MYRTACE^. XXXIir. Eugenia. XXXIV. Jambosa 



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broad, oval, obtuse or acuminated, full of pellucid dots, and are 



XXXIV. JAMBO^SA (altered from Schambu, the Mai 



as well as the branches glabrous. T2 . S. Native of Guada- name of one of the species). Rumph. amb. 1. p. 121. — D. C. 

 loupe. Branches terete. Petioles 5 lines long. Leaves 2-3 prod. 3. p. 286. — Jambos, Adans. fam. 2. p. 88. — Eugenia spe- 



inches long and 1 or 2 inches broad. Pedicels rather downy. 

 Calyx large, dotted. Fruit and seeds unknown. 

 Cocoa-plum^like Eugenia. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



cies, Swartz, Kunth. 



Man 



124. a.), attenuated at the base, having the throat drawn out be- 



198 E. ? NiTENS (D. C. I.e.) peduncles terminal, somewhat yond the ovarium, dilated and obovate ; limb 4-cleft ; lobes round- 



trichotomous at the apex ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute at the ish. Petals 4, inserted in the throat of the calyx, broad, concave, 



base, and bluntish at the apex, shining above, and full of pel- obtuse. Stamens very numerous (f. 124.6.), longer.than the petals, 



lucid dots beneath, and are glabrous as well as the branchlets. free, straight. Style filiform ; stigma simple, acutish. Ovarium 



Tj . S. Native of the Mauritius. My'rtus nitens, Poir. suppl. many-celled, many-ovulate. Fruit 1-2-seeded, fleshy from ^he 

 4. p. 51. Fruit 3-4-celled. Flowers 4-cleft, ex herb. mus. par. 

 Seeds unknown. 



large baccate calyx, umbilicate at the apex. Seed angular. Co- 

 tyledons fleshy, thick, with conferruminated margins. Radicle 

 almost cylindrical, hidden between the cotyledons. — Indian trees. 



Shining Eugenia. Shrub or tree. 



199 E. ? Berteria'na (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 487.) panicle ter- with opposite leaves, standing on short petioles, and full of 



minal ; flowers crowded, 4-cleft; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acu- pellucid dots. Cymes lateral and terminal, few-flowered, sim- 



minated, shining above, and quite glabrous beneath. Tj . S. Na- pie, much shorter than the leaves ; pedicels lateral, opposite, and 



tive of South America, at the river Magdalena. My'rtus Ber- one terminal. Flowers large, bractless, articulated on the tops 



teriana, Spreng. syst, 2. p. 487. The rest unknown. 

 Bertero*s Eugenia. Shrub or tree. 



of the pedicels. Fruit large, eatable. The greater part of the 

 species being cultivated for the sake of their fruit are therefore 



200 E. PYRIFOLIA (Desv. in Ham. prod. fl. ind. occ. p. 44.) difficult to extricate from confusion. 



panicle brachiate, terminal, many-flowered ; rachis pubescent ; 

 leaves on short petioles, ovate, acuminated, nerved. ^2 • S. Na- 

 tive of Guiana. The rest unknown. 

 Pear-leaved Eugenia. Shrub or tree. 



Malacca- 



f Species of Eugenia not sufficiently Tcno^vn. 



(Link 



T? 



Native 



country, flowers, and fruit unknown. Leaves acuminated. 



1 J. vulga'ris (D. C. prod. 3. p. 286.) racemes cymose, ter- 

 minal ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, attenuated at the base, acumi- 

 nated at the apex- T? . S. Native of the East Indies, and now 

 cultivated in all the regions within the tropics. 

 Schambu, Rheed. mal. 1. t. 17. Eugenia Jambos, Lin. spec. p. 

 672. Sims, bot. mag. 1696. E. Jamboo, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 

 38. — Delaun. herb. amat. t. 77. Thouin, ann. mus. 1. p. 35. 

 My'rtus Jumbos, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 138. 

 Leaves Q-7 inches long and 1 to \\ inch broad. Fruit ovate- 



AcuminatedA^diVedi Eugenia. Shrub or tree. 



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globose. Flowers white. 



ippL 



branching tree, about 20 feet high. The fruit is pear-shaped, 



1- flowered, umbellate; leaVes oblong, obtuse, 'opaque. Tj . S. about the size of a medlar, whjte, red, or rose-coloured, and 

 Native of Brazil. The rest unknown. A very doubtful species. 



