832 



MYRTACE^. XXV. PSIDIU.M. 



capitate. Fruit unknown. Leaves full of pellucid dots. Per- 

 haps a Mi'irtiix. 



River-side Guava. Shrub 6 to 8 feet, 



22 P. DicNsiYoMUM (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branches 

 terete, rather compressed at tin- apex, glabrous ; leaves petio- 

 late, ovate-lanceolate, gradually acuminated, glabrous ; pedicels 

 1 -flowered, 3 or 4-times longer than the petioles ; fruit globose. 

 (? . S. Native of Brazil, on the banks of the Solunois, and at 



Lake Ega. Tree glabrous, with a dense head. Allied to /'. 

 /irt-ii'tlile, but differs in the pedicels being shorter. 

 Dense -headed Guava. Tree 20 feet. 



23 P. LITTOIIA'LE (Raddi, mem. 1831. p. 6. t. 1. f. 2.) 

 branchlets terete ; leaves oval-oblong, thickish or coriaceous, 

 attenuated at the base, bluntly acuminated at the apex, glabrous 

 on both surfaces, shining above ; pedicels 1 -flowered, longer 

 than the petioles ; fruit exactly pear-shaped. Jj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, on the sea-shore, where it is called by the inhabitants 

 Araca <le 1'raya. Fruit greenish-yellow, but white inside. 



Shore Guava. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



24 P. RIPA'RIUM (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branches terete ; 

 pedicels and calyxes hairy ; leaves almost sessile, linear-oblong, 

 obtuse at the apex, rather cordate at the base, pubescent beneath, 

 and nearly glabrous above ; pedicels 3-flovvered ; fruitpear-shaped. 



(j . S. Native of Brazil, on the banks of rivers. Nearly allied to 

 P. ttirlini/Idrum. Leaves 3 inches long and an inch broad, with 

 somewhat sinuated crenated margins. Lobes of calyx very blunt. 

 River-side Psidium. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



25 P. GUAVIROBA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 235.) glabrous ; branches 

 terete ; leaves oval-lanceolate, acuminated, tapering to the base, 

 petiolatc ; pedicels 1 -flowered, length of petioles ; fruit globose ; 

 calycine lobes short and blunt. Jj . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 fields at Ypanema, in the province of St. Paul, where it is called 

 by the inhabitants Guaviroba de Canorro or Guavirolo de Campo. 

 1'. caninum, Mart. herb, but not of Lour. Leaves 2 inches 

 long, and 9-10 lines broad. Fruit the size of a large pea. 



Guaviroba, Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



26 P.? DECUSSATUM (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets terete, rather 

 hairy ; leaves oval, obtuse, membranous, opaque ; pedicels ax- 

 illary, 1-flovvered, length of leaves ; calyx at length bluntly 5 - 

 lobed, reflexed ; style incurved, b . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 fields, in the province of Minas Geraes. My'rtus decussata, 

 Mart. herb. Leaves 6 lines long and 3 lines broad. Branches 

 and branchlets opposite, slender. Stamens very numerous. 

 Calyx glabrous. 



Decussate-branched Guava. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



27 P.? DESERTORUM (Mart. herb, ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 236.) 

 branchlets terete, and are as well as the petioles and pedicels 

 clothed with short velvety down; leaves ovate, acute, rather 

 cordate at the base, with crenated margins, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, full of pellucid dots; pedicels 1 -flowered, slender; 

 fruit ovate ; lobes of calyx roundish. fj . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the desert of Bahia. A small neat tree, with pale green 

 leaves. Leaves 15-18 lines long, and 7-9 lines broad. Pe- 

 tioles 2-3 lines long. Pedicels 10-12 lines long. Flowers small. 



Desert Guava. Tree 10 to 15 feet. 



28 P. ? TENUiFOLiuM (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branchlets 

 terete, glabrous as well as the petioles and pedicels ; pedicels 

 1-3 together, axillary, 1- flowered ; leaves ovate, obtuse at the 

 base, but acuminated at the apex, glabrous, but beset with 

 crowded, very minute dots : fruit globose; lobes of calyx round- 

 ish. ^ S. Native of Brazil, in the desert of Bahia. Fruit 5- 

 celled ; cells biovulate. Pedicels 5-G lines long, slender, bract- 

 less at the apex. Leaves membranous. Very nearly allied to 

 P. deserlorum. 



Fine-learcd Guava. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



29 P. OLIGOSI-K'KMUM (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branches 



terete or compressed, slender, glabrous ; leaves elliptic, acumin- 

 ated, glabrous, full of pellucid dots ; pedicels 1 -flowered, rather 

 compressed, thrice the length of the petioles; flower-bud oblong, 

 acute; fruit obovate, subglobose, turbinate at the base, 1-3- 

 seeded. fj . S. Native of Brazil, in woods on the banks of 

 rivers in the province of Bahia. Bark greyish. Leaves an inch 

 long and 5-lines broad. Fruit nodding, yellow. Seeds im- 

 bedded in bitter, rather diaphanous pulp. P. oligospermum, 

 Link, enum. is perhaps different from this. 

