MYRTACEAE 937 
l. M. longipes (Berg) Small. Shrub with many wiry often decumbent 
eens aa dm. long from a short bd "pase: leaf-blades ovate or oval, 
ostly a a m. long, finely reticulate: sepals 
about long: corolla mostly 10-12 
mm, EN uc globose or obovoid- Liu 
6-9 mm. in diam black. [Eugenia 
longipes Berg.]— RUE Everglade E 
pen. Fla. and Florida Keys. —(W. I.) 
2. M. bahamensis qud Small Shrub 
with erect branches mall tree: leaf- 
bla Da or aped iu. „OT “elliptic, or some- 
what ovate, ostly 2 . long, often de- 
videdly shin us e minutely inue 
beneath: sepals about 3 mm. long: corolla 
mostly 1.5 em. wide: ee subglobose, 
about 1 em. in oe black (?). [Eugenia 
bahamensis Kiaersk.]—Hammoeks and pine- 
lands near hammocks, Everglade Keys, pen. 
Fla. and Florida Keys.—(W. I.) 
4. PSIDIUM L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades thickish, prominently 
many-ribbed. Cymes i-few-flowered. do separating irregularly. Petals 
or 5, much pads than the sepals, w 
Stam ery nume , borne on the D 
Style eat fliform. ee fleshy, crowned 
with ealyx. Seeds very numerous.— 
i P species, mostly tropieal. 
1. P. Guajava Raddi. Tree sometimes 8 m 
tal, with roughish bark, or a shrub with 
smooth- oy Jeaf-blades elliptie or nearly 
so, 4—8 . lon ng, pubeseent beneath: sepals 
cult.—(W. , Mez., C. .)—Grown extensively in several varieties for 
its fruit, whieh is eaten raw or r made into a jelly or a preserve. 
5. CALYPTRANTHES Sw. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades thick, 
faintly veined. Cymes panicle-like. Flowers several numero Hypan- 
thium produced beyond the ovary. Calyx cap-like, PA UN UE ue Petals 
wanting. Stamens numerous, borne on the edge of the cup-like disk. Style 
lender. Berry abr uidit. crowned. Seeds 1, 2, or 3. [Chytraculia P. Br.] 
Mid 75 species, of tropical and subtropical America. 
‘Calyx-lid not mammillate, hypanthium pubescent: leaf-blades manifestly petioled. 
1. C. pallens 
Calyx-lid mammillate: hypanthium glabrous: leaf-blades sessile or 
nearly so. 2. C. Zuzygium. 
1. C. pallens (Poir.) Griseb. Shrub, or tree becoming 9 m. tall, the bark 
light-gray or nearly white, smooth or ultimately sealy, the branchlets 2-edged: 
