Eugenia.] LVI. MYRTACEZ (LAWSON). 437 
Flowers 6 or more in the axils of the leaves, sessile or very 
shortly pedunculate. 
Leaves not shining; flowers sessile . . . . . . « 
Leaves shining; flowers shortly pedunculate ae 
Flowers in dense cymes or in 2~3-chotomous panicles, terminal. ; 
Young branches round or obscurely angled «# . .. . . E.. owariensis. 
Young branches acutely quadrangular, almost winged. . . 8. E. cordatum. 
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. calophylloides. 
. memecyloides. 
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1. E. coronata, Vahl, DC. Prod. iii.271. Shrub 6 ft. high, young 
branches slightly puberulous. Leaves ovate or elli tical, 7-1 in. long, 
4—} in. broad, margins slightly revolute, very shortly petiolate. Pedi- 
cels 1-8 lines long. 
Upper Guinea. Niger, Barter! 
2.* E. Michelii, Lam. ; DC. Prod. iii. 263; Bot. Mag. t. 478. Shrub 
10 ft. high, branches glabrous. Leaves nearly sessile, broadly ovate, 
with undulate margins, glabrous, coriaceous, shining, 2-2} in. long, 
1-1} broad. Flowers about 4 in each axil; pedicels 4 in. long. 
Upper Guinea. Barter! bee 
A West Indian species, here most probably an escape from cultivation. 
3. E. salicifolia, Laws. Small tree, branches glabrous. Leaves 
lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed below into short petioles, glabrous, 
coriaceous, shining, 2-8 in. long, ?-1 in. broad. Flowers very small, 
2-3 in each axil ; pedicels 1—2 lines long. 
Upper Guinea. Bagroo river, Mann! Sierra Leone, Afzelius! 
4. E. calycina, Benth. Fl. Nigrit. 358. Branches glabrous. Leaves 
esc broadly ovate-elliptical, cuspidate, margins revolute, 2—3 in. 
ong, 14-2 in. broad, glabrous, coriaceous, shining. Flowers large, 
solitary ; pedicels 1 in. long, or more. 
Upper Guinea. Grand Bassa, 7. Vogel ! 
5. E. calophylloides, DC. Prod. iii. 272. Branches densely downy 
when young. Leaves oblong-elliptical, shortly acuminate, petiolate, 
4 in, long, glabrous, coriaceous, not shining. Flowers sessile, crowded 
in the axils of the leaves, downy.—Z. caryophylloides, Benth. in Fi. 
Nigrit. 359. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Smeathmann! Fernando Po, Mann! 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith ! 
A specimen from West ‘Tropical Africa, gathered by Mann, has shorter broader and 
nearly sessile leaves, and fasciculate nearly sessile staminate flowers. 
6. E. memecyloides, Benth. Fl. Nigrit. 559. Leaves petiolate, 
oblong-elliptical, shortly acuminate, 4—6 in. long, 2 in. broad, with 
harrowed margins, coriaceous, glabrous, shining. Flowers shortly pe- 
dicellate, crowded in the axils of the leaves. 
Upper Guinea. (Grand Bassa, 7. Vogel! 
8. Leaves shorter, broader, more oblong, not shining. : hint 
yy. Leaves as long as in the type, but much broader, more acuminate, and not shining. 
Both are from Fernando Po, collected by Mann, They may be distinct. 
