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heavier than water, and rises in distillation with some difficulty. 

 It is hot and caustic, and therefore employed in the cure of tooth- 

 ache. It is also employed by perfumers. 



The cloves are gathered by hand, or beaten with reeds, so as 

 to fall upon cloths which are placed under the trees to receive 

 them, and dried by fire, or, what is better, in the sun. The 

 fully-formed berries are preserved in sugar, and eaten after 

 dinner, to promote digestion. Clove trees being difficult to trans- 

 plant, the seeds are usually sown where the trees are intended to 

 remain, for if the roots are once injured it is seldom they recover. 



Aromatic or Common Clove. Clt. 1796. Tree 20 to 40 ft. 



2 C. ELLIPTICUS (Labill. sert. caled. p. 64. t. 63.) leaves ovate 

 or elliptic, obtuse ; cymes 3-flowered. Pj . G. Native of New 

 Caledonia. 



EHiptic-\eaved Clove. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



3 C. ANTISE'PTICUS (Blum, in litt. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 262.) 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, bluntly acuminated, full of fine pellucid 

 veins; corymbs axillary and terminal; pedicels umbellate; calyx 

 tubular, bluntly 5-toothed. Jj . S. Native of Java, in the pro- 

 vince of Buitcn-Zorg, at Mount Pantjor. Calyptranthus aro- 

 matica, Blum, bijdr. p. 1092. 



Antiseptic Clove. Tree. 



4 C. FASTIGIA'TUS (Blum, in litt. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 262.) 

 leaves cuneate-oblong, bluntish, full of fine, transverse, parallel 

 veins ; corymbs terminal, fastigiate ; pedicels 3-flowered. fj . S. 

 Native of Java, in woods, in the western parts. Calyptranthus 

 fastigiata, Blum, bijdr. p. 1090. This plant appears to be allied 

 to Caryophyllut, in the calyx or ovarium being cylindrical, and 

 in the limb of the calyx being bluntly and evidently 4-lobed. 



Fastigiate Clove. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



5 C. FLORIBU'NDUS (Blum, in litt. ex D. C. 1. c.) leaves oval- 

 oblong, bluntish, attenuated at the base, almost veinless, shin- 

 ing ; corymbs terminal, trichotomous, divaricate ; pedicels 3- 

 flowered. fj . S. Native of Java, in woods on Mount Salak. 

 Calyptranthus floribunda, Blum. 1. c. p. 1091. This is distin- 

 guished from the first species in the leaves being broader, stifFer, 

 and in the corymbs being divaricate and dense-flowered. 



Bundle-flowered Clove. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



Cult. All the species of clove require a strong dry heat to 

 flourish well, except C. ellipticus, which is a green-house plant. 

 A mixture of loam and peat is the best soil for them. Ripened 

 cuttings of them will root if planted in a pot of sand, with a hand- 

 glass over them, in a moist heat. All the species are difficult to 

 preserve through the winter in our stoves. 



XXXII. ACMENA (one of the names of Venus). D. C. 

 diet, class, vol. xi. not. 1826. prod. 3. p. 262. 



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

 nate ; limb truncate, somewhat involute in the young state. 

 Petals 5, small, distant, some of them sometimes abortive. 

 Stamens numerous, free. Style terete, short. Berry globose 

 or oval, 1-seeded. Seed roundish, thick. Cotyledons conferru- 

 minated. Shrubs. Leaves opposite, glabrous, quite entire. 

 Cymes 3-flowered, disposed in a terminal panicled thyrse. 

 Flowers white. 



1 A. FLORIBU'NDA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 262.) leaves full of 

 pellucid dots, oval-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends. lj . G. 

 Native of New Holland. Metrosideros floribunda, Smith, in 

 Lin. trans. 3. p. 267. Vent. malm. t. 75. Myrtacea, Sieb. nov. 

 holl. no. 598. Ovarium 3-celled. Stamens hardly twice the 

 length of the petals. 



Far. ft, elliptica (D. C. 1. c.) leaves elliptic, acuminated. 

 Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Eugenia elliptica, Smith, 1, c. 

 p. 281. Sims, bot. mag. 1872. Eugenia Smithii, Poir. My'rtus 

 Smithii, Spreng. syst. no. 121. Berry globose, white. Calyx 

 not toothed on the -margin. Petals unknown. 



