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MYRTACE.E. XXV. PSIDITJM. 



Doe-rvood-leaved Campomanesia. Tree. 



3 C. ? TOMENTOSA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves elhpt,c-ob- 

 lont, acutish, coriaceous, clothed with rufescent tomentmn be- 

 neath, b . S. Native of New Granada, near Ibague. 1 ,. , . 

 and fruit unknown. 



Tomenlose Campomanesia. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Psdiwn, p. 



XXV PSI'DIUM (from ^wr, pndion, the Greek name 

 of die pomegranate. It is derived from ^., pro, to make smaU, 

 n reference to the number of seeds). Lm. gen. no. 6 



416 Lindl. coll. no. 16._Guaiava, Tourn. mst. t. 443. 

 G ffi rtn fruct 1. p. 185. t. 88. Psidium and Bn h ^ dia ' e 2 eC ^ d 



JjIN* SYS1- o J - _ 4.U- o-,ov limK 



JjIN SYST. 4LU&IUW <l *) *" "*^--- 



(f 121 a) or obovate, usually contracted at the apex; 

 ova e und vided, but afterwards 1-5-cleft (f. 121. d.). Petals 5 

 ' [" 1 b ) Stamens numerous, free, inserted m a broad circ e 

 almost 'tteough the whole undivided part of the _ limb. Style 

 filiform (f ill. c.); stima capitate. Ovarium 5-20-celled (t. 

 ?o T) (ex Mart, in lin.) ; cells bipartite ; from the sept, form 

 pfacenta being cleft at the margin, man y of the cells become abor- 

 tive at maturity. Ovula numerous, horizontal (f. 121. e.),fi 

 to the margin of the placenta. Berry "Wf^ 80 ^! 

 by the tube of the calyx, and crowned by its lobes. 

 nestling in the pulp in the mature fru.t, with a bony testa. 

 Embryo form of a horse-shoe, with a hard crustaceans test 

 radicle longer than the cotyledons, which are very small ; covei 

 ofernbryo separable at the radicleTrees or shrubs natives of 

 America within the tropics. Leaves opposite, feather-nerved, 

 dotless. Peduncles axillary, 1 -3-flowered bibracteate Flowers 

 white Fruit edible ; cells usually not distinguishable at ma- 

 turity. Guava is a corruption of the American name Guayaba. 



* Branchlets tetragonal. 



1 P PU'MILVJM (Vahl. symb. 2. p. 56.) branchlets tetragonal; 

 leaves 'lanceolate, acute, glabrous above tqmentose and lined 

 beneath; pedicels 1-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; fruit 

 globose. {.S. Native of the Moluccas Cey on and I Java. 

 Blume, bijdr. fl. ned. ind. p. 1093.-Rumph. amb. 1. t. 49. P. 

 angustifolium, Lam. diet. 3. p. 16. Branches , and under side : of 

 leaves white, ex Lam. P. cujavillus, Burm fl. ind. p. 114. but 

 the peduncles are said to be 2-flowered, and the eaves ovate. 



Far. /3, Guadalupense (D. C. prod. 3. p. 233.) leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, velvety from rufous down beneath as well as on the 

 branchlets. 1 7 . S. Native of Guadaloupe. Perhaps the same 

 as the Indian plant. 



hardly with any pellucid dots. T? . S. Native of Brazil, at 

 Nogueira, in the province of Rio Negro. Iruit globose, gla- 

 brous, pale yellow, size of a Borsdorffer apple. Lobes of calyx 

 ovate, obtuse, erect, and usually connate, crowning the iruit :: 

 pulp acid, citron-coloured. Seeds orbicular, compressed, pal 



brown. 



4cute-anelcd-\>rai\cheA Guava. Shrub. 



4 P. STWATE'LIUM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 233.) branchlets tetra- 

 gonal, glabrous ; leaves oblong, gradually acuminated, hardly 

 obtuse at the base, on very short petioles, glabrous, and full of 

 tubercular dots on both surfaces ; pedicels solitary, 1-flowei < 

 glabrous ; ovarium obovate, striated lengthwise, tj . B. ativ< 

 of Brazil. Allied to P. turbintfldnim. Leaves with pellucid dots 

 when young. Perhaps a species of Myrtus. 



Striated-fruited Guava. Shrub 10 to 12ft. 



