Tas. 5040. 
EUGENIA Luma. 
Pointed-leaved Eugenia. 
Nat. Ord. Myrrtace®.—lIcosanpRIA MonoGyYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Calycis tubus subglobosus, supra germen haud v. vix productus. 
Germen inferum, 2—-3-loculare, multiovulatum; ovula sporophoris centralibus 
affixa. Sepala 4, subrotunda, brevia, rarissime ovata v. acuta. Pefala 4, margini 
tubi calycis inserta. Stamina plurima, cum petalis inserta, perigyna, libera, in 
alabastro incurvata ; anthere biloculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Stylus soli- 
tarius ; stigma simplex. Fructus baccatus v. drupaceus, tune pyrenis cartilagineis 
donatus, disco plano calyceque coronatus, 1—4-spermus. Embryo exalbuminosus, 
carnosus ; cotyledonibus sepissime margine v. omnino conferruminatis ; radicula 
abbreviata. Berg, in Linnea, v. 21. 
Eveenra Luma ; ramulis foliisque novellis ad petiolum costam medium et mar- 
ginem pedunculisque puberulis, foliis petiolatis rigide coriaceis ovalibus 
v. ovali-oblongis cuspidato-acuminatis basi acutis adultis glabris vix punc- 
tatis supra aveniis subtus pallidioribus venosis limbinervus, pedunculis 
axillaribus folio longioribus 1-2-nis aut omnibus 3-5-floris aut altero uni- 
floro altero trifloro aut summis omnino unifloris, germine biloculari, sepalis 
subrotundis ciliolatis glabris. Berg. 
Eneenra Luma. Berg. in Linnea, v. 27. p. 251. 
Evcenta apiculata. De Cand. Prodr. v. 8. p. 273. Hook. et Arn. Bot. Mise. 
v. 3. p. 321. Cl. Gay, Fl. Chil. v. 2. p. 398. 
Myrtus Luma. Molina Chil. v. 2. p. 289. 
A charming shrub, from the open border of the nursery of 
Messrs. Veitch and Sons, who introduced the species from Chili, 
through Mr. Wm. Lobb. It is quite equal in beauty to our 
common Myrtle, and no more need be said to recommend it as 
It blossoms in 
an ornamental evergreen shrub for our gardens. : 
the summer months, when the branches are literally loaded with 
the white blossoms, almost concealing the copious foliage ; the 
leaves indeed are not much unlike those of the common Myrtle, 
piculated. It inhabits 
but broader and suddenly and sharply a 
the colder parts of Chili, fon Concepcion to the island of Chiloe, 
MARCH Ist, 1858. 
