832 MYRTACEAE 
Flowers in very short racemes. 
Leaf-blades broadest above the middle: fruit longer than broad. 1. E. buxifolia. 
Leaf-blades broadest below the middle : fruit broader than long. 2. E. monticola, 
Flowers solitary in the axils, or in umbel-like clusters. 
Peduncles shorter than the subtending leaf-like bracts. 
Leaf-blades acute or slightly acuminate: corolla about 10 mm. broad: fruit much 
broader than long. 3. E. procera. 
Leaf-blades abruptly and conspicuously acuminate: corolla about 6 mm. broad: 
fruit as long as broad. 4. E. Garberi. 
Peduncles surpassing the subtending leaf-like bracts. 5. E. longipes. 
1. Eugenia buxifolia (Sw.) Willd. A shrub or small tree, rarely 6 m. tall, with a 
maximum trunk diameter of about 3 dm., the bark scaly, the branchlets terete.  Leaf- 
blades oblong-cuneate, cuneate-spatulate or nearly oblong, 2-3 cm. long, blunt, revolute, 
entire or nearly so, deep green above, yellowish green and black-dotted beneath, short- 
petioled: clusters arising from the axils of old leaves: pedicels rufous-pubescent: 
sepals 4, obtuse: corolla 3-4 mm. broad: petals white, much:longer than the sepals, 
pus glandular-punctate : fruit oval or oblong-oval, oblique, 7-8 mm. long, aromatic, 
ack. 
A nu sandy shores, southern peninsular Florida and the Keys. Alsoin the West Indies. Summer 
and fall. 
2. Eugenia montícola (Sw.) DC. A shrub or tree, reaching a height of 8 m., with 
a maximum trunk diameter of about 3 dm., the bark shallowly fissured, the branchlets 
terete. Leaf-blades elliptic-ovate or nearly elliptic, but broadest just below the middle, 
3-5 cm. long, often slightly pinched below the apex, entire, revolute, paler beneath than 
above and black-dotted ; petioles 2-5 mm. long, margined: racemes cluster-like, E 
pedicels pubescent: sepals 4, rounded: corolla 3-4 mm. broad: petals 4, surpassing the 
sepals, glandular-punctate : fruit depressed-globose, 10-12 mm. in diameter, black, glan- 
dular-punctate, sweet. 
On sandy shores, peninsular Florida and the Keys. Alsoin the West Indies. Summer. 
3. Eugenia procera (Sw.) Poir. A tree, reaching a height of 8 m., with a maximum 
trunk diameter of 3 dm., the bark smooth, the branchlets terete. Leaf-blades ovate to 
elliptic, 3-6 cm. long, acute or slightly acuminate, firm at maturity, olive-green above, 
paler beneath, slightly thickened along the margins ; petioles margined, 4-12 mm. long: 
clusters several-flowered, axillary: pedicels glandular: sepals 4, rounded : corolla white, 
about 10 mm. broad: petals about twice as long as the sepals, glandular-punctate : fruit 
depressed, globose, 16-22 mm. broad, orange, tinged with red or black at maturity, con- 
spicuously crowned with the calyx. 
In sandy shores, Key West and the West Indies. Spring. 
4. Eugenia Gárberi Sarg. A tree, reaching a height of 18 m., with a maximum 
trunk diameter of 5 dm., the bark scaly, the branchlets terete. Leaf-blades ovate or oval- 
ovate or oblong-ovate, 3-5 cm. long, conspicuously acuminate, lustrous above, paler and 
black-dotted beneath, revolute, oblique at the base; petioles 2-6 mm. long: clusters axil- 
lary, several-flowered : pedicels glabrous : calyx glabrous: sepals 4, acute or acutish : corolla 
white, about 6 mm. broad: petals 4, ovate or orbicular-ovate, surpassing the sepals: fruit 
Wes or globose-obovoid, 5-6 mm. in diameter, scarlet, conspicuously crowned with 
the calyx. 
In rich hammocks, southern peninsular Florida and the Keys. Also in the Bahamas. Late sum- 
mer and fall. 
5. Eugenia lóngipes Berg. A shrub or small tree. Leaf-blades oblong to oval or 
slightly broadest above or below the middle, 1-3 cm. long, leathery, obtuse or. acutish, 
finely reticulated, short-petioled : peduncles by pairs from a short, stout stalk, 2-6 T: 
long: calyx glabrous, glandular-punctate: sepals 4, ovate or orbicular-ovate: o 
white, 8-9 mm. long: petals oblong or nearly so, much longer than the sepals: fruit su 
globose, 6-9 mm. in diameter, with an ample crown of the sepals. 
On sandy shores, Florida Keys and the West Indies. 
2. ANAMONIS Griseb. 
Shrubs or small trees, possessing an aromatic principle, the branchlets terete. Leaves 
opposite : blades leathery or parchment-like, persistent. Flowers perfect, 3, 5 oF T d 
peduncled cymes, or sometimes solitary. Sepals 4 or rarely 5, persistent. Corolla inse 
under a thick disk. Petals 4 or rarely 5, glandular-punctate. Stamens numerous : iles 
filiform, inflexed : anthers versatile, introrse. Ovary 4-celled. Ovules numerous 1n eac 
cavity, half-anatropous. Fruit berry-like, more or less oblique, or globose. Seeds 1 or 
rarely 2. NAKEDSTPOPER. NAKED-WOOD. 
