466 ODOltOGRAPIIIA. 



possibly only a form of the Indian plant. Both are 2 to 3 feet in 

 height. 



P. aromaticum, Aublet, Hist, des plantes de la Guiane Fran^aise, 

 i., p. 485, t. 191, is a native of the woods of Guiana and Cayenne ; 

 height 5 to 8 feet. The berry is yellow, hardly the size of a cherry. 

 The bruised leaves have the smell of Balm. Native with this 

 species is found a var. jS. grandiflorum (Aublet, idem, t. 190) : it 

 is very like the first, but a smaller plant. 



F. acutaiujulum, D.C., Prodr., iii., p. 233. A native of Brazil, 

 near Ega. An acid variety of this is referred to by Martius as 

 being found at Nogueira, in the province of Eio Negro, Brazil. 



P. rivulare, Martius herbarium ; a shrub of 6 to 10 feet ; native 

 of Brazil, between Coari and Ega by rivulet sides. 



P. marihense, Martius herbarium, D.C., Prodr., iii., p. 233 ; a 

 shrub of 6 to 10 feet ; native of Brazil, at Maribi, near the river 

 Tapura. 



P. montanum, Swartz, Flora Indise occidentalis, p. 879. This 

 species is a tree of 80 to 100 feet in height ; native of Jamaica, on 

 the mountains. The branches are tetragonal ; leaves oval-oblong, 

 acuminated, quite glabrous ; peduncles many-flowered ; fruit 

 roundish, small, acid, smelling like the flowers of the bitter 

 almond, hence it is called Almandron. 



P. Mans, Martius herbarium, D.C., Prodr., iii., p. 234 ; a shrub of 

 6 to 10 feet, native of Brazil, at Vaodo, Parama, in Tabuleira and 

 Catingas. 



P. turhinifloTum, D.C., Prodr., iii., p. 234; a shrub of 10 to 20 

 feet ; native of Brazil. 



P. stricdellum, D.C., Prodr., iii., p. 233 ; a shrub of 10 to 12 feet ; 

 native of Brazil ; is allied to P. turliniflorum, but some observers 

 consider it to belong to the genus Myrtus, an observation which 

 also applies to P. ^imc^«/«^2^?/?, a shrub of 4 to 6 feet, native of 

 Brazil. 



P. incanescens, D.C. ; a shrub of 4 to 6 feet ; native of Brazil, 

 near Taubate, in the province of St. Paul. P. cinerum, D.C, may 

 be a narrow-leaved variety of this. 



P. grandiflorum, Martius ; a shrub of 1 to 3 feet ; native of 



