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Brazil, found near Ypanema, in the province of St. Paul. It 

 resembles P. ijicanesjens, but the down on the leaves is more 

 woolly. The leaves are 3 inches long. 



P. rii.fum, Martins ; a shrub of 4 to 6 feet. The tetragonal 

 branchlets are densely clothed with rufous hairs. Native of Brazil, 

 in mountain fields in the province of Minas Geraes. Leaves 4 

 inches long and IJ or 2 inches broad. 



P. 2^ithesccns, Martins ; a shrub of 3 to 4 feet, native of Brazil, in 

 the province of Pernambuco, near the river Termo. 



All the above-named species have tetragonal branchlets. In all 

 the following species the branchlets are terete : — 



P. Guineense, Swartz, Flor. Ind. Occ, ii., p. 881. This species is 

 cultivated in the West Indies, but is said to have been introduced 

 from Guinea, and is called the " Guinea Guava." Its berry is of a 

 dull yellow colour, rather pubescent, red inside, about the size of 

 a nutmeg, and of exquisite taste. Height of the shrub 8 to 12 

 feet. 



P. polycaijion, Trans. Lin. Soc, xi., p. 231, t. 17. Bot. Beg., 653. 

 Native of the island of Trinidad. The middle flower on the 

 peduncle is sessile, and the lateral ones pedicellate, as in the 

 preceding and following species. Height of the shrub 3 to 6 feet. 

 Fruit (which forms in abundance) about the size of a plum, of a 

 delicate taste. 



P. arica, Eaddi, Mem. Flor. Brazil, 1821, p. 5, t. 1. Very 

 nearly allied to P. Guineense, but the leaves are velvety above, not 

 glabrous, and the nerves more elevated. Native of Brazil, near Eio 

 Janeiro. Height of shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



P. phcviatile or "Eiver-side guava." Syn., P. Guiancnse, Persoon, 

 Synopsis Plantarum, ii., p. 27. A shrub of 6 to 8 feet in height, 

 native of Cayenne, and there found along the banks of rivers. 

 The leaves are petiolate, oval, quite glabrous : the lower ones 

 obtuse at both ends, but the upper ones are acuminated at 

 both ends ; pedicels opposite, 1-flowered, about 10 times the 

 length of the petioles. The leaves are full of pellucid 

 dots. 



P. densicomum, Martins ; native of Brazil, on the banks of the 



