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468 Lix. MYBTACE^. (J. F. Duthie.) IPsidium, i 



1. P. Guyava, Linn.] Benth. Fl. Hrnigh. 120; Brandts For. i^^- 232; 

 Ginseh, FL Brit West. Ind. 241 ; Kurz in Joum, As. Soc. Beng. xlvi. (1877) 

 pt. ii, p. 62 ; For, FL Brit. Bumi. 1. 476. 



Naturalised throughout India. . • 



A small tree, pubescent on the young branches. Leaves on very short petioles, 

 ovate or oblong, and usually acuminate, 3-4 in. long, glabrous or nearly so above, 

 softly pubescent beneath and with the principal nerves prominent. Pedunda 

 axillary, ^ in., 1-3-flowered ; buds ovoid in the adnate part, the free part also ovoid 

 but larger and more or less pointed. Petals broad, ^ in. in diameter. Fruit globose or 

 pear-shaped. — "Indigenous in Mexico and possibly in other parts of Tropical Amenc», 

 cultivate and naturalised in most tropical countries. In India the Guava is cmti- 

 vated almost everywhere except in the north-western corner of the Punjab. 1^^^° 

 run wild, but there is no ground for supposing that the Guava is indigenous in India. 

 Wood compact, close-grained, takes a beautiful polish." [Brandis Lc.) t j •• 



Yar. pyriferumy Linn, (sp.); peduncles 1-fld, fruit pyriform. Roxb. Fl. Ind. u- 

 480. ., 



Var. pomiferum, Linn, (sp.); peduncles usuaUy 2-3-fld, fruit globose or ovoia. 

 Boxb. FL Ind. ii. 480. 



5. B.KOI>Al»XNZA,«7a^A;. 



Shrubs or small trees. X 

 neath. Flowers 



lescent b^ 

 fasciculate 



or in lax racemes ; bracteoles small^ deciduous. Calyx-tube ovoid or subglobose, 

 not produced Taeyond the ovary ; segments 4, persistent. Petals 4, spreadii^' 

 Stamens oo, in many series, free; filiments filiform; anthers versatile wi^ 

 parallel cells dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 1-celled with parietal placentation 

 and many ovules ; style filiform, stigma peltate. Berry globose, crowned wu 

 the limb of the calyx. Seeds few, reniform, globose or variously compresseo, 

 testa hard; embryo horseshoe-shaped, radicle long, cotyledons very short--- 



Asia. 



S. trinervia, Blume Mus. 



oysX^ 



3-ner\'ed from the ba^e often silvery-pubescent beneath, peduncles slender a 

 lary 1- rarely 3-fl. with minute bract«oles under the calyx, berry globose 

 dish. Xurz in Joum, As, Soc. Beng. xlvi. (1877) pt. ii. p. 63 ; For. ±1* f J 



S7n. tn 



Trans, iii, 280. Eugenia? trinervia, DC. Prodr. in. 279; Bot. Mag 



Tenasserim, Heifer ; Malacca, Cumina. Grimth : Stncapore and Penj 

 Wallich ; Nicobak Islands, Kurz 

 trail a. 



^ Walli^^ 



in length, shorter than the leaves. Flowers vhite, fragrant. Petals ^"^^^ts!^^^ 

 the calyx -lobes, hairy outside. Stamens nearly as long as the petals, ^^r^^o^ 

 i in. m diam.— I have adopted Mr. Kurz's nomenclature who includes tne 



forms _ 



concoloT 



^ —' • . B^^^^ u" both surfaces, sparingly pubescent, P^^^^^ A»- 



or fewer-flowered. R. cinerea. Griff, Notvi. 653, not of Jack. ; Knrz in^^ ^r^n 

 Soc. Lc. E. concolor. Mia, FL Ind Tinf.. Rurynl i. l\\h. Mvrtus smilacitona* 



Cat 3629. 



SuppL i. 315. Myrtus 



. 36129. *' ^^\\j 



Vah. sipectabilis \ leaves silveTy-white beneath or greyish when old, flowers u 



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