FLORA NIGRITIANA, 359 
globosum, 4 lin. diametro, album. Calycis tubus hemisphe- 
ricus, linea paullo longior, pilis brevibus appressis rufescen- 
tibus dense obtectus, lobi orbiculati, concavi, fere 5 lin. lati, 
2 exteriores ciliolati, 2 interiores nudi. Petala calyce majora, 
ciliolata, in specimine nondum expansa. Ovarium biloculare, 
ovulis in quoque loculo 6-8. 
4. Eugenia memecyloides, Benth.; glabra, ramulis compressis, 
foliis amplis oblongis acuminatis basi acutis breviter petiolatis, 
pedunculis petiolo brevioribus axillaribus congestis unifloris 
ebracteolatis, bacca depresso-globosa.— Grand Bassa, Vogel. 
Frutex ex Vog. 4-pedalis, emittens e summitatibus ramulos nu- 
merosos virgatos plantam quamdam parasiticam simulantes. 
Specimen adest unicum ramuli foliati et fructiferi, ad nodos 
compressi. Folia 5-6-pollicaria, 2-23 poll. lata, coriacea at 
non nitida, marginibus revolutis, subtus pennivenia et crebre 
punctulata. Pedicelli fructiferi 1-14 lin. longi. Bacce 4-5 
lin. diametro, calycis limbo brevi 4-lobo coronatz. Semen 
abortu solitarium, cotyledonibus crassis conferruminatis. 
The Eugenia caryophylloides, DC., from Sierra Leone, must 
be very near the last species, especially in the form and size of the 
leaves and in inflorescence, but the leaves are said to be im- 
punctate, and the branches, nerves of the leaves, peduncles and 
tube of the calyx to be downy. 
l. Jambosa vulgaris, DC. Prod. 3. p. 286.—Sierra Leone and 
St. Thomas, Don; probably cultivated. 
l. Syzygium Owariense, Benth.—Eugenia Owariensis, Pal. 
Beauv. Fl. Ow. et Ben. 2. p. 20. t. 70.—Jambosa Owariensis, 
DC. Prod. 3. p. 287.— Grand Bassa, Vogel; Oware. 
. The only other West Tropical African species of true Myrtew 
hitherto described is the Syzygium Guineense, DC., from Senegal 
and Guinea, which is very nearly allied to the preceding species. 
Both belong to the genus (or section) Syzygium, admirably 
defined by Wight in his review of Indian Myrtacee. 
