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MYRTACE^. XXXIII. Eugenia. 



surfaces wlien young, as well as the branchlets and calyxes, both surfaces, as well as the branchlets and flowers. T^ . S. 

 fp . S. Native of St. Domingo. Perhaps the same as Myrtus Native of Brazil, at the Rio Negro. My'rtus cuspidifolia, Mart. 

 dichotoma of Vahl. mss. Poir. suppl. 4. p. 53. but Poiret says herb. Leaves 3 inches long and half an inch broad. Fruit size 

 his plant has 5-cleft flowers, but they are 4-cleft in the plant of a grain of pepper. Lobes of calyx 4, obtuse, short. Allied 

 we have in view. Lobes of calyx blunt. Bracteoles oblong, to E. cuspidifolia and E. xylopifolia. 



Round-seeded Eugenia. Shrub or tree. 



142 E. mode'sta (D. C. 1. c.) racemes few-flowered, axillary, 

 3-times shorter than the leaves ; bracteas ovate, obtuse, per- 

 manent, under the flowers ; fruit spherical ; lobes of calyx ovate, 

 137 E. Che^ken (Hook, in Beech, bot. p. 56,) peduncles somewhat introflexed ; leaves oblong, attenuated at both ends. 



rather foliaceous. Pedicels twice or thrice the length of the 

 flowers in the forks. Petioles pubescent, 2 lines long. Fruit 

 globose, size of a pea, 2-3-celled. 



Dichotomous Eugenia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



axillary, usually 1 -flowered, solitary, longer than the leaves, fur- 

 nished with 2 minute, deciduous, linear bracteas under the 

 flowers ; leaves glabrous, very dense, oval, acute at both ends, 

 on very short petioles, obsoletely and parallelly nerved, full of 

 pellucid dots ; calycine segments very blunt. T2 . G. Native 



narrowed and usually emarginate at the apex, with a few pel- 

 lucid dots, quite glabrous on both surfaces, as well as the 

 branches. I2 • S. Native of Brazil, at the river Ilheos. My'r- 

 tus modesta. Mart. herb. Leaves 2 inches long and 5 lines 

 broad. Racemes 5-7-flowered, 5 lines long. Pedicels oppo- 



of Chili, about Valparaiso. My'rtus folio subrotundo vulgo. site, bracteolate at the base. Fruit the size of a grain of pep- 

 Cheken, Feuill. obs. 3. p. 45. t. 32. Fruit round, black. Seeds per, and is as well as the whole plant glabrous. 



2, rather cordate. A decoction of the leaves of this plant is 

 said to cure diseases of the eyes. The bark is so astringent as 

 to render a decoction of it of great use in cases of dysentery. 

 Cheken Eugenia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



138 E. ? trine'rvia (D. C. prod. 3. p. 279.) peduncles trifid, 

 or twice trifid, 3-7-flowered, shorter than the flowers ; bracteoles 

 oblong, under the flowers, and are as well as the branchlets and 

 calyxes rather hairy ; leaves oval-oblong, acuminated at both 

 ends, glabrous above in the adult state, 3-nerved, and clothed 

 with tomentose pubescence beneath ; lateral nerves almost mar- 

 ina!. \i . G. Native of New Holland. My'rtus trinervia, 



Modest Eugenia. Shrub or tree. 



143 E. ? Va'hlii (D. C. 1. c.) racemes axillary, opposite, soli- 

 tary, or twin, compressed, rather villous, shorter than the leaves ; 

 leaves ovate, acute, S-nerved, glabrous. \ . S. Native of 

 Cayenne. E. trinervia, Vahl. eel. 2. p. SQ. but not of Smith. 

 My'rtus Vahlii, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 486. Leaves 2 inches long. 

 Branchlets compressed, rather villous. Lobes of calyx 4, ob- 

 tuse. Petals oblong. Ovarium villous. Fruit and seeds un- 

 known. 



VahVs Eugenia. Shrub. 



144 E. rufe'scens (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, oppositely 



mith, in Lin. trans. 3. p. 80. but not of Lour. Ovarium 2-3- racemose, or in fascicles, and are as well as the calyxes clothed 



celled, but only 1 -celled in the adult state. Fruit globose, size 

 of a pea. Ovula 7-8. Seeds unknown. The leaves are 3- 



with rufous down ; leaves oblong, attenuated at the base, blunt- 

 ish at the apex, opaque, but at length glabrous. Tj . S. Native 

 nerved, and the plant therefore allied to Myrtus tomentbsa. It of Brazil, in fields in the province of St. Paul. Perhaps Myr- 

 is the only species from New Holland, and on that account may tus rufescens^ Spreng. syst. 2. p. 487. Tube of calyx ovate ; 



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probably be a new genus. 



