832 MYKTACEAE 



Flowers in very short racemes. 



Leaf-blades broadest above the middle : fruit longer than broad. 1. E. buxijolia. 



Leaf-blades broadest below the middle : fruit broader than long. 2. E. monticofa. 



Flowers solitary in the axils, or in umbel-like clusters. 

 Peduncles shorter than the subtending leaf-like bracts. 



Leaf-blades acute or slightly acuminate : corolla about 10 mm. broad : fruit much 



broader than long. 3. E. procera. 



Leaf-blades abruptly and conspicuously acuminate : corolla about 6 mm. broad : 



fruit as long as broad. 4. E. Garberi. 



Peduncles surpassing the subtending leaf-like bracts. 5. E. longipes. 



1. Eugenia buxifolia (Sw. ) Willd. A shrub or small tree, rarely 6 m. tall, with a 

 maximum trunk diameter of about 3 dm., the bark scaly, the branchlets terete. Leaf- 

 blades oblong -cuneate, cuneate-spatulate or nearly oblong, 2-3 cm. long, blunt, revolute, 

 entire or nearly so, deep green above, yellowish green and black-dotted beneath, short- 

 petioled : clusters arising from the axils of old leaves : pedicels rufous-pubescent : 

 sepals 4, obtuse : corolla 3-4 mm. broad : petals white, much longer than the sepals, 

 ciliate, glandular-punctate : fruit oval or oblong-oval, oblique, 7-8 mm. long, aromatic, 

 black. 



On sandy shores, southern peninsular Florida and the Keys. Also in the West Indies. Summer 

 and fall. 



2. Eugenia monticola (Sw. ) DC. A shrub or tree, reaching a height of 8 m., with 

 a maximum trunk diameter of about 3 dm., the bark shallowly fissured, the branchlets 

 terete. Leaf -blades elliptic-ovate or nearly elliptic, but broadest just below the middle, 

 3-5 cm. long, often slightly pinched below the apex, entire, revolute, paler beneath than 

 above and black-dotted ; petioles 2-5 mm. long, margined : racemes cluster-like, axillary : 

 pedicels pubescent : sepals 4, rounded : corolla 3-4 mm. broad : petals 4, surpassing the 

 sepals, glandular-punctate : fruit depressed -globose, 10-12 mm. in diameter, black, glan- 

 dular-punctate, sweet. 



On sandy shores, peninsular Florida and the Keys. Also in the West Indies. Summer. 



3. Eugenia procera (Sw. ) Poir. A tree, reaching a height of 8 m., with a maximum 

 trunk diameter of 3 dm., the bark smooth, the branchlets terete. Leaf -blades ovate to 

 elliptic, 3-6 cm. long, acute or slightly acuminate, firm at maturity, olive-green above, 

 paler beneath, slightly thickened along the margins ; petioles margined, 4-12 mm. long: 

 clusters several-flowered, axillary : pedicels glandular : sepals 4, rounded : corolla white, 

 about 10 mm. broad : petals about twice as long as the sepals, glandular-punctate : fruit 

 depressed, globose, 16-22 mm. broad, orange, tinged with red or black at maturity, con- 

 spicuously crowned with the calyx. 



In sandy shores, Key West and the West Indies. Spring. 



4. Eugenia Garberi Sarg. A tree, reaching a height of 18 m., with a maximum 

 trunk diameter of 5 dm., the bark scaly, the branchlets terete. Leaf -blades ovate or oval- 

 ovate or oblong-ovate, 3-5 cm. long, conspicuously acuminate, lustrous above, paler and 

 black-dotted beneath, revolute, oblique at the base ; petioles 2-6 mm. long : clusters axil- 

 lary, several-flowered : pedicels glabrous : calyx glabrous : sepals 4, acute or acutish : corolla 

 white, about 6 mm. broad : petals 4, ovate or orbicular-ovate, surpassing the sepals : fruit 

 subglobose or globose-obovoid, 5-6 mm. in diameter, scarlet, conspicuously crowned with 

 the calyx. 



In rich hammocks, southern peninsular Florida and the Keys. Also in the Bahamas. Late sum- 

 mer and fall. 



5. Eugenia longipes Berg. A shrub or small tree. Leaf -blades oblong to oval or 

 slightly broadest above or below the middle, 1-3 cm. long, leathery, obtuse or acutish, 

 finely reticulated, short-petioled : peduncles by pairs from a short, stout stalk, 2-6 cm. 

 long : calyx glabrous, glandular-punctate : sepals 4, ovate or orbicular-ovate : corolla 

 white, 8-9 mm. long : petals oblong or nearly so, much longer than the sepals : fruit sub- 

 globose, 6-9 mm. in diameter, with an ample crown of the sepals. 



On sandy shores, Florida Keys and the West Indies. 



2. ANAMONIS Griseb. 



Shrubs or small trees, possessing an aromatic principle, the branchlets terete. Leaves 

 opposite : blades leathery or parchment-like, persistent. Flowers perfect, 3, 5 or 7 in 

 peduncled cymes, or sometimes solitary. Sepals 4 or rarely 5, persistent. Corolla inserted 

 under a thick disk. Petals 4 or rarely 5, glandular-punctate. Stamens numerous : filaments 

 filiform, inflexed : anthers versatile, introrse. Ovary 4-celled. Ovules numerous in each 

 cavity, half-anatropous. Fruit berry-like, more or less oblique, or globose. Seeds 1 or 

 rarely 2. NAKED STPOPER. NAKED-WOOD. 