 Few-seeded Guava. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 



30 P. LANUGIXO'SUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. ined. 4. t. 4^1. 

 f. b.) branches terete; leaves oblong, obtuse, crenated, woollv ; 

 peduncles 3-flowered, the middle flower sessile, and the lateral 

 ones pedicellate, bearing 2 bracteas at the base of each ; tube of 

 calyx long, 4-cleft, with the lobes acute ; stamens exserted. 

 Tj . S. Native of Peru. Petals obovate. Fruit long, terete, 

 4-celled, crowned by the lobes of the calyx. Seeds reniform. 

 Shrub woolly in every part. 



ll'volh/ Guava. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



31 P.? MYRSINITES (D. C. prod. 3. p. 23G.) branchlets 

 terete, clothed with rufous hairs; pedicels axillary, solitary, 1- 

 flowered, angular, hairy ; bracteoles deciduous ; ovarium tur- 

 binate, glabrous ; lobes of calyx 5, very blunt ; leaves oblong, 

 almost sessile, obtuse at the base, acutish at the apex, villous on 

 the margins, and middle nerve above, the rest glabrous. T? . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in deserts, in the provinces of the mines. 

 My'rtus myrsinites, Mart. herb. Pedicels 3-4 lines long. Throat 

 of calyx broad, and staininiferous, as in Psidium. Leaves 12-15 

 lines long, and 3-4 broad. Perhaps a species of Myrtus. 



Myrtle-like Psidium. Tree 12 feet. 



32 P. BROWNIA'NUM (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branchlets 

 hairy ; pedicels solitary, axillary, 1 -flowered, with lanceolate- 

 linear bracteoles under the flowers ; flower-bud ovate, acute, 

 glabrous, at length splitting unequally into 5 roundish lobes ; 

 leaves ovate, almost sessile, bluntly attenuated at the apex, 

 opaque, glabrous on both surfaces as well as the branches. Jj . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the desert of Bahia. A small, densely 

 branched tree, with greyish bark. Leaves 2 inches long and 1 

 inch broad, with rather revolute margins. Petals roundish. 

 Stamens usually changing into elliptic petals. Fruit unknown. 



Brown's Guava. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 



33 P. OBOVA'TUM (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branchlets 

 terete, velvety from short down ; leaves obovate, coriaceous, 

 quite glabrous in the adult state, but when young rather velvety ; 

 fruit nearly globose, glabrous. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 fields, in the province of St. Paul. Very like the Brasilian P. 

 Cattleyanum, but differs in the branches being beset with short 

 villi. 



Oiora/e-leaved Guava. Shrub 10 to 15 feet. 



34 P. CATTLEIA'NUM (Sabine, in hort. trans. 4. p. 315. t. 11.) 

 branchlets terete, glabrous ; leaves obovate, coriaceous, quite 

 glabrous; pedicels opposite, 1 -flowered, hardly equal in length 

 to the petioles. Tj . S. Native of China and of Brazil, or 

 rather originally brought from China to Brazil. Lindl. coll. 

 t. 16. Ker. bot. reg. 652. P. coriaceum, Mart. herb. P. Chi- 

 nense, Lodd. cab. The fruit of this Guava is rather large, nearly 

 spherical, of a fine deep claret colour, growing in the axils of 

 the leaves ; the skin has much the consistence of that of a 

 fig, but is thinner ; the interior is a soft fleshy pulp, purplish 

 red next the skin, but becoming paler towards the middle, and 

 at the centre is quite white ; it is juicy, and in consistence is 

 much like a strawberry, to which it bears some resemblance in 

 flavour. 



Cattlcy's Guava. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1818. Tr. 10 to 20 ft. 



35 P. CORDA'TUM (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1779.) branchlets terete, 

 glabrous ; leaves sessile, c rdate-roundish, rather stem-clasping, 



