(1872. ) 
KUGENIA ELLIPTICA. RovUND-FRUITED 
EUGENIA. 
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Class and Order. 
IcosANDRIA Monoeynaa. 
| Generic Character. vi 
Cal. 4-partitus, -superus. Petala 4. _ Bacca i-locularis, 
1-sperma. és inet A 2 
Specific Character and Synonyms, es 
Event elliptica ; foliis .ellipticis acuminatis, flotibus pani- 
culatis, calyce repando, bacca’ globosa. Smith in Act 
Soc. Linn. 3. p. 281. % 
Evernia elliptica ; foliis integerrimis ellipticis acuminatis, 
pedunculis paniculatis axillaribus et terminalibus, calyce 
repando, fructibus globosis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 966. 
Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 188. est 
Merrosiperos floribunda. Vent. Malmais. 75. 
Eveenta elliptica has a fruit, in some respect, different 
from the rest of the genus; the seed is surrounded by a 
softish pulp, which rises so high as to conceal the persistent 
calyx within its hollow crown. The style and stamens are 
also persistent. ; 
The flowers are small, white, and not at all shewy ; but, 
when the fruit is ripe, the shrub makes a lively appearance. 
The berries, which are nearly round, are, upon their first 
ripening, perfectly white, but they soon acquire a delicate 
tinge of carmine, especially at the parts most exposed to the 
light. The taste of the Chetbeie acid without aroma ; but 
the leaves are aromatic. — : 
Native of New South-Wales, from whence it was intro- 
duced into the Kew Garden, by the Right Hon. Sir Josep 
Banks, Bart. about the year 1790. ; 
= a. 2 Requires 