There are several 



Umhellate'^ov^eredi Eugenia. Shrub or tree. 



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ripenmg from September to December. 



varieties diflfering in the size and colour of the fruit. It is not 



Malay 



pedicels short, clothed with rufous Momentum ; calyx clothed less excellent, resembling in appearance and flavour a Brussels 



with hoary tomentum ; branches divaricate, glabrous ; leaves on apricot 



short petioles, oblong-elliptic, acuminated, shining above, and and moist atmosphere. 



To grow the fruit in this country, it requires a hot 



rather tomentose beneath. Tj 

 4-cleft. The rest unknown. 



ch-florvered 



Native of Guiana. Flowers 



Common Jamsorade or Rose-apple. Fl. Feb. July. Clt. 1768. 



Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



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204 E. trunciflorI ; glabrous ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong, axillary shorter than the leaves ; branches usually 3-flowered ; 



acuminated, acute, obtuse at the base, rather coriaceous, full of , i i ,- 



pellucid dots ; flowers rising in fascicles from the trunk, 4.cleft, ^^^^^l^'^^^^ 5 



icosandrous; ovarium 2-celled ; cells about 15-ovulate ; ovula 

 fixed to the middle of the dissepiment. 



M 



»2 



leaves elHptic-oblong, bluntish, rounded at the base, or nearly 



Native of Java. My'rtus Samaran- 



g^^sis, Blum, bijdr. p. 1084. Flowers rose-coloured or whitish. 



Native "of Leaves acutish, greyish green beneath* Perhaps sufficiently dis- 



exico, in shady 



Leaves 5-7 inches long and 2 or 2\ broad. Petioles thick, a 

 line long. Peduncles 3-9 lines long, furnished with 2 scale- 

 formed bracteas under each flower. Flower-bud globose, size 



Flowers white, more than half an inch in diameter 



Mesachica and Papantla. tinct from the following. 



of a pea. 

 when expanded. 

 Linnsea. 5. p. 561. 

 Bitten-Aowered 



My 



Shrub. 



Samarang Rose-apple. Tree 20 to 25 feet. 



3 J. VENOSA (D. C. 1. c.) racemes simple, terminal, or sub- 

 corymbose, few-flowered; leaves elliptic, coriaceous, opaque, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, and reticulately veined ; branches an- 

 gular. Tj . S. Native of Madagascar and of the Mauritius. 

 Eugenia venosa. Lam. diet. 3. p. 200. My'rtus venosa, Spreng. 

 syst. 2. p. 485. Leaves on short petioles, 4 inches long and 2 or 

 2^ broad. Fruit said to be 1 -seeded. 



N. B. There are numerous names of species in Roxburgh's ' FeinyAeaved Rose-apple. Tree 20 feet. 



Hortus Bengalensis, but all without descriptions. 



Eugenia viliosay Poir. suppl. 3. p. 124. or My'rtus villosa, 

 Spreng. syst. 2. p. 487. is obviously the Monimia rotundifolia, 

 Pet. Th. or Ambora tomentosa, Bory ; a plant belonging to 

 Uriicece. 



4 J. macrophy'lla (D. C. 1. c.) cymes lateral, fascicled ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, obtuse at the base, acuminated at the apex. 

 Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. Eugenia macrophy'lla, Lam. 

 diet. 3. p. 139. Eugenia alba, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 39. Leaves 

 1 foot and more long, and 5 inches broad. Peduncles 5-flowered, 



Eugenia violacea, Lam. diet. 3. p. 200. is evidently a Rubia- S inches long. Flowers white? Perhaps J. sylv^stris dlba, 

 ceous plant, and perhaps an i:xora mixed with the leaves of a ^"J^P^^- f'"^' 1' P- 1^^' }• ^^- . ' ^^^ ^ ^. , ^^ . , 

 species of Suzdgium in k. Jussieu's herbarium. LongAeaved Rose-apple. Clt. 1 820. Tree 20 t^ 30 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Jamhbsa, p. 869. 5 J. purpura'scens (D. C. 1. c.) cymes lateral, m fascicles ; 



5 s 2 



