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MYRTACEiE. XXXIII. Eugenia. 



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Calophylloides lucida, Smeathn. mss. Lobes of calyx ovate, flora, Mart, reise, p. 285. isis. 1824. p. 589. but not of Blutne. 



obtuse, smoothish. Leaves 5-6 inches long, and 2 or 2^ broad, Berry edible, globose, of a purplish violet-colour, 1-seeded. 



on very short petioles, dotless ; lateral nerves confluent towards Cotyledons conferruminated. Leaves 3 inches long and 9-10 



the margins. Ovarium globose. Fruit and seeds unknown. 

 Calophyllurri'like Eugenia. Shrub 10 feet. 

 84 E. chrysophy'llum (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 129.) flowers axil- 



lines broad. Petioles 2 lines long. 



Stem-JloTvered Eugenia. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



91 E. umbella'ta (D. C. 1. c.) pedicels numerous, short, 



lary, almost sessile, aggregate, 4-cleft; leaves ovate, acute, gla- 1-flowered, umbellate, bibracteolate at the apex, rising from the 



brous and shining above, but clothed with adpressed silky golden axils of the old branches ; leaves sessile, cordate at the base, 



down beneath, which becomes nearly deciduous; fruit ovate, ovate, acutish, coriaceous, opaque, and are, as well as the 



rather velvety. T2 . S. Native of Cayenne, not in the Mauritius. branchlets, glabrous, with the marginal nerve thick. Tj . S. Na- 



My'rtus chrysophy'llum, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 482. exclusive of the tive oi Brazil, in woods at Vao do Paranan. Myrtus lateriflora, 



synonyraes. Flowers clothed with rusty down, sessile. Pedicels Mart. herb, but not of others. Umbels lateral, 7-8-flowered. 



2 lines long after flowering, rather branched at the base. Ma- Pedicels 2-3 lines long. Calycine lobes 4, roundish. Leaves 2-4 



ttire fruit size of an olive, 1-seeded. Cotyledons conferrumi- inches long and 1-2 broad. Lateral nerves of leaves confluent 



nated, furnished with bladdery glands inside. 

 GoldeU'leaved Eugenia. Tree. 

 85 E. ? coRDA^TA (D.C. 1. c.) flowers almost sessile, axillary 



in front of the margins. 



Umbellate-Rowered Eugenia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 

 92 E. DELicA^TULA (D. C. 1. c) flowcrs 2-3-together, axil- 

 and lateral, rather crowded ; leaves sessile, ovate, very blunt, lary, nearly sessile ; leaves oblong, attenuated at both ends, stif- 

 rather cordate, shining, and are, as well as the branches, quite fish, opaque, dotted beneath, glabrous on both surfaces, with a 

 glabrous; calyxes 4-5-cleft. Tj . S. Native of the West India marginal nerve; petioles very short, and are, as well as the 

 Islands. My'rtus cord^ta, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 893. Vahl. young branches, clothed with down. ]^ . S. Native of Brazil, 

 symb. 2. p. 55, Branches compressed above. Ovarium round- in the province of St. Paul. Myrtus delicatvda, Mart. herb. A 

 ish. Stigma deflexed. Fruit and seeds unknown. 



CordateAeaved Eugenia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 

 86 E. LATERIFLORA (WiUd. spcc 2. p. 749.) flowers almost 

 sessile, lateral, crowded or scattered ; leaves obovate-roundish. 



tree about 20 feet high, much divided. Leaves 15 lines long 

 and 3 lines broad. Flowers small, like those of E. rtgtda* 

 Delicate Eugenia. Tree 20 feet. 



93 E. RiGiBA (D. C. 1. c.) flowers axillary, 1-3-together, 

 very blunt, attenuated at the base, with revolute margins, coria- nearly sessile, aggregate, bracteolate ; fruit globose, somewhat 

 ceous, pale beneath, reticulated from elevated veins on both sur- depressed; calycine lobes 4, short, obtuse, somewhat connivent 

 faces, and are, as well as the branches, * quite glabrous. Tp . S. after flowering; leaves ovate, obtuse, stiffish, opaque, nerveless 

 Native of the Island of Santa Cruz. E. sessilifl6ra, Vahl. symb. except the middle nerve, glabrous ; petioles and branchlets pu- 

 3. p. 64. Calyx and petals dotted. Fruit and seeds unknown, bescent. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of the 



Stde-Jlowered Eugenia. Tree. 



