Mines. Branches terete, robust. Leaves 1^ inch long. * Pe- 

 tioles 2 lines long. Flowers small. Fruit unknown. 



Many -flowered Eugenia. Shrub. 



69 E. Bahik'nsis (D. C prod. 3. p. 271.) pedicels 2-7-to- 

 gether, or rising from a short rachis, 1-flowered, a little longer 

 than the leaves, minutely bibracteolate at the apex ; leaves el- 

 liptic, somewhat acuminated, opaque, and are, as well as the 

 branchlets, glabrous ; lateral veins hardly prominent ; calycine 

 lobes 4, roundish. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the province 

 of Bahia, in dense woods. My'rtus Lambertiana, Mart. herb. 

 Very nearly allied to E. Lambertiana, but the leaves are a little 

 narrower, more brown, never reticulated. Flowers double the 

 size. Fruit unknown. 



-., . ^T> M • , - ' -BaAia Eugenia. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 



Native of Brazil, m the provinces of Bahia. 70 E. ? Parkeria^na (D. C. prod. 3. p. 271.) pedicels 1-flow- 



