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Myrtaceae contains the guava (Psidiurn Giiajava}, a most delicious fruit from 

 which is made a jelly that is considered a great delicacy; the bay-berry (Amomis 

 idryophyMata), from the dried leaves of which, when placed in water, an es- 

 sential oil may be distilled which is used in the medication of rum ; rose apple 

 (Jambosa inalaccensis) which yields an edible fruit and furnishes a material 

 .suitable for baskets, hoops, sugar casks, etc. ; Jambuse berries (Jambosa zntlgaris) 

 cultivated in the tropics; the spices, piment or allspice, (Pimento officinalis) and 

 cloves, (Euyenia caryophyHata) from the Moluccas, common articles of com- 

 merce. Cloves contain an essential oil which is an excellent antiseptic and con- 

 tains caryophyllin, C 10 H 16 O, and cugenin, C 1Q H 12 O 2 . Cajaput, (Melaleuca leu- 

 c&dcndron) is an excellent stimulant containing cajapntol, C U) H 16 H,,O. 





Tig. 361. Buffalo Berry (Shepkerdia argentea). Fruit used for jellies, 

 etc. (From American Agriculturist.) 



