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MYRTACEiE. XXXIII. Eugenia. 



Amazon. My'rtus malpighioides, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 

 amer. 6. p. 146. Allied to E, axillaris and E. casearotdes. 

 Fruit and seeds unknown. 



Malpigh 



Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



110 E. GuAYAauiLE^NSis (D.C. r. c.) racemes axillary, short, 

 about equal in length to the petioles, in conglomerate whorls ; 18. but not Lam. Petals oblong.^ Fruit and^seeds unknown. 



Two-flowered ^ugemdi. Fl. Apr. May. Clt. 1739. Sh. 6 to 10 ft. 



117 E.? SrRENGE'Lii (D.C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, aggre- 

 gate, 2-flowered, shorter than the leaves, bibracteolate under the 

 flowers; leaves linear, obtuse, veinless, coriaceous ; calyx 4-cleft. 

 Tj . S. Native of Brazil. E. angustifolia, Spreng. nov. prov. 



leaves oblong, acuminated, narrowed at the base, rather coria- SprengeVs Eugenia. Shrub. 



ceous, covered with adpressed hairs on both surfaces ; branches 



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hairy. \i . S. Native of Quito, near Guayaquil. My'rtus than the leaves, S-flowered ; flowers 4-cleft, middle one sessile, 

 Guayaquilensis, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 147. lateral ones pedicellate ; leaves oblong, obtuse, running into the 

 Leaves 3-4 inches long, and an inch and a half broad. Fruit petiole at the base, rather coriaceous, reticulated, and are, as 



glabrous, 1-seeded, hardly the size of a sloe. Seeds unknown. well as the compressed branches, glabrous, P? . S. Native 

 Guayaquil Eugenia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. ' '~ 



111 E. Sinemarie^'nsis (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 501. t. 198.) 

 peduncles axillary, very short, branched, 3-6-flowered; pedicels 

 bibracteolate under the flowers ; leaves ovate-oblong, acumi- 

 nated, full of pellucid dots, and are, as well as the branchlets. 



of Peru, near Caxamarca. My 



nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 135. Ovarium 2-celled ; cells 14-15-ovu- 



late. Fruit and seeds unknown. 



Compressed 



glabrous. 



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Shrub. 



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Native of Guiana, on the banks of the river longer than the leaves, bifid, 3-flowered, middle flower sessile. 



Sinemari. My'rtus Sinemariensis, Spreng. Leaves rather mem- lateral ones pedicellate; pedicels minutely bibracteolate under 



branous, 5-ii inches long, and from 1 to 2 broad. Fruit glo- 

 bose, 1 -seeded. Cotyledons conferruminated. Seeds some- 



what globose. Flowers sometimes 5-cleft, and the seeds are hairy; calyx somewhat attenuated at the base. 



the flowers ; leaves ovate, mucronately apiculated, glabrous 

 above, puberulous beneath, and on the pedicels ; branchlets 



Native 



sometimes 2-3. 



Sinemari Eugenia. 



b.G. 



May 



of Chili. Lobes of calyx very obtuse, somewhat ciliated. Leaves 

 Clt. 1823. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. an inch long, and an inch and a half broad. Fruit and seeds 



1 12 E. chrysophylloIdes (D. C. prod. 3. p. 276.) racemules unknown. Allied to E. discolor. 

 axillary, very short, branched, and are, as well as the calyxes, Jpiculated-lesived Eugenia. Shrub. 



clothed with rufous silky down ; pedicels longer than the rachis ; 

 leaves elliptic, acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous above, but 



120 E. DoM 



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together, axillary, 1 -3-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; flowers 



clothed w^ith rufous silky deciduous down beneath^ when young 4-cleft; tube of calyx rather turbinate; limb spreading, re- 

 flexed ; leaves oblong, acute at both ends, opaque, glabrous, 

 above, canescent beneath, and are as well as the branchlets vil- 



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Native 



rather velvety ; style nexuous, eiong 



Cayenne. Allied to Eug. chrysophyllum, but the flowers are 



evidently pedicellate, and disposed in short racemes. Lobes of lous. ^ . S. Native of Peru. 



calyx reflexed. Bracteoles none under the flowers. Fruit and Jaum. in Duham. ed.nov. 1. p. 208. but not^. lanceollta, Lam 



Allied to E. discolor^ but the leaves are much narrower, 10-12 



My 



seeds unknown. 

