132 MYETACEAE. 



Calyx of several persistent valvate sepals : petals present. 

 Calyx of regularly separating sepals. 



Inflorescence centripetal : flowers in raceme-like umbel- 

 like or contracted clusters. 1. Eugenia. 

 Inflorescence centrifugal : flowers in cymes. 2. Axamomis. 

 Calyx of irregularly separating sepals. 3. Psidicm. 

 Calyx lid-like, deciduous : petals wanting. 4. Calyptiianthes. 



1. EUGENIA [Mich.] L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf -blades not prominetly 

 ribbed. Flower-clusters short-peduncled or sessile. Berry crowned with the 

 persistent calyx. Seeds 1-4.— Stopper. 



Flowera in very short racemes. 



Leaf-blades broadest above the middle: fruits longer than wide. 1. E.biixifolia. 



Leaf-blades broadest below the middle : fruits wider than long. 2. E. axillaris. 

 Flowers solitary in the axils or in umble-like clusters. 3. E. confusu. 



1. E. buxifolia (Sw.) Willd. Shrub or small tree, the bark scaly: leaf -blades 

 cuneate to nearly oblong, 2-4 cm. long, much paler beneath than above: corolla 

 4-1-5 mm. broad; petals longer than wide: fruits oval or oblong-oval, 6-7 mm. 

 broad, black. — Hammocks. — F. K. {Bah., Cuba, Ant.) — Spanish-stopper. 



2. E. axillaris (Sw.) 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. Not Sw.] — Hammocks. — F, K. 

 (Ber., Bah., Cuha, Ant.) — White-stopper. 



3. 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. [-B. Garberi Sarg.] — Hammocks. — F. K. {Bah., Ant.) — 

 Iroxwood. 



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

 sessile or long-peduucled, 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 suborbicular or reniform : 

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



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



6-8 mm. long : seeds numerous, small, shining. 2. A. longipea. 



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

 oblong to cuneate or obovate-euneate, 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.] 

 Hammocks. — F, 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. — F. K. {Bah.) — Long- 

 stalked 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. 



1. P. Guajava Eaddi. 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 

 1.5-20 mm. long: V^erries globular or pyriform, 3-6 cm. in diameter. — Hammocks, 

 pinelands, waste places, and cultivated grounds. Nat. of Trop. Am., and culti- 

 vated. F. K. {Ber., Bah., Cuba, Ant.) — Guava. 



