_ short, obtuse apex, shining above, pale beneath and 
522 _ MYRTACE2 (Sond.) [ Hugenia. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, quite entire, pellucid-dotted. Peduncles axil- 
lary or terminal, solitary or several together, simple and 1-flowered, or racemose- 
cymose. Named in honour of Prince Eugene of Savoy, who was a protector of 
.. botany. 
. ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES. 
Peduncles cymose or racemose, shorter than the leaves: as 
Leaves elliptic, acute, membranaceous ‘a me cous: (1) Natalitia. 
Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, coriaceous pe HR ... (2) Zeyheri. 
Peduncles at the apex 3-flowered, as long as the leaves ... (3) Albanensis, 
Peduncles 1-flowered, about as long as the (small) leaves ... (4) Capensis. 
Peduncles 1-flowered, 4 times shorter than the (large) leaves... (5) Gueinzii. 
1. E. Natalitia (Sond.); glabrous, much-branched ; branches greyish- 
white, young ones subangulate ; leaves shortly-petiolate, opposite, 
anaceous, much veined and dotted, elliptic, acute at both ends, 
with recurved margins ; peduncles axillary, cymose or racemose, much 
shorter than the leaves ; calyx-tube glabrous. 
Has. Port Natal, Gucinzius, 60, 568. Gerrard § McKen, 707. (Hb. Hk. Sd. D.) 
Erect shrub, with opposite, erect, spreading branches. Petiole 1 line long. 
Leaves 1} inch long, nearly 1 inch wide, others 1} inch long, 6-9 lines broad, with 
reti with an intra-mar- 
ginal vein. Cymes or racemes about 4 inch long; often intermixed with several 
1-flowered, 3-4 lines long, bibracteate peduncles. Calyx-lobes rotundate-obtuse, 
7 linelong. Petals 4, twice longer than the calyx, dotted, concay rounded, a little 
acuminate at the apex. Fruit unknown. 2 
2. E. Zeyheri (Harv. Gen. Sth. Afr. 416) ; glabrous, much-branched ; 
branches greyish-white, young ones subangulate 3 leaves shortly petio- 
late, opposite, coriaceous, not veined, elliptic-lanceolate, with recurved 
margins ; peduncles axillary, cymose or racemose, much shorter than 
the leaves ; calyx-tube glabrous. Zeyher, 2467. 
Has. Woods on Vanstadesrivier, Krakakamma, and near Howisonsport, EB. ¢ Z./ 
Drege, 5366, a. Dec.—May. (Herb. D., Sd.) 
Shrub or tree, 10-15 feet high. Petiole 1 line long. Leaves thick and not con- 
spicuously dotted, attenuated at each end, but obtuse at the apex, 1-14 inch long, 
4-7 lines broad, shining above, paler beneath. Peduncles cymosely or rionaiilal 
3-7-flowered, intermixed sometimes with a few 1-flowered peduncles ; pedicels with 
2 minute bracts near the calyx. Petals obovate. Berry 1-2- very rarely 3-seeded, 
as large as a small cherry. 
3. E. Albanensis (Sond.) ; branches at top appressed-hairy ; leaves 
on very short petioles, opposite or ternate, coriaceous, not veined, ovate 
or elliptic-oblong, with recurved margins ; peduncles solitary, axillary, 
at the apex bibracteate and 3-flowered ; pedicels adpressed-hairy as well 
as the 4- or 5-parted calyx, 
_ Has. Hills on the Great Vishriver, Zeyher, Memecyl. 1 ; between Kovi and Kap- 
river, Drege, 5366 b ; near Somerset, Bowker. N ov.—Dec. (Herb. Hk.,Sd..D.) 
Dwarf shrub, 4-1 foot, a few-branched ; branches purplish. Petiole 4 line long. 
Leaves opposite, rarely alternate and ternate, 8-9 lines long, 4-5 lines broad, 
acutish, upper ones ovate-oblong, when dry olive-green or blueish-green and shining 
above, pale fulvous- t y the young ones conspicuously dotted. Peduncle 
compressed, glabrous, a little thicker upwards ; pedicels 1-2 lines long, the lateral 
ones divaricate, equalling the leafy, ovate bracts. Calyx at the base with 2 minute 
bracts ; lobes 4 or 5, obtuse. Petals 4 or 5, twice longer, obovate, Stamens inserted 
in a large disc. Fruit not seen. 
4. E, Capensis (Harv. 1. c.) ; quite glabrous, much-branched ; leaves 
