Tan. 4526 
EUGENIA Brasturensis. 
Brazilian Pugehin: 
Nat. Ord. Myrrace2%.—IcosanpRria Monoeynia. 
Gen. Char. Calycis tubus subrotundus, limbus ad ovarium usque 4-partitus. 
Petala tot quot calycis lobi. Stamina numerosa, libera. Ovarium 2-3-loculare ; 
loculis pluriovulatis. Bacea subglobosa, calyce coronata, matura 1- rarius 2- 
locularis. Semina 1-2, subrotunda, grossa. Embryo pseudo-monocotyledoneus, 
cotyledonibus nempe crassissimis et omnino conferruminatis, radicula vix ac ne 
vix distincta brevissima.—Arbores aué frutices, plereque ex insulis Caribeeis aué 
America calidiore orta. De Cand. 
Evcenta Brasiliensis ; foliis petiolatis oblongo-obovatis apice obtuse attenuatis 
pellucido-punctatis glabris supra nitidis, floribus e gemmis seu ramulis 
junioribus squamosis, pedunculis ex axillis squamarum superiorum oppositis 
solitariis unifloris, calyce ebracteato lobis 4 obovato-oblongis obtusis tubo 
longioribus persistentibus ciliatis, petalis 4 obovatis, “ fructu globoso-tetra- 
gono levi nitido, lobis calycinis erectis accrescentibus coronato.” 
Eucenta Brasiliensis. Lam. Dict. v.3. p.203. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 267. 
Cambess. in St. Hil. Fl. Brasil. Merid. v. 2. p. 354. ¢. 152. 
Myrtus Dombeyi. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 485. 
A handsome small tree, discovered by Dombey in Brazil, and 
since found by St. Hilaire and others in the province of Rio de 
Janeiro, where, we. are informed, it is also cultivated and the 
fruit brought to market, and sold under the name of Grumi- 
chama. It is handsome in its foliage and in its copious snowy 
flowers, which latter are remarkable for having their origin upon 
the lower portions of young terminal branches, or, 12 other 
words, upon partially developed leaf-buds, springing from the 
axils of opposite scales below the leafy portion. In this state 
the young leaves are deep purple-brown, contrasting prettily. 
with the dark green of the old foliage and the purewhite of 5 
the blossoms, which are produced in April. 
Duscr. A small free with copious dark green foliage. Leaves 
_ petiolate, three to four or even five inches long, broadly oblong- 
© ovate, somewhat attenuated at the apex, but blunt at the point, — 
_auaust lst, 1850. 
