Eugen. | MYRTACEE (Sond.) 521 
I. METROSIDEROS, R. Brown. 
Calya-tube adhering to the ovary, not angular ; limb 5-cleft. Sta- 
mens 20-30, free, very long, exserted. Style filiform ; stigma simple. 
Capsule 2-3-celled, cells many-seeded. Seeds wingless. DC. Prod. 3. 
224. Endl. Gen. n, 6303. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate. Flowers not adnate to the branches, 
on axillary, umbellate peduncles. Name from pntpa, the heart of a tree, and o1dypos, 
iron ; the wood of these trees is very hard. 
1. M. angustifolia (Smith. Linn. transact. 3, 268); branches tetra- 
gonal ; leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, naked; peduncles axillary, 
umbellate ; bracts lanceolate, glabrous. Myrtus angustifolia, L. Thunb.! 
fi. cap. 408. E. & Z.! £773. Houtt. Pflanz. Syst. 3. t. 25, f. 2- 
Has. Sides of rivers in various parts of the colony, in the districts of Stellenbosch, Goats a 
Worcester, Caledon, &e. Jan.-March. (Herb. Sd., D., &c.) Outil, 
Tree 20 feet. Leaves 2-3 inches long, 3-4 lines broad. Umbels densely flo 
subcapitate, much shorter than the leaves. Flowers yellowish. Fruit 1 line long. 
Il. SYZYGIUM, Gaertn. 
Tube of the calyx obovate ; limb nearly entire or repandly lobed. 
Petals 4-5, roundish, joined into a calyptra, and falling off either in 
that state from the calyx, or immediately after expansion. Stamens 
numerous, distinct. Ovary 2-celled, with few ovules in each cell. 
Style 1. Stigma simple. Berry 1-celled, 1- or few-seeded. Seed glo- 
bose. Cotyledons large, fleshy, nearly hemispherical ; radicle small, 
inserted between the cotyledons below their middle, and concealed by 
them. DO. 1. ¢.259. Endl. Gen. n. 6320. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, quite entire, glabrous. Peduncles axillary and 
terminal, cymose or corymbose. Name from ov¢vyos, coupled ; in allusion to the 
manner in which the branches and leaves are united by pairs. 
1. §. cordatum (Hochst. ! pl. Krauss.) ; arborescent, glabrous; leaves 
subsessile, suborbiculate or elliptic-cordate, quite entire, coriaceous ; 
much veined, paler beneath ; cymes terminal, many-flowered, the 
branches quadrangular ; calyx very short 4-tooth ; style longer than 
the stamens. Jambosa cyminifera, HE. Meyer. m herb. Drege. 
Has. Woods on the rivers near the seashore from Omtendo to Port Natal, Drege, 
Gueinzius, Krauss, Plant. (71) Oct.-Feb. (Herb. Sd., D.) 
A tree 30-40 feet. Branches spreading, tet nous, as well as the leaves oppo- 
site. Petioles 1 line long. Leaves about 24 inches long, 2-2} inches wide, round- 
ish or with a short, obtuse apex ; with prominent veins on the under- 
Cyme 3-chotomous, leafy at the base, 3—4 inches high and wide. Calyx 2 lines long, 
turbinate. Stamens exserted. Fruit the size of a small cherry, acidulous. 
Ill, EUGENIA, Linn. 
Calya-tube nearly globose, limb divided down to the ovary into 4, 
rarely 5, segments. Petals 4, rarely 5. Stamens numerous, distinct. 
Ovary 2-celled, cells many ovulate. Berry nearly globose, crowned by the 
calyx, when ripe r-celled, but rarely 2-celled. Seeds 1-2, large, round- 
ish. Cotyledons very thick, and conferruminated. Radiele very short, 
hardly distinguishable. DCL. c. 262. Myrtus spec. Swartz. Endl. gen. 
n. 6323. 
