832 MYRTACEAE 



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 be- 

 neath, 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. SPANISH STOPPER. 



2. Eugenia axillaris (Sw.) Willd. 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, revo- 

 lute, 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, glandular-punctate, sweet. 



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

 WHITE STOPPEB. 



3. Eugenia rhombea (Berg) Krug & Urban. 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 ma- 

 turity, 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, conspicuously crowned with the calyx. 



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



4. Eugenia confusa DC. A tree, reaching a height of 18 m., with the maxi- 

 mum 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 axillary, 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, 56 mm. in diam- 

 eter, scarlet, conspicuously crowned with the calyx. [E. Garberi Sarg.] 



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

 Late summer and fall. RED STOPPER. IRONWOOD. 



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



In pine lands and hammocks, southern peninsular Florida and the Keys. Also in the 

 West Indies. All year. 



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 numer- 

 ous: filaments filiform, inflexed: anthers versatile, introse. 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 STOPPER. NAKED-WOOD. 



