152 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. MYRSINEACES. 
that of others is occasionally used medicinally in their native countries. A number of species are 
cultivated for the beauty of their handsome evergreen foliage and bright-colored fruit.’ 
The generic name is of Carib origin. 
1 Rosenthal, Syn. Pl. Diaphor. 503. — Baillon, Hist. Pl. xi. 3 Bot. Mag. xl. t. 1677, t. 1678 ; xlv. t. 1950; 1. t. 2364. — Bot. 
328. Reg. vii. t. 533; viii. t. 638; x. t. 827; xxii. t. 1892. — Nicholson, 
Dict. Gard. i. 108. 
