MYRTACE^:. XXV. PSIDIUM. XXVI. JOSSINIA. 



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coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces ; pedicels aggregate or 

 few-flowered, longer than the flowers. fj . S. Native of 

 Guadaloupe. P. amplexicaiile, Rich, in herb. Juss. Pers. 

 ench. 2. p. 27. 



Cordate-leaved Guava. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1811. Shrub 

 5 to 6 feet. 



36 P. EMARGINA'TUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. ined. 4. t. 418.) 

 peduncles axillary ; leaves ovate, obtuse, coriaceous, somewhat 

 cordate at the base, and emarginate at the apex, much shorter 

 than the peduncles ; fruit globose, crowned by the lobes of the 

 calyx: calyx 4- cleft ; petals 4. Jj . S. Native of Peru. 

 Branches apparently terete. 



Emarginate-le&ved Guava. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 



37 P. MACROSTE'MON (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. ined. 4. t. 420. 

 f. a.) branches dichotomously branched ; leaves small, crowded, 

 ovate, acute, downy ; pedicels rising from the axils of the upper 

 leaves, all 1 -flowered, and forming a terminal raceme ; stamens 

 very long ; stigma somewhat capitate ; calyx 4-lobed ; petals 4, 

 obovate. f? . S. Native of Peru. Branches apparently terete. 



Long-s'amcned Guava. Shrub. 



38 P. RUTIDOCA'RPUM (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. ined. 4. t. 420. f. b.) 

 branches terete ; leaves oval, acuminated, wrinkled ; pedicels 

 axillary, solitary, 1 -flowered ; fruit oval, rugged, crowned by 

 the lobes of the calyx ; petals 5. b . S. Native of Peru. 



Rugged-fruited Guava. Shrub. 



\ Species not sufficiently known. 



39 P. DU'BIUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov.gen. amer. C. p. 152.) 

 branchlets compressed ; leaves on short petioles, lanceolate, 

 terminating each in a long, narrow acumen, membranous, gla- 

 brous ; peduncles racemose, short, few-flowered. f; . S. Na- 

 tive of South America, among rocks on the banks of the Ori- 

 noco, near Atures. Calyx 4-cleft. Petals 4. Ovarium 2-celled ; 

 cells 2-seeded. Perhaps a species of Myrtus or a Eugenia. 



Doubtful Guava. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



40 P. CANINUM (Lour. coch. p. 310.) leaves on short petioles, 

 ovate, acutish, tomentose on botli surfaces ; peduncles racemose, 

 many-flowered, axillary, and terminal ; fruit ovate. Tj . G. 

 Native of China, about Canton. Loureiro calls this P. canlinim, 

 because dogs are delighted with it in the same manner as cats 

 with valerian. The leaves are rather serrated. This species 

 comes very near to P. pumilum. 



Dog's Guava. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



41 P. NIGRUM (Lour. 1. c.) lea\es ovate-lanceolate, glabrous 

 on both surfaces, scattered ; peduncles terminal, branched ; fruit 

 globose. 17 . G. Native of Cochin-china, in woods. Berry 

 small, black. Leaves serrated. 



Black-fr\\heA Guava. Tree. 



42 P. RU'BRUM (Lour. 1. c.) leaves oblong, obtuse, glabrous, 

 on short petioles ; flowers axillary, sessile, crowded, 4-petalled ; 

 fruit oblong. Ij . G. Native of Cochin-china, in woods. Berry 

 red, small, with an acrid sweet taste. 



/ferf-fruited Guava. Tree. 



43 P. I'NDICUM (Raddi, mem. p. 6.) leaves rather fleshy, 

 shining, rounded at the apex ; berries roundish, sessile. Jj . S. 

 Native of Brazil, where it is cultivated for its fruit, and lias 

 probably been imported from the East Indies. 



Indian Guava. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 



44 P. LATIFOLIUM (Link, enum. 2. p. 27.) leaves tapering into 

 the petiole, which is short, and somewhat acuminated. fy . S. 

 Native of South America. Nothing more is known about this 

 plant. 



Broad-leaved Guava. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



45 P. WILLEMETIA'NUM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 337.). f? . S. 

 Native of the Mauritius, between Port St. Louis and Le Police. 

 Willem. herb. maur. p. 28. Perhaps a species of Jossinia. 



