Eugenia.} lvi. myrtacejs (lawson). 437 



Flowers 6 or more in the axils of the leaves, sessile or very 

 shortly pedunculate. 



Leaves not shining ; flowers sessile 5. E. calophyUoides. 



Leaves shining ; flowers shortly pedunculate ....&. E. memecyloides. 

 Flowers in dense cymes or in 2-3-chotomous panicles, terminal. 



Young branches round or obscurely angled I.E. owariensis. 



Young branches acutely quadrangular, almost winged . . . 8. E. cor datum. 



1. E. coronata, Vahl, EC. Prod. iii. 271. Shrub 6 ft. high, young 

 branches slightly puberulous. Leaves ovate or elliptical, f-1 in. long, 

 J-J in. broad, margins slightly revolute, very shortly petiolate. Pedi- 

 cels 1-3 lines long. 



Upper Guinea. Niger, Barter/ 



2* E. Michelii, Lam. ; DC. Prod. iii. 263 ; Bot. Mag. t. 473. Shrub 

 10 ft. high, branches glabrous. Leaves nearly sessile, broadly ovate, 

 with undulate margins, glabrous, coriaceous, shining, 2-2J in. long, 

 1-1 \ broad. Flowers about 4 in each axil j pedicels J in. long. 



Upper Guinea. Barter! 



A West Indian species, here most probably an escape from cultivation. 



3. E. salicifolia, Laws. Small tree, branches glabrous. Leaves 

 lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed below into short petioles, glabrous, 

 coriaceous, shining, 2-3 in. long, f-1 in. broad. Flowers very small, 

 2—3 in each axil j pedicels 1-2 lines long. 



Upper Guinea. Bagroo river, Mann P Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 



4. E. calycina, Benth. Fl. Nigrit. 358. Branches glabrous. Leaves 

 petiolate, broadly ovate-elliptical, cuspidate, margins revolute, 2-3 in. 

 long, lijr-2 in. broad, glabrous, coriaceous, shining. Flowers large, 

 solitary ; pedicels 1 in. long, or more. 



Upper Guinea. Grand Bassa, T. Vogel ! 



5. E. calophylloid.es, DC. Prod. iii. 272. Branches densely downy 

 when young. Leaves oblong-elliptical, shortly acuminate, petiolate, 

 4 in. long, glabrous, coriaceous, not shining. Flowers sessile, crowded 

 in the axils of the leaves, downy. — E. caryophylloides, Benth. in Fl. 

 Nigrit. 359. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Smeathmann! Fernando Po, Mann! 

 Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith ! 



A specimen from West Tropical Africa, gathered by Mann, has shorter broader and 

 nearly sessile leaves, and fasciculate nearly sessile staminate flowers. 



6. E. memecyloides, Benth. Fl. Nigrit. 359. Leaves petiolate, 

 oblong- elliptical, shortly acuminate, 4-6 in. long, 2J- in. broad, with 

 narrowed margins, coriaceous, glabrous, shining. Flowers shortly pe- 

 dicellate, crowded in the axils of the leaves. 



Upper Guinea. Grand Bassa, T. Vogel ! 



/3. Leaves shorter, broader, more oblong, not shining. 



y. Leaves as long as in the type, but much broader, more acuminate, and not shining. 



Both are from Fernando Po, collected by Mann. They may be distinct. 



