236 MYRTACE2E. 



7. EUGENIA, Mich. 



Calyx 4(-5)-lobed. Petals 4 (-5). Ovary 2-3-celled : cells multi-2-ovulate. Berry 

 1-few-sceded. Testa usually membranaceous. Embryo globose or ovoid, usually undivided : 

 radicle short. — Inflorescence centripetal, axillary. 



Sect. ]. Eugeniastkum. — Ovary nearly as long as the calyx-tube: cells usually 



multiovulate. 



* Pedicels short, solitary in the axils. 



17. E. alpinaj W. Branchlcts pubesceut ; leaves 3-4-2 in the whorl, small, leathery, 

 ovate, blunt or bluntish, opaque, with impressed dots above, early glabrate : veins incon- 

 spicuous, midrib impressed above ; flowers single, shortly pedicellate ; berry ovoid. — Myrtus, 

 Sw. /—A low tree, 6'-20' high ; leaves 4'", petiole ±'"-1"', pedicels V", berry 4"' long.— 

 Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., Pd., J.I., on the highest summits of the Blue Mountains. 



** Flowers glomerate, shortly pedicellate or sessile : the interior pedicels usually in a 

 minute raceme, the exterior fascicled, or all flowers sessile. 



18. E. buxifolia, W. Branchlets puberulous ; leaves chartaceous, at length leathery, 

 small, cuneate-elliptical, blunt, pellucid-dotted, glabrous : veins slightly prominulous beneath, 

 with the continuous arch somewhat distant from the margin ; clusters puberulous : pedicels 

 twice as long as the short petiole ; berry globose. — Myrtus, Sw. M. crenulata, Sw. ! : a 

 form with the leaves slightly crenulate above. — A shrub ; leaves 8"'-2", petiole l"'-|'"long; 

 flowers 3'", berries 1^'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, March, in the lowlands ; [Cuba !, S. Tho- 

 mas !, Guadeloupe !]. 



19. E. Poiretii, DC. Branchlets puberulous; leaves chartaceous, elliptical-lanceolate 

 or ovate-laneeolate, tapering into a bluntish point, pellucid-dotted, glabrous : veins slightly 

 prominulous beneath, with a double, flexuose arch; clusters puberulous: pedicels twice as 

 long as the short petiole ; berry globose. — Myrtus axillaris, Poir. — Leaves 2"— 1", petiole 

 V"~y" long; berries IV" diam.— Hab. Trinidad!, Cr.; [Haiti, S. Thomas]. 



20. E. monticola, DC. Branchlets glabrous (rarely puberulous) ; leaves leathery, 

 cuneate-elliptical, blunt, opaque, glabrous : veins nearly inconspicuous above, slightly pro- 

 minulous beneath, with the arch nearly continuous, and distant from the margin ; clusters 

 glabrous (rarely puberulous) : pedicels as long as or exceeded by the petiole, the interior 

 racemulose ; berry globose, — Myrtus, Sw. ! E. axillaris and fcetida, ex Antigua, Berg ! — 

 A shrub, intermediate between E. buxifolia and E. axillaris ; leaves black when dry, 

 2"-l", petiole 2"'-3'" long; flowers 3"', berries 2"'-H'" diam.— Hab. Bahamas!; Ja- 

 maica!, all coll., in the mountains, chiefly in the Coffee region; Antigua!, Wullschl.; 

 [Cuba!, Guadeloupe!]. 



21. E. axillaris, Poir. Branchlets glabrous ; leaves leathery, elliptical (or elliptical- 

 lanceolate), bluntish at the base, poinlleted with a short, blunt point, opaque, rarely pellu- 

 cid-dotted, glabrous : veins slightly prominulous, in a lax network and with a flexuose 

 arch ; clusters glabrous : pedicels shorter tlian the petiole, most of them fascicled ; berry 

 globose. — Myrtus, Sw. ! — E. baruensis, Jacq. (Ic. Bar. t. 486), gives a good idea of this 

 species and of the inflorescence, racemulose or fascicled iu the same branch ; hence it may be 

 either a puberulous form of the same, or an allied species, intermediate between it and E. 

 procera. A low tree or shrub ; leaves 3i"-2", petiole 3'" long ; flowers 4"'-5"', berries 4'"— 

 2^'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in the mountains. 



22. E. lateriflora, W. Glabrous ; leaves chartaceous, at length leathery, cuneate-oval 

 or obovate-oblong, rounded at the top, opaque or obsoletely pellucid-dotted : veins slightly 

 prominulous, with the arch flexuose and distant from the margiu ; pedicels crowded, usually 

 as long as the calyx-tube ; berry globose. — E. buxifolia, Macf. (non W.). — A shrub ; leaves 

 2"-l , petiole $' long ; flowers 2"', berries 2'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf, March, 

 common in the mountains; [Cuba!, S. Croix]. 



23. E. sessiliflora, DC. Glabrous; leaves chartaceous, at length leathery, oval, 

 bluntish or rounded at the base, rounded at the top, cartilaginous on the margin, early 

 opaque : veins slightly promiuulous beneath, often inconspicuous, with the arch flexuose and 



