242 MYRTACE.E. 



the bud ; anthers oblong. — Lamb, in Linn. Transact. 11. t. 17- — Leaves 5"-4" long, 2i"-2" 

 broad; flowers 1" diam. — Hab. Trinidad {Lamb.) ; [Guiana !, Brazil]. 



50. P. montanum, Sw. Branchlets tetragonal, glabrescent ; leaves chartaceous, el- 

 liptical or elliptical-lanceolate, glabrous: veins slightly prominulous beneath; peduncles 

 1-3-flowered ; calyx closed in the bud ; anthers shortly oblong. — Desc. Fl. 5. t. 364. — P. 

 aromatienm, Desc. {non Avbl.). — A high tree ; leaves 3"-2£" long, 1J"-1" broad; flowers 

 1" diam. ; berry globose, 4"'-5'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., M'Nab, Wits., Wullschl., 

 in mountain woods, S. Mary's, Fairfield. 



51. P. cordafrum, Sims. Glabrous; branchlets compressed-cylindrical ; leaves leathery, 

 ovate or oval, rounded at both ends or cordate at the base, sessile or shortly petioled : veins 

 obsolete or inconspicuous ; peduncles 1-few-flowered ; anthers roundish. — Bot. Mag. 1. 1779. 

 — Leaves 3"-ll" long, 2"-l" broad; flowers 8'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, March; Nevis 

 {Sims) ; [S. Thomas, Guadeloupe]. 



52. P. Guildingianum, Gr. {ri. sp.). Glabrous; branchlets compressed-cylindrical ; 

 leaves leathery, elliptical -oblong, bluntish : primary veins approximate, delicate, straightish, 

 with a continuous, juxtamarginal arch, obsoletely prominulous above, inconspicuous beneath ; 

 peduncles fascicled, 5-9-flowered or trichotomous above the base : ultimate flowers ternately 

 clustered (or single) ; anthers oblong ; berry minute. — Habit of Myrcia coriacea ; leaves 

 rigid, devoid of pellucid dots, polished beneath, B"-8" long, 2"-l&" broad : petiole 2'" long ; 

 cymes axillary or lateral, 1 ' long, once or twice trichotomous : flowers sessile in the special 

 clusters; calyx irregularly 4-5-lobed : limb much produced beyond the ovary, while in the 

 other species the limb bursts down to the ovary itself; berry globose, 3'" diam., separated 

 by a terminal stricture from the persistent, spreading calyx-limb ; seeds many, in 4 cells, 

 snbglobose : testa hard. — Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. 



13. CAMPOMANESIA, R P. 



Calyx 5 (-4-6) -lobed. Petals 5 (4-6). Ovary 4-many-celled, a little exceeded by the turbi- 

 nate calyx-tube : cells multiovulate. Berry few-seeded. Testa membranaceous. Embryo spi- 

 rally involute : radicle elongated : cotyledons short, at the summit of the interior involution. 

 — Pedicels slender, solitary or fascicled. 



53. O. aromatica, Gr. Branchlets puberulous, compressed-cylindrical; leaves rugose, 

 membranaceous, elliptical, apiculate, long-petioled, glabrate, early opaque : primary veins 

 arcuate-costate, distant, impressed above, thickish-prominent beneath, secondary transverse, 

 less prominulous ; flowers precocious ; pedicels approximate, 4—2 times larger than the 

 bract, pubescent : bracteoles 2, filiform, as long as the velvety-pubescent calyx-tube ; calyx- 

 lobes 5 (-"4"). ovate, blunt; anthers oblong-linear; berry globose. — Aubl. t. 191.— 

 Psidium, Aubl. Stenocalyx Pseudo-Psidium, Berg ? — A low, very aromatic tree ; leaves 

 3"-2", petiole 4'" long ; pedicels in distant fascicles, 4"'-12"', bracts" 3"'-2'", bracteoles If 

 long ; petals obovate, 3'" long, twice as long as the calyx-lobes ; ovary 4-celled ; berries 

 2-seeded, 3'" diam. — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., Cr., common •. [Martinique {ex syn. Berg) ; 

 Guiana]. 



14*. PTJNICA, L. 



Calyx 5(-7)-lobed : tube turbinate. Petals 5 (-7). Berry-cells 2 (-3) -seriate : inferior 

 2-4, superior 4-9. Cotyledons foliaceous, spirally convolute : radicle short, basilar. — Leaves 

 dot I ess. 



54*. P. granahun, L. — Desc. Fl. 1 . t. 35. — P. nana, L. : a shrubby form, with nar-' 

 row leaves. — A tree ; leaves lanceolate -oblong or linear-lanceolate ; flowers crimson, large ; 

 berry globose. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica!, Antigua!, Wullschl.; [introduced from 

 northern Africa and southern Europe]. 



Tribe II. LECYTHIDEuE. — Stamens cr>, united at the base.— leaves alternate, dotless. 



15. GRIAS, L. 

 " Calyx 4- fid. Petals 4. Stamens connate at the base, in 5 rows. Stigma cruciform, 



