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MYRTACE/E. XXIX. CALYPTKANTHES. XXX. SYZYGIVM. 



15 lines long. Flowers larger than any other of the species. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Neat Calyptranthes. Tree. 



10 C. NIGRICANS (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby; leaves obovate, ob- 

 tuse, stiff", opaque, and are, as well as the branches, glabrous ; 

 peduncles axillary or terminal, equal in length to the leaves, 

 somewhat panicled. I? . S. Native of Brazil. Leaves hardly 

 petiolate, 2-3 inches long, and 15-18 lines broad. Flowers 

 small. Flower-bud obovate, mucronate, blackish, as well as 

 the whole plant. 



Blackish Calyptranthes. Tree. 



11 C.? LORANTIIIFOLIA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves elliptic, obtuse, 

 rather coriaceous, opaque, clothed with adpressed pubescence, 

 as well as the branchlets, but glabrous above ; peduncles twin, 

 opposite, panicled, rising from the base of the branchlets, and 

 are, as well as the flowers, clothed with adpressed rufous down. 



I' . S. Native of Brazil, in fields in the province of St. Paul. 

 Leaves 2 inches long, and 1 5 lines broad. Petioles 2-3 lines 

 long. Racemes 2 inches long. Flowers tern, and as if they 

 were operculated, from the bracteoles cohering at the apex. 

 Loranthus-leaved Calyptranthes. Tree. 



12 C. CUSPIDA'TA (Mart. herb, ex B.C. prod. 3. p. 258.) 

 leaves oval, narrowly acuminated, opaque, rather membranous, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, as well as on the branches ; peduncles 

 axillary and terminal, loosely panicled, compressed, and are, as 

 well as the calyxes, velvety from adpressed short rufous down. 

 I? . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio Negro, in 



woods. Leaves 6 inches long, and 2 inches broad. Panicle 

 shorter than the leaves, usually much branched from the base. 

 Flower-bud obovate, dotted. Fruit unknown. 

 Cuspidate Calyptranthes. Tree. 



13 C. LU'CIDA (Mart. herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) leaves elliptic-ob- 

 long, acuminated at both ends, petiolate, full of pellucid dots, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, as well as on the branches, shining 

 above ; peduncles axillary, twin, panicled, a little shorter than 

 the leaves, and are, as well as the calyxes, glabrous. Tj . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia. A tree 20 feet high, 

 with white bark. Branchlets angular. Leaves about 2 inches 

 long, and 9 lines broad. 



Shining Calyptranthes. Tree 20 ft. 



14 C. AROMA'TICA (St. Hil. pi. usul. bras. t. 14.) shrubby; 

 leaves connate, oblong-elliptic, quite glabrous ; peduncles axil- 

 lary or terminal, twin, elongated, panicled. J? . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in woods about Rio Janeiro. Petals 2-3, small, greenish. 

 The flower-buds are whitish and aromatic, and are used in Brazil 

 as a succedaneum for cloves. An oil might be obtained from 

 them equal to oil of cloves. 



Aromatic Calyptranthes. Shrub. 



15 C. PANICULA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. syst. p. 131. prod. 

 ]>. 74. t. 1 3.) leaves lanceolate-oblong, bluntly acuminated ; 

 racemes panicled, terminal. ^ S. Native of Peru, in groves. 

 Flowers very fragrant. Operculum conical. Berry 2-4-celled. 

 A species not sufficiently known. Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 4. t. 424. 



Panicled Calyptranthes. Shrub 1 to 1 2 ft. 



16 C. ? LATERIFLORA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 258.) spikes simple, 

 rising from the old trunk or branches, villous ; bracteas ovate, 

 acute, concave, lower ones sessile ; flowers sessile in the axils of 

 the bracteas ; leaves oblong, acuminated, opaque, quite glabrous 

 on both surfaces. J? . S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of 

 the Mines. Spikes 3-4 inches long, pedunculate, 11-15-flow- 

 ered ; flowers opposite, axillary, bibracteate. Flower-bud nearly 

 globose, very villous, at length ruptured at the apex, not 4-5- 

 lobed as in Myrtus and Eugenia, and not truly calyptrate as in 

 Calyptranthes. Perhaps a new genus, but the expanded flowers, 

 as well as the fruit, are unknown. 



Side-lowering Calyptranthes. Tree 20 to 30 ft. 



17 C. ? BVI.LA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) branches minutely pubescent; 

 leaves broad- lanceolate, obtuse, more or loss blistered. !j . S. 

