MYRTACE^E. XXV. PSIDIUM. 



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leaves oval or oblong-lanceolate, FIG. 121. 



pubescent beneath; peduncles 3-8, 

 or many-flowered ; fruit globose. 

 Tj . S. Native of the West Indies, 

 Mexico, and South America, 

 from whence it has migrated to 

 the East Indies, but is said to 

 grow wild in Cochin-china, by 

 Loureiro. Perhaps indigenous to 

 both Asia and America, or pro- 

 bably two species are confused. 

 Humph, amb. 1. t. 48. Mer. 

 sur. t. 57. Hern, mex. p. 85. 

 with a figure. Fruit yellow, 

 somewhat astringent, with an 

 agreeable odour. The root and 

 young leaves are astringent, and 

 are esteemed useful in strength- 

 ening the stomach. Peduncles downy, varying from one to 

 many-flowered, whence it has been joined with P. pyriferum by 

 lladdi, under the name of P. Guaiava. Pulp of fruit red. 



Far. ft, sapidissima (Jacq. hort. choenbr. 3. p. 62. t. 366.) 

 peduncles ] -flowered. Native country unknown. Berry dirty 

 yellow, larger than a plum. 



Apple-bearing or Common Red Guava. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1692. Shrub 6 to 15ft. 



IIP. HIA'NS (Mart. herb. D. C. prod. 3. p. 234.) branches 

 tetragonal ; leaves oval, obtuse at the base, and usually at the 

 apex, puberulous on both surfaces, but hairy on the nerves be- 

 neath; peduncles solitary, ], rarely 2-flowered, axillary, erect, 

 lateral ones usually deflexed ; flower-bud globose, gaping at the 

 apex. \i . S. Native of Brazil, at Vaodo, Parama, in Tabu- 

 leira, and Catingas. Branches, peduncles, and calyxes velvety 

 from short rufous down. Ovarium obovate. Limb of calyx 

 cup-shaped ; lobes 5, roundish, at length reflexed. 



Gaping Guava. Shrub 6 to 1 ft. 



12 P. TURBINIFLORUM (Mart, in litt. ex D. C. 3. p. 234.) 

 branches tetragonal, hairy ; leaves ovate-oblong, gradually acu- 

 minated, obtuse at the base, on very short petioles, beset with 

 tubercular dots on both surfaces, and hairy on the nerves be- 

 neath ; pedicels 1 -flowered, solitary, villous ; calyx gaping, at 

 length lobed ; ovarium oblong, turbinate. Jj . S. Native of 

 Brazil. Pedicels 9-10 lines long. Ovarium and calyx becom- 

 ing glabrous at length. Branches opposite, at length terete. 



Top-Jlorvered Guava. Shrub 10 to 20 ft. 



13 P. CINE'REUM (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branches tetra- 

 gonal ; leaves oblong, mucronate, on very short petioles, gla- 

 brous above, but clothed with adpressed canescent villi beneath ; 

 peduncles 1-3-flowered; fruit ovate, crowned by the lobes of the 

 calyx, which are roundish-ovate and short. Jj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of St. Paul. Perhaps a narrow-leaved 

 variety of P. incanescens. 



Grey Guava. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



14 P. INCANE'SCENS (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branches 

 tetragonal ; leaves obovate, on short petioles, cuneated at the 

 base, obtuse, and mucronate at the apex, glabrous above, but 

 clothed with adpressed canescent villi beneath ; peduncles S- 

 flowered ; young fruit ovate, crowned by the lobes of the calyx, 

 which are ovate and short. I? . S. Native of Brazil, in fields 

 near Taubate, in the province of St. Paul. A very distinct 

 species. Branchlets rather downy. Leaves 2| inches long, and 

 1 j. broad. Fruit nearly like that of Eugenia, 4-5-seeded. 



Hoary Guava. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



15 P. GRANDIFOLIUM (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branches 

 tetragonal, thick, clothed with white tomentum ; leaves obovate, 

 mucronate, on short petioles, cuneated at the base, glabrous 



above, but clothed with white tomentum beneath ; peduncles 1- 

 flowered ; fruit globose, nearly naked. ^ . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil, in fields at Ypanema, in the province of St. Paul. Like P. 

 incanescens, but the down is more woolly. Leaves 3 inches 

 long. Stem 1-3 feet high. Root thick. Fruit about the size of 

 a walnut. Perhaps the same as P. grandiflorum, Ruiz et Pav. fl. 

 per. ined. 4. t. 421. f. a. 



