436 lv. combretace^: (lawson). [Gyrocarpus. 



varying in size, about f in. long. For synonymy see Bentham in Fl. 

 Austral, ii. 505. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch. 



I have not seen a specimen, but Dr. Welwitsch informs me that he possesses it in 

 his collection from Angola. 



Order LVI. MYKTACEJE. (By Prof. Lawson.) 



Flowers regular or nearly so, hermaphrodite or by abortion poly- 

 gamous. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, limb 4-5-lobed. Petals 

 4-5, inserted on the margin of the disk, imbricated before flowering 

 and so overlapping as to be ball-shaped. Stamens indefinite, inserted 

 upon the calycine disk, distinct or united at the base forming a ring ; 

 anthers 2-celled, versatile with longitudinal dehiscence. Ovary in- 

 ferior, included in the calyx-tube, 1-5-celled; ovules 2 or more in 

 each cell, erect or pendulous, anatropal or campylotropal, inserted upon 

 an axile placenta. Style simple or none. Fruit a dry or fleshy berry, 

 dehiscent or indehiscent. Seeds 1 or more in each cell, exalbuminous. 

 — Trees or shrubs, with simple entire opposite or alternate leaves, often 

 pellucidly punctate. 



A huge Natural Order, extending over the warmer regions of the whole world. 



Psidium pomiferum, L., the guava, a West Indian species, has been introduced into 

 various parts of Tropical Africa. Psidium guineense, Swartz, " another species culti- 

 vated in the West Indies, is said to have been imported there from Guinea, but it does 

 not appear that any specimens have been found in Africa." It is a variety of P. 

 Araca, which is not a native of Africa. 



Myrtus communis, L., is also found escaped from cultivation. 



Tribe 1. Myrtese. — Ovary 2-3-celled. Fruit a dry or pulpy berry. Leaves oppo- 

 site, dotted 1. Eugenia. 



Tribe 2. Lecythidese. — Fruit fibrous or fleshy. Leaves alternate, not dotted. 



Fruit fibrous, terete 2. Barringtonia. 



Fruit fibrous, winged 3. Petersia. 



Fruit fleshy, globose 4. Napoleona. 



1. EUGENIA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 718. 



Calyx-tube globose ovoid or turbinate, lobes 4. Petals 4. Stamens 

 indefinite, distinct ; anther-lobes parallel. Ovary 2-3-celled ; style 

 filiform. Ovules numerous. Fruit a subdrupaceous berry, crowned 

 with the persistent limb of the calyx. Seeds few, 1-4, globose or 

 compressed. — Glabrous trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, coriaceous. 

 Peduncles 1 -flowered or arranged in cymose panicles. 



Peduncles solitary or fascicled, axillary. 



Flowers 1-4 in the axils of the leaves ; leaves mostly small. 



Leaves f-1 in. long, ovate or elliptical ; flowers solitary . 1. E. coronata. 

 Leaves 2 in. long, broadly ovate ; flowers 2 in each axil . 2*E. Michelii. 

 Leaves 2-3 in. long, lanceolate ; flowers 2-4 in each axil . 3. E. salicifolia. 

 Leaves 3-4 in. long, broadly elliptical, with recurved mar- 

 gins ; peduncles 1 in. long or more 4. E. calycina. 