Jl'ilhmet's Guava. Shrub. 



Cult. The species ofGu&va grow freely in a mixture of loam 

 and peat. Cuttings will strike root if planted in sand, with a 

 hand-glass over them. Some of the species fruit in the stoves 

 of this country ; but they are hardly worth the trouble and 

 expense, to grow them for this purpose. 



XXVI. JOSSI'NIA (meaning unknown to us). Comm. mss. 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 337. Eugenia species, Lam. Myrtus species, 

 Spreng. 



LIN. SYST. Jcosandria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx turbi- 

 nately globose ; limb 4-parted, even to the base ; lobes distinct 

 in the bud. Petals 4. Stamens numerous, free, inserted in a 

 broad disk, as in Psidium. Fruit fleshy, turbinately globose, 

 crowned by the calycine lobes, many-seeded. Seeds not well 

 known.- Trees and shrubs, natives of the Mauritius, where 

 they are commonly called Bois de nefle by the colonists. Leaves 

 stiff. Peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered, bibracteolate, under the 

 flowers. Fruit edible. This genus is not well known ; it differs 

 from Eugenia in the broad staminiferous disk ; in the fruit being 

 many-seeded, and in the seeds being like those of Myrtus : it dif- 

 fers from Psulium in the lobes of the calyx being 4, not 5, and in 

 the flower-bud ; from Myrtus and Myrcia in the parts of the 

 flower being 4, not 8. 



1 J. MESPILOIDES (D. C. prod. 3. p. 337.) leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, on long petioles, coriaceous, with revolute margins, gla- 

 brous and shining above, but velvety beneath, as well as on the 

 branches and peduncles ; pedicels 1 -flowered, longer than the 

 petioles. Ij . S. Native of the Island of Bourbon, where it is 

 called Bois de peche marron, Bois de nefle grandes feuilles. 

 Eugenia mespiloides, Lam. diet. 3. p. 205. Myrtus mespiloides, 

 Spreng. syst. 2. p. 481. Petioles 8 lines long. Pedicels nearly 

 an inch long. Fruit, according to the specimen in Jussieu's 

 herbarium, ovate, fleshy, crowned by the calyx, velvety-canes- 

 cent. Flowers large. 



Medlar-like Jossinia. Tree 50 feet. 



2 J. LU'CIDA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 337.) leaves obovate-orbicular, 

 on short petioles, glabrous, coriaceous, pale beneath ; flowers 

 solitary, on short pedicels. T; S. Native of the Mauritius, 

 where it is commonly called Bois de cloux. Eugenia lucidu, 

 Lam. diet. 3. p. 205. Myrtus Commersonii, Spreng. syst. 2. 

 p. 479. Fruit obovate-globose, glabrous, crowned by the obtuse 

 lobes of the calyx. 



Shining Jossinia. Tree. 



3 J. ORBICULA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves roundish, obtuse, coria- 

 ceous, glabrous, on short petioles, with reflexed margins; pedi- 

 cels very short, 1 -flowered, 5-C together in a fascicle, and are as 

 well as the calyxes rather velvety. Ij . S. Native of the Mau- 

 ritius. Eugenia orbiculata, Lam. diet. 3. p. 204. Myrtus or- 

 biculata, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 480. There is a variety of this 

 with solitary pedicels. Leaves 2 inches broad and hardly 2^ 

 inches long. Pedicels 3 lines long. 



Orbicular-leaved Jossinia. Clt. 1823. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



4 J. EI.LI'PTICA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves elliptic, attenuated at the 

 base, bluntish at the apex, glabrous, rather coriaceous, on short 

 petioles ; flowers axillary, 2-4 in a fascicle, almost sessile ; 

 calyxes pubescent. b_ . S. Native of the Mauritius. Eu-. 

 genia elliptica, Lam. diet. 3. p, 206. but not of Smith. Flowers 

 small. Lateral nerves of leaves hardly prominent, with the limb 

 opaque, without any pellucid dots. 



Elliptic-leaved Jossinia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



5 J. TINIFO'LIA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 238.) leaves oval, coria- 

 ceous, on short petioles, when young clothed with white velvety 

 down as well as the branchlets, peduncles, and calyxes ; pedicels 

 solitary or twin, 3 or 4 times longer than the leaves. Jj . S. 

 Native of the Mauritius, where it is called Bois de nefle. 



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