1.>1 3IYKTACK-E. (.MYKTLK FAMILY.) 



1. T. CEtappa, L Leavoa sliort-petioletl, softlv j>iibo.>*('oiit wlicn young, 

 at loiigtii siiHmiliisli, obovato, wetlgi'-sliapetl but truncated or sliglitly cordate 

 at tlie basi', willi a depressed gland on each side of the inidrilt near the 

 base; spikes wry sh-nder, sliorter than the leaves, the upper flowers sterile; 

 drupe ovate, acute, compressed, with the margins somewhat winged. — South 

 Florida. — A large tree. Leaves 4' - »' long. Flowers minute, pale greeu. 



()iu)i;i; .jii. MYKTACE-12. (Myimlk Fa.milv.) 



Tree.s or .shnilt.s. Leaves oi)p()site, simple, entire, dotted and com- 

 monly with an intra-margijuil vein. Stiimles none. — Calyx 4-6- 

 cleft, valvate in tlie bud, the tulie adhereiit to the comjiound ovary. 

 Petals 4 - G, in,serted with the numerous stamens on the throat of the 

 calyx, sometimes wanting. Filaments long, free, or variously com- 

 bined. Anthers intror.se, roundish, longitudinally dehiscent. Style 

 solitary. Seeds without albumen, fixed to a central placenta. 



1. EUGENIA, Micheli. Allspice. 

 Caly.\-tube roundish, tlie limb 4-cleft. Petals 4. Stamens di.stiuct. Ovary 

 2-3-celled, with several ovules iu each cell. Fruit baccate, roundish, 1-2- 

 celled, 1-2-seedeil. Cotyledous thick and united. Kadicle very short. — 

 Flowers white, axillary, solitary, cymose, or clu.stered, 2-bracted. 



* Flowers in ax ill a ri/ cj/ines. 



1. E. dichotoma, DC. Leaves oblong-obovate, obtuse or emarginate, 

 rigid, and, like the branches, roughened with appressed hairs, at length 

 smoothish, the margins revolute ; peduncles twice as long as the leaves, 3-7- 

 flowered, the central flowers sessile ; calyx-tube obconical, 2-l)racted, downy 

 and hoary, the lobes roundish, spreading ; petals orbicular, ciliate ; stamens 

 numerous. — South Florida. — A small tree. Leaves 1' long. Branches 

 compressed. 



* * Flowers solitcirif or nmhellnte.. 



2. E. procera, I'oir. Smooth; leaves ovate, tapering but ol)tnse at the 

 apex, abruptly contracted at the l)ase into a short petiole ; peduncles solitary 

 or 2-4 togetlier, filiform, not half the length of the leaves, 1-flowered ; calyx 

 tube henu'spherii-al ; petals orbicular, ciliate; berry globose, 1-seeded. — South 

 Florida. May. — A small tree. Leaves 1 ^' - 2' long. Flowers consiticuous, 

 white and fragrant. Berry as large as a grain of pepper. 



3. E. Garberi, Sargent. Branclilets sleiuler, terete ; leaves coriaceous 

 shining, lung attenuate, obtuse, finely punctate-glandular beneath, the thick 

 niargnis revolute; umbels pedunded, the slender ])edirels 1-flowered: berry 

 globose, 1-seeded, scarlet. — Keys of S(mth Florida. — A tree .50° -60° high, 

 with red l)ark and very hard wood, fruiting in March and April. 



4. E. longipes, Berg. Smooth; branchlets very .slender; leaves (1' or 

 less long) oblong-oval or obovate, short-petioled, obtuse ; flowers large, single, 

 or by pairs, lateral, or at the base of the branchlets, on long (1'- \V) bibrac- 



