332 MYRTACE X. —  JAMBOSA. 
vations on this plant in the Bot. Magazine. We are at a loss to understand 
Dr Hooker's dissections and description of the ovarium: we have examined 
Myrcia acris from the West Indies, and find a 2-celled ovary with the pla- 
cente extending nearly to the side, thus dividing each cell into two: Rox- 
burgh's specimens of his Myrtus Pimenta latifolia exhibit the same structure ; 
and, indeed, we are unable to point out any difference between these spe- 
cies: in both, the leaves are convex and pellucid-dotted, though sometimes 
obscurely. De Candolle has misplaced the synonyms of Poiret ; that author s 
Myrt. aromatica belonging to E. acris, and his M. citrifolia (not seen by him, 
but described with lanceolate leaves and 4-fid flowers, and taken up princi- 
pally from Linnzeus’s account of his M. Pimenta) to E. Pimenta. 
+1031. (6) E. cuneata (Wall.)—Wall.! L. m. 3625.—Myrtus cuneata, 
Heyne ; herb. Madr. Courtallum. 
VIII. JAMBOSA. Rumph.; DC. 
Calyx-tube turbinate, attenuated at the base ; the throat produced beyond 
the ovary, dilated, obovate : limb 6—4-cleft ; lobes roundish. Petals 4, inserted 
on the top of the throat of the calyx, broad, concave, obtuse. Stamens very 
numerous, longer than the petals, distinct, straight. Ovary 2-celled: ovules 
numerous. Style filiform. Stigma simple, slightly acute. Fruit grumose- 
fleshy, crowned by the limb of the calyx, 1-2-seeded. Seeds angled. po 
tyledons between fleshy and horny, thick, united by their margins: radicle 
somewhat cylindrical, concealed between the cotyledons.— Trees. Leaves 
opposite, quite entire, shortly petioled, pellucid-dotted. Cymes lateral and 
terminal, much shorter than the leaf, few-flowered, simple, the lateral pedi- 
cels opposite, the terminal one solitary. Flowers large, jointed with the top 
of the pedicel, without braeteoles. Fruit large, eatable. 
1032. (1) J. vulgaris (DC. :) leaves narrow-lanceolate, attenuated at the 
©, acuminated towards the apex: racemes cymose, terminal: (flowers 
white): fruit globose.—DC. prod. 3. p. 286; Wight! cat. n. 1079.—Eugenia 
105. aa Ms p. 672; Rowb. fl. Ind. 9. p. 494; in E. I. c. n tab. 
; Wan.! L. n. 3615.—Myrtus J al Kis . syst. Z. p. 409.— 
Rheed. Mal. 1. t. 17 D m Un Es Son iyd QN 
fruit turbinate, depressed.—J, macrophylla, DC. prod 3. p. 386 (excl. syn.) 
T and Rumph.—Eugenia alba, Roxb. ! fl. Ind. 2. p. 493; Wall. L. n. 
509 
* 1034. (3) J. aquea (DC. :) leaves almost sessile, oblong-lanceolate, nar- 
rower and somewhat cordate at the base: peduncles terminal or from the 
upper axils, 3-7-flowered : (flowers white); fruit turbinate, flattened at both 
ends.— DC. prod. 3. p. 288 3 Wight! cat. n. 1080.—Eugenea aquea, Roxb. ft. 
Ind. 2. p. 492 ; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1439 ; Wall.! IL, n. 3619.—E. malaccensis, 
Lour. (not Linn.)— Rumph. Amb. 1. t. 38. J. 2. (bad); and t. 89? eae ern 
We suspect that Eugenia alba, Wall. L. n. 3614, a, b, belongs to this, and 
not to the true J. alba. Rumph’s t. 38. J: 2, judging from the 4-cleft stigma, 
* 1035. (4) J. malaccensis (DC.: leaves oblong-lanceolate, attenuated at 
the base: cymes lateral, eee sat 7 sessile br very shortly peduncled, 
fascicled: (flowers red): fruit (large) turbinate-—DC. prod. 3. p. ced 
Wight! eat. n. 1081.—J. purpurascens, DC. I. c. (excl. syn. Roxb.)—J. ek 
mestica, DC, l c, p. 288.— Eugenia malaccensis, Linn. sp. p. 672; Lam. WR 
