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Myrtus continued. 



There are a number of varieties of this handsome, strongly 

 scented shrub in cultivation, differing chiefly in the shapes 

 of the leaves ; there is also a variegated-leaved form. The 

 typical species proves quite hardy in the South of England. 

 See Fig. 628. 



</L fragrans (fragrant), fl. white ; peduncles nearly as long as 

 the leaves, puberulous. April. 1. leathery, oval-roundish or 



Myrtus continued. 



M. orbicnlata (orbicular-leaved). A synonym of Eugenia orbi- 

 culaia. 



VL tomentosa (tomentose). fl. rose ; peduncles one to three- 

 flowered, bearing two ovate bracteoles under each flower, shorter 

 than the leaves, velvety. June. I. ovate, velvety above in the 

 young state, clothed with hoary tomentum beneath. A. 2ft to 

 6ft. China, 1776. Greenhouse shrub. (B. M. 250.) 



FIG. 629. FRUITIUG BRANCH OF MYRTUS UGNI. 



obovate, emarginate at top, shining above, black-dotted beneath. 

 h. 8ft. Jamaica, 1790. Stove shrub. (B. M. 1242.) 

 I. Luma (Luma).* fl. white, large, on three to five-flowered 

 branched pedicels ; petals larger and more concave than in the 

 common Myrtle. Summer. I. copious, opposite, nearly sessile, 

 Jin. long, broad-oval, nearly orbicular, but acute at base, and 

 sharply apiculate at point, h. 3ft. and upwards. Chili. Green- 

 house shrub. SV.NS. Ewjeniaapindata&nA K Luma. (B. M. 5040.) 



1. Ugni (Ugni).* fl. white ; pedicels axillary, one-flowered ; calyx 

 lobes rettexed. May. fr. globular (crowned with the persistent 

 calyx teeth), red or black, glossy, with an agreeable aroma and 

 pleasant taste ; it is much esteemed in Chili. I. ovate, acute, 

 glabrous; margins reflexed, dark green above, paler beneath. 



A. 4ft. Valdi via,' 1845. Greenhouse shrub (hardy in South-west 

 Britain). See Fig. 629. SVN. Euyenia Ugni (under which name 

 it is figured in B. M. 4626). 



