Tas. 4626. 
EUGENIA Uent. 
Myrtilla. 
Nat. Ord. Myrtacem.—Icosanpr1a Monoaynia. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4526.) 
Eveenta Ugni; pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris folium eequantibus v. 
superantibus, bracteolis sub calyce persistentibus lobisque calycinis lineari- 
bus reflexis, foliis ovatis acutis coriaceis impunctatis venis obsoletis supra 
atro-viridibus subtus pallidis siccitate albis, ramulis novellis petiolisque 
superioribus pubescentibus. 
Evoenta Ugni. Hook. et Arn. Contr. to Fl. 8. Am. in Bot. Misc. v. 3. p. 318. 
Myrtus Ugni. Mol. Chil. ed. Gal. p.183. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 239. Spreng. 
Syst. Veg. v. 2. p. 481. 
Murti. Feuill. Obs. v. 3. p. 44. t. 81. 
In the absence of fruit, of which we are yet ignorant not- 
withstanding our copious specimens, I am still doubtful whether 
this should be ranked with Myrtus or Hugenia, but I retain it 
in the genus to which Dr. Arnott and myself referred it in the 
‘Botanical Miscellany.’ It forms a charming shrub, native of 
South Chili and the islands, abundant in Chiloe and in the Bay 
of Valdivia, where the natives call it Ugni, and the Spaniards 
Murtilla ox Myrtilla; and the habit is not unlike that of our 
European Myrtle. Introduced by Messrs. Veitch and Son, 
through their collector, Mr. William Lobb. It proves quite 
hardy in their Nursery at Exeter, whence we were favoured with 
the flowering specimen here figured in July 1851. The flowers 
are fragrant, and the leaves when bruised are no less so; which 
ensures its being prized by all cultivators. 
Descr. A shrub, varying in height, according to Mr. Bridges, 
from two to four feet, copiously branched; éranches erecto- 
patent, clothed with brown bark, young shoots downy. Leaves 
copious, opposite, spreading, on very short petioles, thick, coria- 
ceous, ovate, sometimes varying to lanceolate, very acute, im- 
punctate, nerveless, the margin reflexed, dark green above, pale 
and when dry almost white beneath. Peduncies axillary, solitary, 
JANUARY Ist, 1852. 
