MYETACEAE. 303 



Calyx of several, persistent, yalvate sepals; petals present. 

 Calyx of regularly separating sepals. 



Inflorescence centripetal, flowers in racemiform, umbelli- 



form, or contracted clusters. 1. Eugenia. 



Inflorescence centrifugal ; flowers in cymes. 



Embryo spiral. 2. Pimento. 



Embryo annular. 3. Anamomis. 



Calyx of irregularly separating sepals. 4. Psidium. 



Calyx lid-like, deciduous ; petals none. 5. 



1. EUGENIA L. Sp. PI. 470. 1753. 



Shrubs or trees, with usually glabrous foliage. Leaves opposite, com- 

 monly leathery, pinnately-veinecl, the flowers axillary, solitary or in umbel- 

 like, raceme-like or congested clusters. Calyx-lobes 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 5, 

 white. Stamens numerous; filaments filiform, distinct and in several series, 

 or aggregated into 4 groups and slightly united. Ovary sessile, 2-3-celled. 

 Ovules several in each cavity. Berries crowned by the calyx-lobes. Seeds 

 often 1-4. Embryo with thick cotyledons and a short radicle. [Named in 

 honor of Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736), a patron of botany and hor- 

 ticulture.] About 600 species, of tropical distribution. Type species: Eugenia 

 uniflora L. 



Pedicels short, shorter than the flowers or as long, at least shorter than the fruits. 

 Leaves ovate to lanceolate : fruit subglobose. 1. E. axillaris. 



Leaves obovate to oblanceolate ; fruit longer than broad. 2. E. buxifolia. 



Pedicels as long as or longer than the flowers, mostly longer than 



the fruits. 



Leaves long-acuminate, shining above. 3. E. confusa. 



Leaves bluntly acuminate, dull above. 



Pedicels 11.5 cm. long or less ; fruit less than 1 cm. in 



diameter. 4. E. rhombea. 



Pedicels 25 cm. long ; fruit 2 cm. in diameter, edible. 5. E. uniflora. 



Flowers unknown ; leaves small, linear. 6. E. undrosiana. 



1. Eugenia axillaris (Sw.) Willd. Sp. PI. 2: 970. 1800. 



Myrtus axillaris Sw. Prodr. 78. 1788. 



Eugenia axillaris microcarpa Krug. & Urban, Bot. Jahrb. 19: 641. 1895. 



A shrub or tree, reaching a height of 8 m., with a maximum trunk diame- 

 ter of about 3 dm., the bark shallowly fissured, the branchlets terete. Leaves 

 elliptic-ovate to ovate-lanceolate or nearly elliptic, unpleasantly odorous, 3-5 

 cm. long, revolute-margined, paler beneath than above and black-dotted, the 

 petioles 2-5 mm. long, margined; racemes short, cluster-like, axillary; pedi- 

 cels short, pubescent; calyx-lobes 4, rounded; corolla 3^-4 mm. broad; petals 

 4, surpassing the calyx-lobes, glandular-punctate; fruit depressed-globose, 

 10-12 mm. in diameter, black, smooth, glandular-punctate, sweet. 



Coppices and scrub-lands, throughout the archipelago from Great Bahama to 

 Caicos, Inagua and the Anguilla Isles : Bermuda : Florida ; Cuba to Porto Rico and 

 Guadeloupe ; Jamaica. Referred by Dolley, by Mrs. Northrop, and by Hitchcock to 

 E. monticola Griseb. WHITE STOPPER. WATTLE. 



2. Eugenia buxifolia (Sw.) Willd. Sp. PI. 2: 960. 1800. 



Myrtus buxifolia Sw. Prodr. 78. 1788. 



A small tree, becoming about 6> m. high, with a trunk up to 3 dm. in 

 diameter, usually smaller, often shrubby, the bark reddish-brown, scaly, the 

 slender twigs sparingly pubescent or glabrous. Leaves obovate, oblaneeolate 

 or nearly oblong, glabrous, 2-4 cm. long, rounded or obtuse at the apex, nar- 

 rowed at the base, short-petioled, dark green above, pale green beneath; 



