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Eugenia myrti folia. Myrtle-leaved 

 Eugenia. 



Class and Order. 



IcOSANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cat 4-partitus,, superus. Petala 4. Bacca 1-locularis, 

 1-sperma, 



Specific Character. 



Eugenia myrtifolia; foliis ellipticis, pedunculis trichotomis 

 lateralibus terminalibusque, staminibus petalis multo lon- 

 gioribus, calycibus quadrifidis. 



Descr. An ever green shrub with flexile square branches, 

 the angles of which are slightly winged. Leaves opposite., 

 elliptical, not acuminate, smooth, shining, very like those of 

 the common broad-leaved Myrtle. Flowers white, in terminal 

 and lateral trichotomous corymbs. Calyx superior, persistent, 

 four- toothed: teeth spreading, red. Petals 4, alternating with 

 the teeth of the calyx, deciduous, white, a little larger than the 

 calyx. Starnens'wery many, inserted into a fleshy, undulated 

 ring. Germen interior, top-shaped. Style red, persistent, a 

 little shorter than the stamens. Stigma simple or slightly 

 clubbed. Fruit not seen. 



The taste of the leaves acid and aromatic, of the flowers 

 sweet and gratefully acid. 



Tliis species is decidedly different from Eugenia elliptica 

 No. 1878 of this work, the flowers are much larger with 

 very long deciduous stamens, but do not grow in such long 

 terminal panicles; calyx spreading with a four-cleft limb; 

 leaves smaller, not acuminate, and the parallel veins on the 

 under surface much less distinct. 



Native of New Holland. Introduced by Messrs. Loddiges 

 and Sons ; and cultivated by them in the conservatory, where 

 it thrives luxuriantly. Propagated by cuttings. Communi- 

 cated to us in September 1820. 