 Chrysopkyll 



Shrub. 



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lines long and 3 lines broad. Pedicels 5 lines long, sometimes 

 1-flowered at the apex, sometimes 3-flowered ; pedicels, espe- 



lary, 1-flowered, and are, as well as the calyxes, bracteas, cially 2, rising from the axils of the bracteas, 4 lines long, 1- 

 branches, and young leaves, clothed with tomentum ; bracteoles flowered. Torus square. Fruit unknown. 



about equal in length to the calyx ; leaves oblong, dotless, co- 

 riaceous, glabrous above, and at length naked beneath, obtuse, 

 callously mucronate ; branches compressedly terete. Tj . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the provinces of the Mines. Pedicels 2 lines 

 long. Leaves 2-3 inches long and 6-7 lines broad, opaque. 

 Fruit unknown. This species has the habit of E. alpigena. 



Tree. 



om 



Shrub or tree. 



Bracteate Eugenia. 



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2-6-flowered ; leaves ovate, acuminated, acute at the base, rather 

 membranous, shining, and are, as well as the branches, glabrous, 

 fj . S. Native of Mexico, near Xalapa. My'rtus Xalapensis, 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 145. 



Xalapa Eugenia. Shrub 6 feet. 



115 E. ? DUMOSA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, very short, 

 4-flowered, bracteate at the base of the pedicels and under the 

 flowers ; leaves petiolate, broad-lanceolate, acuminated, mem- 



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Native of South 



branous, 

 America. My'rtus 



Bu^hy Eugenia. Fl. June, July. ^ Clt. 1793. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



121 E. ? A'cKA (D.C. prod. 3. p. 277.) peduncles axillary 

 and nearly terminal, 1 -3-flowered, very short, crowded; brac- 

 teoles 2, ovate, depressed; tube of calyx pubescent ; lobes 4, 

 ovate, ample, and are as well as the petioles full of pellucid dots; 

 style very long, compressed ; fruit ovate, many-seeded, crowned ; 

 leaves oval, obtuse, or acutish^ opaque, glabrous above, but vel- 

 vety from deciduous tomentum beneath, especially when young. 

 ^ . S. Native of Peru. My'rtus A'cka, Juss. herb. Branches 

 terete, short. Leaves crowded, copper-coloured above, rusty 

 beneath, 15-16 lines long, 6-7 lines broad. Lobes of calyx 

 obtuse, somewhat bifid in the adult state. Stamens elongated. 

 Style twisted when young, at length long and compressed. 



j4cka Eugenia. Shrub. 



122 E.? DISCOLOR (D.C. I.e.) peduncles axillary, shorter 

 than the leaves, usually 3-flowered ; flowers quadrifid, middle 

 one sessile, lateral ones pedicellate ; bracteoles under the calyx, 

 linear^-subulate ; leaves opposite and tern, elliptic-oblong, acute, 

 running into the petiole at the base, rather coriaceous, reticulated, 



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bifd or dichotomous ; the flowers ^j^J^^^^^f ^> shining above, and are as well as the branchlets 



(D.C. prod. 3. p. 276.) 



solitary, bifid, 2-flowered, bibracteolate at the bifurcation ; leaves 



Native of 



lanceolate, acute, glabrous on both surfaces. T2 

 Jamaica. Brown, iam. p. 248. t. 25. f. 3. Caryophy'Uus fru- 

 ticosus. Mill. My rtus biflora, Lin. amoen. 5. p. 398. Fruit 3- 

 celled, 3- seeded. 



glabrous ; branches' triangular. Tj . S. Native on the Andes 

 near San Felipe. My'rtus discolor, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 

 amer. 6. p. 134. and M. bicolor, t. 540. ' Ovarium 2-celled. 

 Cells 6-l3ovulate. Fruit and seeds unknown. 



DiscolouredAesLved Eugenia. Shrub. 



123 E. FOLiosA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, 3-flowered, 

 glabrous, about equal in length to the leaves ; flowers 4-cleft, 

 middle one sessile, lateral ones pedicellate ; leaves approximate, 



