me 243 
East Indian Islands. 
flatulence. 
Eveenta, Linneeus. 
1-2-celled, with as many seeds. 
Auspice.) Fig. 324. 
ves oblong or oval, obtuse, smooth ; pedun- 
_ eles axillary and terminal, in trichotomous 
panicles; berry globose, 1-seeded. 
_ Habitat. West India Islands, 
y. “ Intermediate between pepper and cloves.” 
_ —Pereira. é 
88. As a spice in cookery ; in weak digestion ; to 
relieve flatulency, &c. ) 
Myrtvus. Linneeus. 
* roundish, 5-cleft. Petals 5. Stamens 
distinct. Berry 2-3-celled, many-seeded. 
M. communis Linneus.—-(The Myrttz.) 
Fig. 325. 
€s ovate and lanceolate, acute; pedicels 
‘Solitary, 1-flowered, about as long as the 
leaf, with a pair of linear deciduous bracts 
_ beneath each flower. 
tat. Persia. Common in gardens. 
. soy rag aromatic. 
_ Dried fruit and flower-buds formerly used as a 
Spice ; and are said to be so still in Tuscany; 
a kind of wine; flowers yield a distilled water 
called Eau d’ Ange. 
Pontoa. Linneeus. 
* coriaceous, tubular, 5-7-cleft, valvate. 
Petals 5-7, crumpled. Fruit a leathery 
indehiscent case, with numerous irregular 
cells, and 00 seeds, covered with pulp. 
©. Granatum Linneus.—(The PomEera- 
_ NATE.) Fig. 326. 
‘Wee ; leaves lanceolate. 
itat. Barbary and the south of Europe. 
. Astringent ; bark of root emetic and purgative. 
atk of root fix woem ches $ rind of fruit for garg) 
fevers, especially bilious. 
Phalanges. Capsule inclosed in the calyx, 
uty. Fragrant, sweetish, very agreeable ; stomachic, carminative. : 
Dried flower-buds much used as flavouring ingredients ; in dyspepsia, nausea, 
roundish, 4-parted. Petals4. Stamens distinct. Berry roundish, 
E. Pimenta De Candolle. Myrtus Pimenta Linneeus.—(Preyto. 
es ; pulp of seeds refrigerant, a ne 
Metateuca. Linneeus. _ 
5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens poly > aninta tribe V 
in 5 polyandrous 
with 00 angular seeds. 
oe 
Fig. 395,—-Myrtus conimunis ; 326. Punien Granatum- 
