2 So Dr. SMITH*/ Botanical Char afters of fame Plants 



i. Myrtus ieiurifrfia, pedunculis axillaribus folitariis unifloris, 

 foliis linear ibus mucronulatis. 



An elegant little fhrub which has not yet appeared in the gar- 

 dens. The leaves are oppofite, fomewhat more than an inch in 

 length, and about a line in breadth, llightly revolutc, downy be- 

 neath. FIowe*r-ftalks filky, fhorter than the leaves, each bearing a 

 fmall white flower, often tinged externally with red, and not un- 

 like the common myrtle bloffom, though fcarcely half fo large. 

 The germen is very idky. Calyx nearly fmooth. Petals downy. 

 The ripe fruit I have not feen, but from an examination of the 

 germen, and every part of the flower, I think there can be no doubt 

 of the genus. 



2. M. trinervia, pedunculis axillaribus trifloris, foliis ovatis acu- 

 minatis trinerviis fubtus tomentofis. 



This is alio a ftranger to our gardens. The leaves are large and 

 handfomc, oppofite, ovate pointed, downy beneath, with three 

 flrong nerves, as in thofe of ' BLiha. Flowers fmall, generally three 

 together, on ihort, hairy, forked, axillary flower- (talks. Although 

 the teeth of the calyx, and the petals alio, are generally but four, 

 it is a true Myrtus, and not an Eugenia, the fruit being a berry with 

 many Chining gibbous curved feeds. It has but one cell when 

 ripe, but the germen appears to be divided into two or three cells. 



3. EUGENIA Unn.—Juff. Gen. 324. 



Syzygium. Gartn. vol. 1. 166. /. 33. f. 1. 



Char. Gen. Calyx 4-fidus, fuperus. Pctala 4. Bacca uni- 

 loculars, monofperma. 



1. Eugenia 



