MYRTACEiE. ' &7 



distant from the margin ; flowers sessile, crowded ; berry . . . . — Myrtus, Spreng. M. cor- 

 data, Sw. ! : a form with subcordate leaves.— A shrub; leaves \\"-\" long, subsessile ; 

 flowers 2'" diam.— Hab. Antigua!, Wulhchl.; [Haiti, S. Thomas, S. Croix !]. 



*** Flowers racemose or corymbose (rarely accompanied with single flowers) . 



24. E. obtusata, W. Branchlets puberulous ; leaves membranaceous, at length char- 

 taceous, cuneate-eUiptical or elliptical-lanceolate, blunt or bluntly pointleted, pellucid-dotted, 

 glabrate : veins delicate, with a flexuose arch distant from the margin ; racemes sessile, 

 single, pubescent, 3-2 times shorter than the leaf (or reduced into a short corymb) -.pedicels 



filiform, spreading, 2-3 times longer than the petiole ; berry . . . . — Similar to E.inundata, 

 DC. PI. Sprucean., which differs by longer pedicels. — Leaves l"-2", petiole 1'"— f", rhachis 

 7"'-2'", pedicels 2'" long , flowers 3'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica : introduced to Hort. Kew. ! ; 

 Dominica !, Imr. 



25. E. disticha, DC. Branchlets sericeous ; leaves chartaceous, elliptical-oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate, rounded at the base, cuspidate, rarely blunt, pellucid- dotted, glabrate : 

 principal veins costate, slightly prominulous, with a juxtamarginal, continuous arch ; co- 

 rymbs fascicled, sessile, much exceeded by the leaf: pedicels usually 2-3 times longer than 

 the petiole ; berry ovoid. — Bot. Mag. t. 867. — Myrtus, Sw. ! E. virgata, Marf. — A mon- 

 strosity, with the pedicels partly solitary by the rhachis growing out into a leaf-branch, agrees 

 with E. balsamica, Jacq. Fragm. t. 45. f. 2. — A shrub ; leaves 2"-3", petiole 2"'-3'", rhachis 

 10"'-1'", pedicels 3"'-6'" long; flowers white, 6"'-5'" diam.; berries 3'" long, 2'" broad, 

 crowned with the persistent, spreading, roundish calyx-lobes. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in 

 the northern and eastern districts. 



26. E. pallens, DC. {ex herb. Bks.). Branchlets glabrescent ; leaves chartaceous, 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, bluntish at both ends or tapering above into a bluntish point, re- 

 pand or crenulate, pellucid-dotted, glabrous : veins slightly prominulous beneath, with a 



flexuose arch ; corymbs fascicled, pubescent, usually peduncled and half as long as the leaf, 

 rarely shorter and sessile: pedicels as long as or twice as long as the petiole; petals red; 

 berry globose. — Myrtus, V. E. dumosa, Marf. E. crenata, Berg /—A low tree or shrub, 

 20'-6' high, peculiar by its pink flowers {Wils.) ; leaves 2"-H", petiole 2"'-3'", pedicels 

 5"'-2'" long ; flowers 4'" diam. ; berries red, 4"'-3'" diam. Leaf-crenatures occur also, 

 though more rarely, in E. disticha, virgultosa, and others. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in the 

 mountains; [French islands !]. 



27. E. virgultosa, DC. Branchlets glabrescent; leaves leathery (or the younger ones 

 chartaceous), lanceolate or lanceolate-linear (rarely ovate-lanceolate), acuminate, with the 

 point usually bluntish, pellucid-dotted, early opaque, glabrous, shining above : midrib im- 

 pressed above: veins delicate, with a flexuose arch; racemes (or corymbs) single, pubescent, 

 usually sessile, of variable length : pedicels longer than the petiole ; berry globose. — Myrtus, 

 Sw. ! E. lancea, Poir. E. acutiloba, DC, Macf. — E. biflora, DC. {Myrtus, L.), from 

 P. Browne's figure (Jam. t. 25. f. 3), is perhaps also this species with a reduced inflorescence. 

 —A low tree, 15'-6' high : leaves 2*"-lf ' long, 5"'-8'" (-12'") broad : petiole 2"'-3'" ; ra- 

 cemes 2"'-4'", pedicels 3"'-4'" ; flowers 3'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., Pd., Macf, in the 

 higher mountains ; [Cuba !, Virgin Islands]. 



28. E. trinitatis, DC. Glabrous; leaves leathery, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 

 bluntish, opaque, shining above: veins slightly prominulous, with a flexuose arch ; raceme* 

 single, glabrous, subsessile, nearly as long as the leaves s pedicels cernuous, as long as or 

 shorter than the petiole ; berry globose.— Myrtus dioica, Sieb. ! Trin. 94.— Leaves 2"-l", 

 petiole 2'", pedicels 2"'-l'" long ; berries 3'" diam. — Hab. Trinidad !, Sieb. 



29. E. seruginea, DC. Arboreous ; branchlets sericeous ; leaves chartaceous, at length 

 flexible-leathery, lanceolate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, pointleted or bluntish, pellucid-dotted, 

 glabrous or glabrate beneath, shining above : principal veins costate, slightly prominulous, 

 with a flexuose arch ; racemes single, peduncled, rusty -sericeous, 2-4 times shorter than 

 the leaf : pedicels in distant pairs, nearly as long as the petiole : bracteoles roundish ; ovary 

 smooth : cells few-ovulate ; berry obovate-oblong . — Myrtus, Forsyth. — Allied to E. ama- 

 zonica, Berg (Fl. Bras. 18. t. 28), which is said to have many-ovulate ovary cells, and to 

 E. Schlechtendaliana, Berg !, which has a sidcate ovary. A large tree ; leaves 3"-4" long, 

 1"-H" broad: petiole 3'" long ; rhachis (with the peduncle) 2"-l" long: pedicels 3"'-2 7 " 



