104 MYRTACEAE. 



2. E. axillaris (Stt.) Willd. Shrub or small tree, the bark fissured: leaf -blades 

 elliptic-ovate to nearly elliptic, 3-5 cm. long, slightly paler beneath than above : 

 corolla 5-6 mm. broad; petals mostly wider than long: fruits spheroidal, 10-12 

 mm. broad, black. [E. monticola Chapm.]- — Hammocks, U. keys, L. keys. — 

 [E. K.] — {Ber., Bah., Cuha, Ant.) — White-stopper. 



3. E, rhombea (Berg) Urban. Tree, the bark smooth: leaf -blades ovate to 

 elliptic, 3-6 cm. long, slightly acuminate: corolla 12-14 mm. broad; petals 

 slightly longer than the sepals: fruits spheroidal, 16-22 mm. broad, orange 

 tinged with red, or black at maturity. — Hammocks, L. keys. — {Bah., Cuha, 



Ant.) EeD- STOPPER. 



:, /"«4. E. confusa DC. Tree, the bark scaly: leaf-blades ovate, oval-ovate, or 

 oblong-ovate, 3-5 cm. long, markedly acuminate: corolla 4-6 mm. broad; petals 

 about twice as long as the sepals: fruits subglobose or globose-obovoid, 5-6 

 mm. broad, scarlet. \_E. Garheri Sarg.] — Hammocks, U. keys. — [E. K.] — {Bah., 

 Ant.) — Iron WOOD. 



2. ANAMOMIS Griseb. Shrubs or trees. Leaf -blades not ribbed. Cymes 

 sessile or long-peduncled, sometimes 1-flowered. Berry crowned with the per- 

 sistent calyx. Seeds 1 or 2 or many. — Naked-stopper. Nakedwood. 



Cymes markedly peduncled and several-flowered : sepals suborblcular or renlform : 



petals 3-4 mm. long: seeds 1 or 2, large. 1. A. dicruna. 



Cymes usually sessile and 1-flowered : sepals oblong to ovate : 

 petals C'-S mm. long : seeds numerous, small, shining. 

 Petals 4-5 mm. long : calyx less than 1 cm. wide. 2. A. longipes. 



Petals 6-7 mm. long : calyx ovei' 1 cm. wide. 3. A. bahamensis. 



^*}^1. A. dicrana (Berg) Britton. Shrub, or tree becoming 8 m. tall: leaf-blades 



'oblong to cuneate or obovate-cuneate, 2-4 cm. long: terminal flowers of each 



cyme sessile: corolla 8-9 mm. wide; petals white, fully twice as long as the 



sepals: fruits 6-7 mm. in diameter: seeds dull. [Anamomis dichotoma Sarg. J 



— Hammocks, L. keys. — [E. K.] — Naked-stopper. 



2. A. longipes (Berg) Britton. Shrub with prostrate-diffuse or sometimes 

 erect stems, or rarely a small tree: leaf -blades mainly ovate or oval, 1-3.5 cm. 

 long, finely reticulate : terminal flower of each cyme long-stalked : corolla 12-14 

 mm. wide; petals white or pink, much longer than the sepals: fruits 6-9 mm. 

 in diameter. [Eugenia longipes Berg.] — Pinelands, L. keys. — [E. K.] — 



{Bah.) — Long-stalked stopper. 



3. A. bahamensis (Kiaersk.) Britton. Shrub with diffuse branches or a 

 small tree: leaf -blades orbicular, oval, or elliptic, or somewhat ovate, mostly 

 2-4 cm. long, very thick, shining above, obscurely reticulate beneath: peduncles 

 and pedicels strongly flattened: corolla about 1.5 cm. wide; petals white or 

 nearly so: fruits about 1 cm. in diameter. [Eugenia bahamensis Kiaersk.] — 

 Pinelands, Big Pine Key. — {Bah.) — Bahaman-stopper. 



')'^' 3. PSIDIUM L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf -blades prominently many-ribbed. 

 Flowers solitary or few together. Fruit crowned with the persistent calyx. 

 Seeds very numerous. 



4^"'l. P, Guajava Raddi. Shrub, or tree sometimes 8 m. tall: leaf -blades oblong 

 or nearly so, 4-8 cm. long, pubescent beneath: sepals 9-15 mm. long: petals 

 15-20 mm. long: berries globular or pyriform, 3-6 cm. in diameter. — Hammocks, 

 pinelands, roadsides and cultivated grounds, U. keys, L. keys. Nat. of Trop. 

 Am.— [E. K.]— (5er., Bah., Cuha, Ant.)— Gvaya. 



4. CALYPTRANTHES Sw. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades not ribbed. 

 Flowers in terminal panicles. Calyx cap-like, deciduous. Berry crowned with 

 the top of the hypanthium. Seeds 1 or 2. [Chytraculia P. Br.] — Stopper. 



