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flowers 6"'-6'", berries 4"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., March, in woods, Manchester ; speci- 

 mens collected in S. Vincent !, Anders., and in Trinidad must be compared with E. lati- 

 folia, Aubl. 



***** Flowers precocious : pedicels slender, single or approximate, furnished at the late 

 with an elongated bract, and bibracteolate below the top. 



37. E. ligustrina, IF. Branchlets puberulous, glabrescent j leav es chartaceous, lanceo- 

 late-oblong, bluntish, glabrous, shining above, pale beneath, pellucid-dotted, at length opaque : 

 veins simple, with the arch subcontiuuous, distant from the margin ; pedicels 2-4 times as 

 long as the bract ; calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate, bluntish ; berry globose, smooth. — Myrtus, 

 Sw. Stenocalyx, Berg .'—A low shrub; leaves 2"-l", petiole 2"'-3"', pedicels li"-l" 

 long ; flowers &", berries 3"'-4"'. diam. — Hab. Bahamas !, Jamaica !, Wullschl. ; Antigua !, 

 Nichols., Wullschl., Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Loc/th., Sieb., 

 Trin. 145 ; [Cuba !, French islands !, Guiana !, Brazil !]. 



38. E. uniflora, L. Glabrous ; leaves membranaceous, at length chartaceous, ovate- 

 lanceolate, bluntish, green on both sides, pellucid-dotted, at length opaque : veins reticu- 

 lated, with the principal arch deeply sinuate ; pedicels much longer than the bract ; calyx- 

 lobes linear-oblong, bluntish ; berry globose, longitudinally furrowed. — Bot. Mag. t. 473. 

 — B. Michelii, Lam. Plinia rubra and pedunculata, L. Stenocalyx Michelii, Berg. — A low 

 tree, or shrub, often cultivated for its eatable berries; leaves 2 -1£", petiole 2'", pedicels 

 18"'-8'" long; flowers 6'", berries 4'" diam. — Hab. Bahamas!, Jamaica !, March, in the 

 mountains of Port Royal; Antigua!, Nichols., Wullschl., Dominica !, Imr., S.Vincent, 

 Guild. ; Trinidad !, Loclch. ; [Guiana !, Brazil !, naturalized in the East Indies !]. 



Sect. 2. Mykciaria. — Ovary exceeded by the calyx-tube-, cells 2-ovulale. 



39. E. coffeifolia, DC. Glabrous ; leaves chartaceous, oblong, pointleted, pellucid- 

 dotted, or at length opaque : principal veins subcostate, slightly prominulous beneath, with 

 the arch flexuose and distant from the margin ; flowers clustered, sessile, often lateral ; 

 berry globose. — Myrciaria ramiflora, Berg, ex descr. — A small tree; leaves 4J"— 2$", petiole 

 2"'-3"'long; flowers minute; berries 3"'-4'" diam. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; S.Vincent, 

 {Forsyth) ; [Guiana]. 



40. E. floribunda, West. Branchlets puberulous; leaves chartaceous, lanceolate, 

 or ovate lanceolate, acuminate, pellucid-dotted, glabrous: veins nearly simple, delicate, with 

 a juxtamarginal, subconlinuous arch ; flowers clustered, subsessile ; berry . . . . — Myrci- 

 aria, Berg. M. protracta, Berg ! — Leaves 2"-l" long, 5"'-9'" broad : petiole l'"-2'" long ; 

 flowers 2'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, M'Nab ; [S. Croix !, Guiana !]. 



Certain Eugenia, described from specimens collected in the British West Indies, remain 

 doubtful : viz. from Jamaica, E. filiformis and Wallenii, Macf., and several of Berg's 

 species, of which I omit all those which I have not seen, as in every case where I had the 

 opportunity of comparing his authentic specimens, they proved to be old West Indian 

 species. 



8. AULACOCARPUS, Berg. 



Calyx 5(-4)-lobed. Petals 5 (-4). Berry 5-2 (-l)-pyrenous : nuts woody. Embryo of 

 Eugenia. — Leaves nearly veinless ; inflorescence of Eugenia. 



41. A. quadrangularis, Gr. Glabrous ; branchlets tetragonal, at length cylindrical ; 

 leaves rigid, leathery, veinless or obscurely veined, ovate, bluntly pointleted, or pointed, 

 shining above, dotless ; corymbs 2-1 -flowered, with a short peduncle : pedicels 3-4 times as 

 long as the petiole ; calyx 5(-4)-lobed; berry globose. — Eugenia, Duchass. in PI. Carib. — 

 The structure of the berry is the same as that of Julacocarpus, figured both by Bentham 

 and Berg.— A shrub ; leaves 2$"-H"> F tiole 2J" -1'", peduncle 1"', pedicels 4"'-5'" long. 

 In the only deflorate flower the calyx-tube is 1'" long, supported by two minute, linear 

 bracts, which are as long as the ovary, shorter than the 4-lobed calyx : the other specimens 

 are in fruit : beny red, 5'" broad, 4"' high, crowned with a 5-partite calyx-limb, usually 2- 

 celled, 2-seeded. — Hab. Antigua !, Wullschl. ; [Guadeloupe !, in woods of the lowlands]. 