Mines. My^rtus rigida. Mart. herb. Leaves 9-10 lines long 



87 E. SEssiLiFLORA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 273.) flowers almost and 4-5 broad. Pedicels very short, pubescent. Bracteoles ob- 

 sessile, lateral, crowded or scattered ; leaves oblong or oval, tuse. A much branched small tree. Flowers small. Fruit size 

 bluntish, with somewhat revolute margins, rather membrana- of a pea, 2-seeded. Cotyledons conferruminated. 



ceous, hardly veined, and are, as well as the branches, quite 

 glabrous. ^ . S. Native of St. Domingo. My'rtus sessili- 



A^Zi^ Eugenia. Tree 15 feet. 



94 E. GuAPu^RiuM (D. C. 1. c.) flowers in fascicles, splitting 



flora, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 479. E. sessiliflora, Vahl. symb. 3. the bark of the naked branches in rising; leaves elliptic, petio- 

 p. 64.? E. laterifolia, Pers. ? Fruit one-half smaller than those late, acuminated, membranous, full of pellucid dots, glabrous 



of -E. lateriflora, but not sufficiently known. 



Sessih'Jloivered Eugenia. Shrub. 



88 E. LiNEA^TA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 273.) flowers axillary, 

 almost sessile, crowded; leaves ovate, acuminated, stiff*, lined 



above, and beset with a few hairs beneath ; petioles and branches 

 villous. ^ . S. Native of Peru. Guapirium, Juss. gen. p. 

 324. Guapurium Peruvianum, Poir. diet. sc. nat. 20. p. 11. 

 Lobes of calyx 4. Petals 4. Fruit umbilicate, 2-3-seeded. 



with elevated nerves, hoary beneath, but villous on the nerves ; Seeds large, almost like those of Eugenia. Guapuru is the Pe- 

 calyxes 4-cleft, clothed with rusty down. Tj . S. Native of St. ruvian name of the tree. 



Domingo, in mountain flelds. My rtus linekta, Swartz, fl. ind. 



Guapuru Eugenia. Shrub or tree. 



occ. p. 891. but not of Blume. Berry sapid scarlet, size of 95 E.? cerasiformis (D. C. prod. 3. p. 274.) corymbs axil- 



a cherry. Seeds 2 or more, angular. Leaves full of pellucid lary or terminal, simple; branchlets 3-flowered ; calyx 4-cleft; 



ovarium hemispherical ; leaves broad-lanceolate, bluntly acumi- 



dots, but they are said to be scentless. 



Ztwerf-leaved Eugenia. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



89 E. ? tubercula'ta (D.C. 1. c.) flowers crowded in the 

 axils of the leaves, and on the tops of the branches, sessile, bi- 

 bracteolate at the base, 4-cleft ; leaves elliptic-oblong, coria- 

 ceous, with revolute edges, clothed with glandular tubercles 



nated, coriaceous, glabrous, with recurved margins, full of fine 

 transverse parallel veins. Tj . S. Native of Java, on the moun- 

 tains at fountains of rivers. Allied to E. lineata, but the rib of 

 the leaf is for the most part purplish, and the marginal vem is 

 simple. My^rtus cerasiformis, Blum, bijdr. p. 1088. Fruit 

 above, and glabrous, but with silky down beneath, as well as on globose. Seeds thick, angular, about 3 in number. Cotyledons 

 the calyxes ; branchlets hairy. ^ • S. Native of Cuba, near conferruminated. Flowers not seen. 



Regla. My'rtus tuberculata, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 



Cherry-formed-fruited Eugenia. Shrub. 



6. p. 148. Ovarium 2-celled ; cells 8-lO.ovulate. Fruit and 96 E.? triflora (Ham. prod. fl. ind. occ. p. 44.) peduncles 



seeds unknown. Said to be allied to £. lineata. 



Tubercular Aeayed Eugenia* Shrub. 



90 E. cAutiFLORA (D. C. 1. c.) flowers crowded, rising from 

 the excoriated trunk and branches, from where tlie axils of the 

 old leaves bad been; pedicels very short, 1-flowered; leaves 

 lanceolate, petiolate, attenuated at the base, long-acuminated at 

 the apex, With a very few pellucid dots, and are, as well as the 



bran^es, glabrous* Tj . S. Native of Brazil. My'rtus cauli- tops of the branches. 



axillary, usually tern, 3-flowered; flowers bractless, sessde; 

 leaves alternate, petiolate, oblong, attenuated at the base, shin- 

 ing* greyish green beneath. T2 • S. Native of Carthagena, m 

 woods. Myrtus triflbra, Jacq. stirp. am. p. 153. t. 193. f* 59. 

 but not of Spreng. Petals 4, obovate. Fruit unknown. Leaves 

 aromatic when bruised. This species diflfers from all in the 

 leaves being alternate, but perhaps this is the case only at the 



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