Great-leaved Guava. Shrub 1 to 3 ft. 



16 P. RU'FUM (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branchlets tetra- 

 gonal, densely clothed with rufous hairs, as well as the peduncles, 

 bracteas, and calyxes ; leaves elliptic or elliptic-oblong, on short 

 petioles, villous on both surfaces when young, but in the adult 

 state glabrous on the upper surface, and clothed with rufescent 

 villi beneath ; pedicels in the axils of the lower branchlets, but 

 somewhat racemose ; young fruit ovate-roundish, crowned by 

 the lobes of the calyx, which are short and obtuse. Jj . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in mountain fields in the province of Minas 

 Geraes. Branchlets hairy, but the branches are terete and 

 smooth. Leaves 4 inches long, and 1^ or 2 inches broad. 

 Bracteoles linear. 



Rufous Guava. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



17 P. pUBE'scENs(Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branches rather 

 tetragonal ; pedicels, bracteas, and calyxes hairy ; leaves nearly 

 sessile, oblong, acute, when young downy on both surfaces, 

 hoary beneath ; pedicels 1-flowered ; bracteoles linear-subulate; 

 lobes of calyx acute. J? . S. Native of Brazil, in the province 

 of Pernambuco, near the river Termo. Flowers large. Ova- 

 rium broadly obovate, not constricted at the apex. Habit nearly 

 of Cratce gus eriocarpa. 



Pubescent Guava. Shrub 3 to 4 ft. 



* * Branchlets terete. 



18 P. GUINEE'NSE (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 881.) branches 

 terete, pubescently villous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, glabrous 

 above, clothed with rusty tomentum beneath, as well as the pe- 

 tioles ; peduncles 1-3-flowered ; fruit roundish. Tj . S. Cul- 

 tivated in the West Indies, but is said to have been introduced 

 from Guinea. Berry fulvous, rather pubescent, red inside, 

 about the size of a nutmeg, of an exquisite taste. 



Guinea Guava. Shrub 8 to 12 ft. 



19 P. POLYCA'RPON (Lamb, in Lin. trans. 11. p. 231. t. 17.) 

 branches terete, hairy ; leaves almost sessile, ovate-oblong, acute, 

 pubescent above, wrinkled and scabrous beneath ; peduncles 3- 

 flowered ; fruit globose. Tj . S. Native of the Island of Tri- 

 nidad. Ker. bot. reg. 653. Branches reclinate. Fruit yellow 

 inside, about the size of a plum, of a delicate taste. The 

 middle flower on the peduncle is sessile, and the lateral ones 

 pedicellate, as in the preceding and following species. 



Many-fruited Guava. Fl. May. Clt. 1810. Shrub 3 to 6 ft. 



20 P. ARA'CA (Raddi, mem. 1821. p. 5. t. 1.) branchlets 

 terete, hairy ; leaves petiolate, oval or oblong, obtuse, downy or 

 hairy on both surfaces ; peduncles axillary, 1-3-flowered; fruit 

 ovoid. Ij . S. Native of Brazil, in fields about Rio Janeiro. 

 P. minus, Mart. herb. Berry about the size of those of a sor- 

 bus, greenish-yellow on the outside, but whitish within. Very 

 nearly allied to P. Guineense, but the leaves are velvety above, 

 not glabrous, and the nerves more elevated. 



Araca Guava. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



21 P. FLUVIA'TILE (Rich, ex herb. Thib.) branchlets terete, 

 glabrous ; leaves petiolate, oval, quite glabrous ; lower ones 

 obtuse at both ends, but the upper ones are acuminated at both 

 ends ; pedicels opposite, 1-flowered, almost 10-times the length 

 of the petioles. Jj . S. Native of Cayenne, along the banks of 

 rivers. P. Guianense, Pers. ench. 2. p. 27. Peduncles an inch 

 and a half long. Style longer than the stamens. Stigma hardly 



