932 Mr.LawszrnrT's Description of a new Species of Psidium. 
and hairy. The leaves have opposite footstalks ; they are near 
five inches long, and more than two broad, of an oval-oblong - 
form, with upward-curved ribs; smooth, with scattered hairs, 
above; rough and hairy beneath.— They cover the greater part of 
the branch, each pair one inch and a half distant. From the 
bottom of each comes out a short stalk, which supports three | 
flowers, and 'they turn into as many round yellow fruits, the size 
of a large cherry, of a delicate taste, far superior to the common 
. Guava.—The numerous fruits, when full grown, form a con- 
tinued cluster on the greater partof the branch, which is bended - 
to the ground by their weight. This species is indigenous to 
the grassy savannahs of Trinidad; from whence plants were sent 
to the St. Vincent's garden in 1792. Itis seldom without fruit, 
and i is  — by cuttings, like the common Guava, - 
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