MYRTACEAE 935 
p^ oe 
id with thick peeling bark i ny papery layers: leaves 
numerous: eee SOHO ICUOUSIS copiously 
Acre | | 6. MELALEUCA, 
1. EUGENIA [Mich.] L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades’ thickish, 
neither prominently ribbed nor veiny, persistent. Cymes cluster- like, sessile 
or short-peduneled. Flowers white. Sepals broad, not accrescent. Petals 
much larger than the sepals. Stamens numerous, borne on the annular disk. 
Style filiform or subulate-filiform. Berry minutely crowned in ed calyx. 
Seeds 1-4.—About 600 species, mostly of tropical regions.—STOPPER 
adio o and stout, usually shorter than the flowers and much shorter than 
Fruit oval or ellipsoid-oval. l 1. H. bucifolia. 
Fruit subglobose, sometimes depressed. 
Leaf-blades of a rhombic ae. iors or less unu 2 
the base and the tip: fruit depressed, 10—12 m 
dia SDef or. 2. E. axillaris. 
Leaf blades of an Bars or elliptie type, obtuse: fruit sub- 
obose, 6—8 m in diameter. 3. E. anthera. 
Pedicels relatively pig and slender, longer than the flowers and 
usually s t an the fruits. 
Leaf- Wee bluntly acuminate, dull above: fruits depressed, 
in dis eter. 4. E. rhombea. 
Leaf-blades leaders acuminate, shining above: fruits sub- , 
globose or globose-obovoid, 5-8m mm, in diameter. 5. E. confusa. 
1. E. buxifolia (Sw.) Willd. Shrub or small tree, the bark scaly: leaf- 
blades cuneate to nearly elliptic, 2-4 em. long, much paler beneath than above: 
corolla 4—5 mm. broad; petals longer than 
wide: fruit oval or ellipsoid-oval, 6—7 mm. Na Po 
broad, black.—(SPANISH-STOPPER.)——Coastal qe $ W 
hammo n K "E Y 
ka 
I.)—The dark-bro heart-wood, clos 
grained, heavy, i very hard, is dd locally 
in cabinet work 
2. E. axillaris (Sw.) Willd. Shrub or small 
tree, the bark scaly: leaf-blades elliptic- 
ovate to nearly elliptic, 3—5 cm. long, i 
paler beneath than above: corolla 5-6 m 
broad; petals o. 2e than hr fruit 
depresse —12 broad, black. — 
Ser STOPPER. )—Coastal hammocks, S 
Fla. and 
he eys.— —The 
hon eee em elose-grained, "heavy, and hard, is used locally for cabinet 
work. 
3. E. anthera Small Shrub or n oe the bark pale, rather smooth: leaf- 
blades pi to pou dd = nearly so, 2—5.5 cm. long, slightly paler beneath than 
above: corolla 5-6 broad ; o slightly longer than wide: fruit sub- 
globose “6 7 mm. in Gace. dark red to black.—Hammoeks ee or near the 
coast, S pen. Fla.—The brown heart-wood is close-grained and hard. 
4. E. ai d (Berg) Urban. Tree, the bark smooth: leaf-blades ovate to 
elliptie, 3— ud m. long, slightly acuminate: corolla about 10 mm. broad; petals” 
i an t p 1 6 mm e 
ith : —Ham 
Florida Keys.—(W. I.)—The light-brown heart-wood, "elose- uu ' hea 
and hard, is used locally for cabinet work. 
