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flora, Steud. ! M. Kegeliana, Berg ! M. Berberis, DC, Berg ! {in PL Kegel.). Myrtu9 

 polyantha, Kth. — A tree or shrub ; leaves usually 4"-2 J" long, 1"-1-J-" broad ; flowers 3'" 

 diam.; berries dark-blue, 5"'~4'" long, 3"'-2"' broad. — Hab. Dominical, Imr.; [Haiti, 

 Martinique ; Guiana !, New Granada !, Brazil !]. 



** Principal leaf -veins costate, impressed above, prominent beneath : under surface 

 minutely areolate. 



12. M. ferruginea, DC. Branchlets rusty -tomentose ; leaves rigid, leathery, elliptical, 

 elliptical-lanceolate, or elliptical-oblong, pointleted, usually with a very narrow point, 

 shining glabrous above, glabrate and rusty -tomentose on the midrib and the costate primary 

 veins beneath, pellucid-dotted (or at length nearly opaque) : veins joined by a juxtamarginal 

 arch, tertiary ones immersed and forming a very minute network ; panicles rusty -tomentose, 

 trichotomous, from the uppermost axils : flowers clustered, subsessile ; calyx rusty-tomentose, 

 5-lobed: lobes orbicular ; ovary 2-celled; berry "globose." — Eugenia, Poir. E. deflexa, 

 Poir. E. paniculata, Sieb. ! Mart. 137- M. deflexa, DC. M. Humboldtiana, DC. : a large- 

 leaved form. — A large tree ; leaves very variable, usually 3£"-2" long, sometimes 10"-12" 

 long : the costate veins immersed above, prominent beneath, 20-24 on each side of the mid- 

 rib, alternating with more delicate ones ; flowers 4'" diam. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; Tri- 

 nidad !, Cr. ; [Haiti, Martinique!; Venezuela, Guiana]. 



4*. CARYOPHYLLUS, L. 



Calyx-tube cylindrical, filled with tissue below : limb 4-partite. Petals 4, coherent, de- 

 ciduous. Ovary 2-celled : cells multiovulate. Berry 1 (-2) -seeded. Cotyledons seraiovoid, 

 sinuose, peltate, including partly the elongated, straight radicle. — Flowers cymose. 



13*. C. aromaticus, Z. Leaves leathery, elliptical-oblong, glabrous, shining above, 

 long-petioled ; cymes terminal, trichotomous : pedicels short, thickened. — Desc. Fl. 8. t. 566. 

 — A low tree. — Hab. Naturalized in S. Vincent !, Guild.; [Martinique !, Sieb. Mart. 136; 

 introduced from the East Indian islands]. 



5*. SYZYGIUM, G. 



Calyx-tube turbinate, exceeding the ovary : limb repand or truncate. Petals 4-5, co- 

 herent-deciduous. Ovary 2-celled : cells multiovulate. Berry 1-few-seeded. Cotyledons 

 semiglobose, distinct, peltate : radicle short, concealed by them. — Flowers cymose. 



14*. S. Jambolanum, DC. Glabrous; leaves leathery, oval or obovate-oblong, long- 

 petioled, devoid of pellucid dots ; cymes lateral, trichotomous : flowers clustered ; calyx-limb 

 truncate. — A tree ; leaves 4 ; '-3" long, rounded at the top in the West Indian form : petiole 

 10"'-6"' long. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, Al.; Antigua !, Wullschl.; Trinidad ; [intro- 

 duced from the East Indies]. 



6*. JAMBOSA, Rumph. 



Calyx-tube turbinate, filled with tissue below : limb 4 (-8) -partite. Petals perigynous, 

 much exceeded by the stamens. Ovary 2-3-celled : cells multiovulate. Berry and embryo 

 of Eugenia. — Trees ; inflorescence centripetal : flowers large. 



15*. J. malaccensis, DC. Glabrous; leaves oblong, lanceolate-oblong, or obovate- 

 oblong, petioled : veins distant, with the sinuate arch distant from the margin ; corymbs 

 lateral ; berry turbinate.— Tuss. Fl. 3. t. 25.— Eugenia, L. J. purpurascens, DC— Leaves 

 6" long ; flowers purple ; stamens 8"'-10'" long, thrice as long as the petals ; berries crimson, 

 3" long, and as broad at the top. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, Al., Trinidad ; [introduced 

 from the East Indies]. 



16*. J. vulgaris DC. Glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, acuminate, petioled : principal 

 veins distant costate joined by a subcontinuous arch ; corymbs terminal, few-flowered ; 



berry globose. Desc. Fl. 5. t. 315. — Eugenia Jamboa, L. — Leaves 8"-6" long; flowers 



white ; stamens l£"long, thrice as long as the petals ; berries usually about li"diam. — Hab. 

 Naturalized in Jamaica!, Al., March, and in all the Caribbean Islands, e.g. Antigua !, 

 Wullschl. ; [introduced from the East Indies]. 