Three-nervedAedixedi Eugenia. Clt. 1824. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



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Peduncles in racemose cymes or panicles^ axillary^ 

 or the upper ones are terminal. 



139 E. xYLOPiFOLiA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 279.) peduncles axil- 

 lary, shorter than the leaves, racemose ; pedicels few, elongated, 



lobes 4, erect, oblong. Seeds 2-3, compressed in the immature 

 fruit. Leaves 2 or 2i inches long, and 9-10 lines broad. Ra- 

 cemes one half shorter than the leaves. Pedicels 4 lines long, 

 sometimes in racemes and sometimes in fascicles in the axils of 

 the leaves. 



Rufescent Eugenia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



145 E. coNFi^sA (D, C. I.e.) peduncles axillary, disposed in 

 bracteate at the base; leaves oblong, attenuated at the base, simple racemes, length of the petioles; pedicels 1 -flowered, 

 acuminated at the apex, coriaceous, opaque, shining above, and twice or thrice the length of the petioles ; leaves elliptic, rather 



are as well as the branches glabrous. \i . S. Native of French 

 Guiana. Leaves 2 inches long and 8 lines broad. Pedicels 4 

 lines long. Calycine lobes 4, blunt, bent in after flowering. 

 Fruit globose, glabrous, crowned, l*seeded. Seeds thick, con- 

 forming to the fruit. Cotyledons conferruminated, full of resi- 

 nous vesicles. 



Xylopia-leaved Eugenia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



140 E. cuspidif5lia (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, very flowers. 



attenuated at the base, long-acuminated at the apex, shming 

 above, with re volute margins, full of pellucid dots, and are as 

 well as the branches and flowers glabrous. ^ . S. Native of 

 Guadaloupe. E. floribunda, Spreng. in herb. Balb. An inter- 

 mediate plant, between the second and fifth sections. Pedi- 

 cels very short, rising from the rachis, bearing 1 bractea at 

 the base of each, and 2 acute bracteoles at the apex, under the 



short, racemose, and are as well as the calyxes clothed with 



Confused Eugenia. Shrub or tree. 



rufous down; pedicels 7-9, in umbellate fascicles ; leaves elliptic- 146 E. inunda^ta (D. C. prod. 3. p. 280.) peduncles axil - 



oblong, cuspidate, coriaceous, hardly with any pellucid dots, lary, shorter than the leaves, 3-7-flowered, racemose ; pedicels 



glabrous on both surfaces, dotless, and paler beneath. Tj , S. elongated, and are as well as the calyxes clothed with white 



Native of Brazil, on the banks of the river Negro. My'rtus down ; bracteoles obtuse, under the flowers ; leaves oval or obo- 



cuspidif olia. Mart. herb. A tree SO to 40 feet. Flowers at first 

 sight appearing as in section second, in secund fascicles. Petioles 

 hardly more than 2 lines long. Calycine lobes 4, reflexed, oval, 

 obtuse. Allied to E. xylopifblia. Leaves 3 inches long and 1 

 inch broad. 



Cuspidate-leaved Eugenia. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



141 E. spHiERosPE'^RMA (D. C. 1. c) racemcs axlUary, 5-7" tuse. Fruit unknown. 



vate, obtuse, membranous, opaque, glabrous on both surfaces, 

 as well as branchlets. 1^ . S. Native of Brazil, in inun- 

 dated places at Rio Negro. My'rtus inundata, Mart. herb. 

 Leaves 15-18 lines long and 5-6 broad. Petioles a line long. 

 Lower surface of leaves rather dotted. Petals oval-oblong. 

 Bracteas small, obtuse, under the pedicels. Calycine lobes ob* 



flowered, much shorter tlian the leaves ; pedicels slender ; fruit 

 spherical, 1-seeded; seed globose; leaves oblong, attenuated 

 both at the base and apex, acuminated, full of pellucid dots, 

 shining above, pale beneath and dotted, quite glabrous on 



Inundated Eugenia. Shrub or tree. 



147 E. LANCEA (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 123.) racemes axillary, 

 puberulous, nearly simple, shorter than the leaves; pedicels 

 rather distant, bibracteolate under the flowers ; leaves oval-ob- 