 Native of Honduras. My'rtus bullata, Salisb. prod. 354. 'This 

 species is hardly known. 



J3ZwteredCalyptrantb.es. Shrub 12 to 14 ft. 



Cult. See Myrcia for culture and propagation, p. 847. 



XXX. SYZY'GIUM (the name is derived from avfryoc, 

 syzygos, coupled ; in allusion to the manner in which the branches 

 and leaves are united by pairs). Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 166. t. 3,'i. 

 but not of Browne. D. C. prod. 3. p. 259. Opa, Lour. fl. coch. 

 309. Calyptranthes spec. Willd. Eugenia spec. Lam. Roxb. 

 Calyptranthus, Blume, bijdr. p. 1089. 



LIN. SYST. Icosdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx obovate ; 

 limb nearly entire or repandly lobed. Petals 4-5, roundish, joined 

 into a calyptra, and as if they were forming a convex mem- 

 branous circumcised operculum. Stamens numerous, free. Style 

 one ; stigma simple. Ovarium 2-celled ; cells few-ovulate. 

 Berry 1 -celled, 1 or few-seeded. Seeds globose. Cotyledons 

 large, thick, half hemispherical. Radicle small, inserted beneath 

 the middle of the cotyledons, and concealed by them. Trees or 

 shrubs, natives of the Old World within the tropics. Li 

 opposite, glabrous. Peduncles axillary and terminal, cymosely 

 corymbose. This genus differs from Calyplrdnthes in the oper- 

 culum being formed from the petals, not from the calyx ; from 

 Caryophyllus in the tube of the calyx being obovate or turbinate, 

 not cylindrical, and with the lobes hardly distinct ; and from Eu- 

 genia in the cotyledons being less closely eonferruminated, and 

 in the petals cohering into a calyptra. 



1. Fruit globose or svbglobose. 



1 S. GUINEE'NSE (D. C. prod. 3. p. 259.) leaves oblong-ellip- 

 tic, acuminated at both ends, shining above and reticulated be- 

 neath ; cymes trichotomous, corymbose, terminal ; calyx 5- 

 toothed. I? . S. Native of Guinea and Senegal. Calyptranthes 

 Guineensis, Willd. spec. 2. p. 974. This species is intermediate 

 between Jambbsa and Syzy'gium. Fruit unknown. 



Guinea Syzygium. Tree. 



2 S. I.ATIFOLIUM (D. C. 1. c.) leaves broadly ovate, obtuse at 

 both ends, somewhat emarginate at the apex, coriaceous, reticu- 

 lated, on very short petioles ; flowers nearly sessile, in lateral 

 fascicles. T? . S. Native of the Mauritius. Calyptranthes, 

 Sieb. fl. maur. 2. no. 98. in this the leaves are 9 inches long and 

 5 broad. 



Broad-leaved Syzygium. Tree. 



3 S. OBOVA'TUM (D. C. 1. c.) leaves obovate or oval, obtuse, 

 coriaceous, on short petioles, feather-nerved, and somewhat re- 

 ticulated ; cymes numerous, on long peduncles, disposed in a 

 terminal panicle ; calyxes repand. tj . S. Native of the Mau- 

 ritius. Eugenia obovata, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 124. My'rtus ob- 

 ovata, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 436. Calyptranthes Pollicina, Willem. 

 maur. p. 29. Calyptranthes, Sieb. fl. maur. no. 99. Leaves 5 

 inches long, and 3 inches broad. Berry globose, larger than a 

 pea. Seeds 2, hemispherical. Cotyledons fleshy, confi-rru- 

 minated. 



Oiota/e-leaved Syzygium. Tree. 



4 S. PANICULA'TUM (D. C. 1. c.) leaves oval, acuminated, 

 feather-nerved, silky ; cymes numerous, rather crowded, disposed 

 in a terminal panicle ; calyx repand. Tj . S. Native of the 

 Island of Bourbon, where it is called Bois a ecorce blanche. S. 

 paniculatum, Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 166. t. 33.? Jambolifera pen- 

 dula, Lin. ex Steud. Eugenia paniculata, Lam. diet. 3. p. 199. 

 Branches with white bark. Petioles 5 lines long. Leaves 2 

 inches long, and an inch broad. 



Panicled Syzygium. Tree. 



5 S. CYMOSUM (D. C. 1. c.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, hardly feather-nerved, coriaceous ; cymes axillary and 



