238 MYRTACE.E. 



long : the pairs as much distant ; flowers 4" -5'" diam. ; berries 6"'-8'" long, 4"' broad 

 above. — Hab. Jamaica; Dominica !, Tmr. ; [Cuba!]. 



30. E. Gregii, DC. Branchlets rusty-pubescent ; leaves chartaceous, at length flexible- 

 leathery, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, bluntish, pellucid-dotted, shining-glabrous above, 

 glabrate beneath : principal veins costate, prominulous on both sides, with a fiexuose arch ; 

 racemes geminate or single, corymbiform, rusty-pubescent, subsessile, much exceeded by the 

 leaf: inferior pedicels as long as the petiole, superior shorter: bract eoles pointed ; berry 

 oblong. — Gartn. Fr. t. 33 : the fruit. — Myrtus, Sto. ! E. Sieberiana, DC. {ex descr.). E. 

 chrysophylloides, Mac/. ! (non DC). Greggia aromatica, G. — A shrub, 10-15' high ; leaves 

 5"-3" long, 2"-H" broad: petiole 5"'-3'" long ; racemes 1£"-1" long: inferior pedicels 

 4"'-5"' long, superior gradually shorter ; flowers 6'" diam., uppermost often subsessile ; 

 berries (immature) 4'" long, 2'" broad. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al. ; Dominica !, Sw. ; Trinidad 

 (ex syn. Sieb.) ; [Cuba !]. 



**** Pedicels fascicled, axillary. 



31. E. procera, Poir. Branchlets puberulous ; leaves chartaceous, at length leathery, 

 ovate, with a bluntish point, pellucid-dotted, or at length opaque, glabrous : veins slightly 

 prominulous, with a jlexuose arch ; fascicles 2-6-flowered : pedicels glabrescent, much ex- 

 ceeding the petiole, 2-4 times exceeded by the leaf ; anthers ovoid ; berry globose, (2"'-3'" 

 diam.). — Mvrtus, She. ! E. baruensis, Gr. PI. Carib. {non Jacq.). — A tree, or shrub ; leaves 

 l"-2", petiole 1'", pedicels 3"'-6'" long; flowers 1\'" diam.— Hab. Jamaica!, Wils.; 

 Antigua !, Nichols. ; [Haiti !, French islands !]. 



32. E. Pseudopsidium, Jacq. Glabrous ; leaves leathery, elliptical-oblong or oblong, 

 with a bluntish point, pellucid-dotted, green on both sides : veins prominulous, reticulated 

 on both sides, with a jlexuose arch ; fascicles many- 2 (-1) -flowered : 'pedicels twice or more 

 exceeding the petiole ; anthers subglobose; berry globose, (6'"— 8'" diam.). — Jacq. Amer. 

 Pict. t. 140. Mem. Geneve, 9. t. 21. — E. psidioides, DC. ; E. Patrisii, DC, is probably a 

 form of the same.— A tree or shrub ; leaves 4"-2", petiole 3"'-2'", pedicels 4"'-6'"(-12"') 

 long; berries red. — Hab. Dominica!, Imr. ; [Portorico, French islands]. 



33. E. calycolpoides, Gr. Branchlets slightly puberulous, glabrescent ; leaves char- 

 taceous, lanceolate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, point/eted with a b luntish point, glabrous, 

 pellucid-dotted, at length opaque : veins slightly prominulous, with a subjlexuose arch, 

 which is distant from the margin; fascicles 2-4-flowered : pedicels slender, 2-3 times ex- 

 ceeded by the leaf; anthers oblong ; berry ovoid-globose. — E. Mini, Mey.l (non Aubl). 

 E. Patrisii, 3/V"^. / (in PI. Kegel., non DC). E. psidioides, Berg! (non DC). — Leaves 

 2£"-H" long, 6"'-10"' broad; petiole V-li'", pedicels 10"'-8'" long ; flowers 5"'-6"' 

 diam.; berries 6'" long, 4'" broad. — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr., at Arima; [Guiana!]. 



34. E. sinemariensis, A ubl. Glabrous : leaves chartaceous, oblong, with a blunt- 

 ish point, densely pellucid-dotted : veins promiuulous, with the principal arch regularly 

 fiexuose and distant from the margin ; fascicles 3-6-flowered : pedicels short, exceeded by 

 the petiole : bracteoles minute; anthers ovoid; berry " globose." — Aubl. t. 198. — A tree; 

 leaves 8"-4", petiole 3'", pedicels 2"'-l'" long ; flowers 5"'-6'" diam.— Hab. Trinidad !, 

 Cr., perhaps only naturalized; [Guiana]. 



35. E. Iiambertiana, DC. Glabrous ; leaves chartaceous, elliptical-oblong, or ovate- 

 oblong, with a bluntish point : pellucid dots distant or obsolete : veins prominulous, with a 

 fiexuose arch ; fascicles 2-6-flowered : pedicels slightly puberulous, or glabrescent, as long 

 as or longer than the petiole : bracteoles minute; anthers ovoid; berry globose. — E. lati- 

 folia, Gr. (non Aubl.).— A high shrub; leaves 6"-4", petiole 3"'-4'", pedicels 2 J'"-6'" long; 

 flowers 5'", berries 6"' diam. — Hab. S. Vincent (DC.) ; [Guadeloupe !, Panama !]. 



36. E. Marchiana, Gr. (n. sp.). Glabrous; leaves leathery, oval-oblong or oblong, 

 blunt, shining, pellucid-dotted, or at length opaque : veins thickish, " prominulous-reticulated 

 on both sides, with the principal arch fiexuose, and distant from the margin ; fascicles 

 20-6(-2) -flowered : pedicels exceeded by the petiole : bracteoles united at the base, nearly 

 half as long as the 4r-5-lobed calyx-tube; anthers ovoid-oblong; berry globose. — Habit 

 exactly of E. latifolia, Aubl. ! (hb. Bks.), which however from its figure has minute bracts, 

 and ovoid-oblong berries. — A large tree ; leaves 8"-6" long, 4"-2tj" broad : petiole 6'" long ; 

 pedicels usually lateral, 3"'-2"' long : bracteoles broadly-ovate, blunt, 1'" long, persistent ; 



