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Terminalia Catappa. L/inn. (demerara almond). With 

 large, shining, leathery leaves is onh' found in a few shrub- 

 berries. It grows from ten to thirt}- feet high. 



Natural Order, Myrtaceae. 



Myrtus Communis (common mjrtle. ) An evergreen shrub 

 ten or twelve feet high, with simple, smooth, oval, leathery 

 leaves two to three inches long by one and a half broad. 

 Flowers minute, feathery, forming a raceme, or pointed bunch. 

 Although properly a garden shrub, it ma}' be found on the outs 

 skirts and mixing with the following shrubs. 



Eugenia Ugni, or Uniflora. L/inn. (surinam cherry), is 

 very similar to the myrtle, and might easily be mistaken for it, 

 only for the fruit succeeding its white myrtle-like blossoms. 

 This fruit is about the size of a cherr3% obtusely five-angled, of 

 a delicate waxy-red colour, and pleasant sub-acid taste. Both 

 flower in February. 



Eugenia Axillaris. Poir. (brazilian cherry) Is a much 

 rarer shrub, scarcely distinguishable from the previous ones, 

 except in having a larger berry, and flowering in September. 



Eugenia Jambos. L/inn. or vulgaris (rose apple). Is only 

 in a few gardens and not much known. May and June. 



Pimenta Vulgaris. W, A. and P, acris W. A. (Pimento 

 and allspice. ) The former having four and the latter having 

 five lobes to the calyx, are mainly confined to shrubberies, 

 with an occasional rare escape, Leaves aromatic. May. 



Poidium Guagava Pomiferum, L/inn. (Guava) is consider- 

 ed by Lefroy as a native, and grows wild although rare, and is 

 a poor fruiter. 



Punica Granatum. L/inn, [Pomegranate] One of the most 

 delicious fruits. Is a bright green foliaged shrub, ten or fifteen 

 feet high. Its leaves are narrow, lance-shaped. ^ Flowers 

 large crimson, followed by a fruit with a dense leather^' rind, 

 its pulp consisting of irregular cells and seeds of a sub-acid 

 and sweet taste. L/cfroy saj's it was grown here as early as 

 1621, and probably was found here by early navigators. Cap- 

 tain John Smith in his history [about 1608] includes this fruit 



