234 myrtacej:. 



3. myrcia, dc. 



Calyx 5(-4)-lobed. Petals 5 (-2). Ovary 2-4-celled : cells 2-ovulate. Berry and m* 

 bryo of Calyptranthes. — Cymes usually exserted. 



Sect. 1. Aulomyrcia. — Calyx-tube produced beyond the ovary. Berry concave at the 



margined top. 



8. M. coriacea, DC. Branchlets rusty-pubescent or glabrescent ; leaves leathery, obo- 

 vate or oval, blunt or emarginate, glabrous, shortly petioled, usually opaque, with impressed 

 dots, and shining above : veins joined near the revolute margin or inconspicuous ; peduncles 

 in the uppermost axils, simple, 9-3 (-1) -flowered : pedicels spreading : the central flower 

 pedicellate or subsessile ; calyx 5-lobed : lobes rounded, sericeous inside ; ovary 3-celled ; 

 berry globose, 3-6-seeded. — Plum. Ed.Burm. t. 208./. 2. — A shrub, resembling Anamomis 

 and Pimenta acris, with which latter it was confounded by Swartz, though habitually dis- 

 tinguished by 3hort petioles, obsoletely veined leaves, and simple inflorescence. Leaves l"-2£" 

 long, or uppermost smaller : petiole i"'-2'" long ; flowers 4"'-5'" diam. ; berry 6"' diam. ; 

 cotyledons thickish, much contortuplicate. 



a. Swartziana. Branchlets and peduncles densely pubescent ; leaves opaque ; peduncles 

 subsolitary, 3 (-1) -flowered, exceeded by the leaves. — Desc. Fl. 2. t. 105.- Myrtus coriacea, 

 Sw. !: the original specimen has a 5-lobed calyx, but a specimen of Pimenta acris # is added 

 in bis herbarium. Aulomyrcia, Berg. M. cotinifolia, Poir. 



&. Jacquiniana. Branchlets glabrescent ; leaves opaque : petiole 1'" long ; peduncles 

 glabrous, approximate, 3-7-flowered, exceeding the leaves. — Jacq. Coll. 2. t. 5./. 1. — Eu- 

 genia paniculata, Jacq. Aulomyrcia Jacquiniana, Berg. 



y. Imrayana. Branchlets adpressed-puberulous ; leaves at length furnished with scattered, 

 pellucid dots ; peduncles glabrous, scattered, 9-5 -flowered, nearly as long as the leaves, with 

 the corymbiform cyme exserted. 



Hab. Antigua !, Nichols., Wullschl. (a, )3) ; Dominica !, Imr. (a, y) ; S. Lucia ; [Haiti !, 

 Martinique]. 



9. M. multiflora, DC. Branchlets glabrescent ; leaves chartaceous, ovate-lanceolate, 

 bluntish, glabrous, petioled, pellucid-dotted : veins joined near the margin, reticulated, pro- 

 minulous on both sides ; panicles trichotomous, lax, exserted : flowers pedicellate or the 

 central ones sessile ; calyx sericeous below, 5-lobed : lobes orbicular, sericeous inside ; ovary 

 2-celled ; berry " globose." — Eugenia, Rich. Aulomyrcia, Berg. — A shrub ; leaves l"-2" 

 long; flowers 2'" diam. — Hab. Trinidad!, Cr., at S. Anns; [Guiana]. 



Sect. 2. Eumyrcia. — Calyx-tube nearly as long as the ovary. Berry flat at the top 

 within the persistent margin. 



* Leaves reticulated-veiny. 



10. M. splendens, DC. Branchlets pubescent ; leaves chartaceous, ovate-lanceolate 

 or ovate, protracted into a narrow, bluntish point, glabrous, shining above, pellucid- dotted : 

 veins joined near the margin, reticulated, prominulous on both sides ; panicles trichotomous, 

 pubescent : flowers pedicellate or the central ones sessile ; calyx hoary-sericeous below, 5- 

 lobed : lobes rounded ; ovary 2-celled ; berry globose. — Jacq. Coll. 2. t. 4. — Myrtus, Sw. 

 Eugenia periplocifolia, Jacq. M. sororia, DC. ! .- a form with a long leaf-point. Berg dis- 

 tinguishes his M. splendens by oblong or obovate berries, but Forsstrom's West Indian speci- 

 mens, agreeing with Swartz's Myrtus splendens, have exactly globose berries. — A low tree 

 or shrub, 12'-15' high, very variable in the leaves and as usually in their veins, 2"-3" long, 

 8"'-li" broad ; flowers 3"'-4'" diam. ; berries red, 4'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wright ; 

 Dominica!, Imr., S.Lucia; Trinidad !, Sieb. Trin. Ill, Lockh., Cr.; [Haiti, Portorico !, 

 French islands !, Sieb. Mart. 138 ; New Granada!, Guiana!, Brazil !]. 



i 3 . ML divaricata, DC. Branches glabrescent ; leaves leathery, elliptical-lanceolate 

 or elliptical-oblong, pointleted, with a narrow, bluntish point, glabrous, shining above, pel- 

 lucid-dot ted (or at length opaque) : veins joined near the margin, reticulated, prominulous 

 on both s3des ; panicles trichotomous, glabrescent : flowers pedicellate or the central ones 

 sessile ; cs-ilyx sericeous below, 5-lobed : lobes rounded ; ovary 2-celled ; berry ovoid-oblong. 

 —Plum. &,d, Burm. t. 208./. 1 ; Kth. Nov. Gen. t. 545.— Eugenia, Lam. E. panicuhe- 



