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EuGENIA TRINERVIA. 'THREE-NERVED 
EuGENIA. 
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Class and Order. 
Icosanpr1a Monoeynia, 
( Nat. Ord.—Myrracez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus subrotundus, limbus ad ovarium usque 4- 
rtitus. Petala tot quot calycis lobi. Stam. numerosa, 
ibera. Ovarium 2—3-loculare, loculis pluriovulatis. Bacca 
subglobosa, calyce coronata, matura, l-rarius 2-locularis. 
Semina 1—2 subrotunda, grossa. Embryo pseudo-monoco- 
tyledoneus, cotyledonibus nempe crassissimis et omnino con- 
ferruminatis, radicula vix ac ne vix distincta, brevissima. 
Arbores aut Frutices, pleraque ex insulis Caribeis aut Ame- 
rica calidiora orta, Folia et inflorescentia nunc Myrti nunc 
Myrcie. D.C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Evueenia* trinervia; pedunculis trifidis aut bis trifidis 3—7- 
floris folio brevioribus, bracteis sub flore oblongis ra- 
mulis calycibusque subhirsutis, foliis ovali-oblongis 
utrinque acuminatis superne adultis glabris subtus 
pubescenti-tomentosis trinerviis, nervis lateralibus sub- 
marginalibus. 
Evernta trinervia. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 279. 
Myrtvs trinervia. Sm. in Linn. Trans, v. 3. p. 280. (non 
Lour.) Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 482. 
Descr. A much branched shrub, with red-brown, downy 
branches. Leaves two to three inches long, spa on 
abot, * 
ied 
Maree seen 
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* In honor of Prince EvGENE of Savoy, a patron of Botany. 