5 P. PUNCTULA-TUM (D. C. 1. c.) branches somewhat tetra- 

 gonal ; leaves ovate, cuneated at the base, short-acuminated at 

 die apex, glabrous, dotted beneath, and bearded m the axils of 

 the veins ; peduncles 1 -flowered ; ovarium broad, globose 



S Native of Brazil. Petioles half an inch long. Peduncles 



. D. C- I- CO branchlets some- 



what tetragonal; leaves oval or ovate short-acumma ed, g.. 

 brous above, when young white beneath, clo thed with rufo,.- 

 down at the nerves, but glabrous m the adult state pedals 



tetragonal ; leaves oblong, acuminated, glabrous ; 

 flowered; fruit globose, 4-celled fj.S Native of the woods 

 of Guiana and Cayenne. Buchardia, Neck. gen. no 728. Berry 

 yellow, hardly the size of a cherry. The bru.sed leaves have 

 the smell of balm. 



Var. /3, grandifldrum (Aubl. guian. t. 1 90.) leaves ovate. . 

 S. Native along with the first, which it is very like, but 



natc Guava. Fl. July. Clt. 1779. Shrub 5 to 8 ft 

 3 P. ACUTA'NGULUM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 233.) branchlets acutely 

 tetragonal, almost 4-winged, glabrous ; leaves ovate or el hpti. 

 oblong, short, pe.iolate, rather attenuated at both ends glabrous, 

 full of pellucid and somewhat tubercular dots ; pedicels sohtary, 

 1-flowered ; calycine lobes ovate, reflexed, longer than the trbe, 

 which is obovate before expansion. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, 

 near Ega. Pedicels nearly an inch long. Leaves aboul 



* Far. pfdcidum (Mart, herb.) leaves more obtuse at the base, 



HoUri Cd Ega b/rivulet s'ides. Lobes of calyx oval, obtuse. 



Fruit 10-celled. 



Rivulet Guava. Shrub 6 to 10 ft. 



7 P. MARIBE'KSE (Mart. herb. D. C. prod. 3. p. 2 



brous- upper part of branches tetragonal; leaves on short pe- 



doles, 'eStLo'blong, cuneated at the base, bluntish at the apex ; 



pedicels 1-flowered, a little longer than the pet.oles ; fruit sphe- 



S fo S. Native of Brazil, at Maribi, near the mer Ta- 

 ut Leaves 2 inches long, and an inch broad Pe loles 



lines long. Fruit 6 lines in diameter. Lobes of calyx short, at 



length obliterated or deciduous. 



f r*S,?l^ T P- .TO ) *-*..- 

 ,,, ; leave, o-a.-.U^ ^ "$*', 



cles many-flowered truit rounaisu. t?-^-. 



n the mountains Wood very hard. Fruit small, acid, si 

 ina like the flowers of the bitter-almond; hence , 

 Mmandron Leaves broadly subcrenated according to tl 

 f tl or, bui almost entire according to the specimens examined 

 The wood is excellent, of a dark-colour and curled gram; ,t ,s 

 easily worked, and takes a fine polish. 



Mountain Guava. Clt. 1779. Tree 60 to 100 ft. 

 9 P PYR FERUM(Lin. spec. 672.) branches tetragonal ; leaves 

 elliptfc', ac" e! lined with' rather prominent nerves pubescen 

 beneath ; pedicels 1-flowered ; fruit pear-shaped. J . S- Wa- 

 tive of the Caribbee Islands and the continent of Amei 

 Curnana and now cultivated every where within the tropics for 

 the sake of its fruit. Lindl. bot. reg. 1079. Ruiz e rav. ripe 

 ined 4. t. 418. Rumph. amb. 1. t. 47. Trew. ehr. t. 43. I* 

 avapyrifenms, Gaertn. fruct. 1. t. 38. P. vulgare, Rich, ac . 

 soc hs par p. 110. The common Guava is pear-shaped 

 and of a yeUowish colour when ripe. Pulp sweet, aromatic and 

 pfcasnt The fruit of the guava is eaten both by the natives 

 fnd E-opeans, either in us * state or when made nito jel he, 

 Pear-bearing or Common Guava. Fl. June, July. Clt. M 



(Lin. spec. p. 672.) branches tetragonal ; 