Btmdle-fonered Acmena. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1 790. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



2 A. KiNGii; leaves elliptic, coriaceous, acuminated, glabrous, 

 tapering to the base ; panicle terminal, with trichotomous pedun- 

 cles, and 3-flowered pedicels. Jj . G. Native of New Holland. 

 Calyx truncate, (v. s. in herb. Lamb.) 



King's Acmena. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1793. Shrub 4 to 8 ft. 



3 A. ? PARVIFLORA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves opaque, oval-lanceo- 

 late, acuminated. I? . S. Native of the Moluccas. Flowers 

 3-times smaller than those of A. floribunda, but similar. Fruit 

 unknown. Perhaps a species of Syzygium. 



Small-flumered Acmena. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Tristania, p. 813. 



XXXIII. EUGE V NIA (in honour of Prince Eugene of Savoy, 

 who was a protector and encourager of botany, and possessed a 

 botanic garden). Mich. nov. gen. t. 108. Lin. gen. no. 616. 

 exclusive of some species. D. C. prod. 3. p. 262. Greggia, 

 Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 168. t. 33. Myrtus species, Svvartz, 

 Kunth. Oly'nthia, Lindl. coll. no. 19. in a note. 



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

 limb 4-parted, even to the ovarium. Petals 4. Stamens nu- 

 merous, free. Ovarium 2-3-celled ; cells many-ovulate. Berry 

 nearly globose, crowned by the calyx, when mature 1 -celled, 

 but rarely 2-celled. Seeds 1-2, large, roundish. Embryo 

 pseudo-monocotyledonous. Cotyledons very thick, and confer- 

 ruminated. Radicle very short, hardly distinguishable. 

 Trees or shrubs, for the most part natives of the West Indies 

 and South America. Leaves and inflorescence sometimes that of 

 Myrtus and sometimes that of Mijrcia. 



* Peduncles axillary, \-jlowered. 



1 E. MICHE'LI (Lam. diet. 3. p. 203.)' pedicels axillary, 1- 

 flowered, usually solitary, shorter than the leaves ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, glabrous ; calyx 4-cleft ; limb reflexed ; berry to- 

 rose, t? . S. Native of Brazil and about Demerara, also 

 cultivated in Martinico, under the name of Cerisier de Cayenne. 

 Jacq. obs. 3. p. 3. Eugenia, Mich. nov. gen. t. 108. Till. pis. 

 t. 44. Myrtus Brasiliana, Lin. spec. p. 674. Plinia rubra, Lin. 

 fil. suppl. p. 253. Curt. bot. mag. t. 473. Fruit edible, toru- 

 lose, adhering to the calyx. Cotyledons conferruminated, ex 

 Kunth. Perhaps the Plinia, Plum. gen. t. 11. which is the 

 Plinia pinnata of Lin. 735. 



Micheli's Eugenia. Shrub 12 to 14 feet. 



2 E. LIGU'STRINA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 962.) pedicels 1-flowered, 

 usually solitary, elongated, rising from the axils of the leaves or 

 bracteas, bractless under the flowers ; leaves lanceolate, obtuse, 

 rather concave, shining above, glabrous on both surfaces, as 

 well as on the flowers. Jj . S. Native of the West Indies, 

 Myrtus cerasina, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 57. My'rtus ligiistrina, 

 Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 835. Fruit black, 2-seeded, crowned by 

 the calyx. Embryo with conferruminated cotyledons. 



Privet-like Eugenia. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1798. Shrub 2 to 4 ft. 



3 E. SUBTERMINA'LIS (D. C. prod. 3. p. 263.) pedicels 1- 

 flowered, solitary, rising from the axils of the upper leaves, op- 

 posite, slender, 3-times shorter than the leaves ; bracteoles small, 

 acute, 2 under each flower ; fruit globose ; calycine lobes blunt- 

 ish ; leaves oblong, acuminated at both ends, opaque, nerveless, 

 and are as well as the branchlets glabrous. fj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, at the river Ilheos. Leaves 2 inches long and 5 lines 

 broad. Petioles 2 lines long. Pedicels 7-8 lines long. 



Subterminal Eugenia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



4 E. PIA (D. C. 1. c.) pedicels 1-flowered, solitary, elongated, 

 rising from the axils of the bracteas and leaves ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, bluntish, shining above, glabrous on both surfaces, as well 

 as on the flowers ; branchlets hairy, fj . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the province of Minas Geraes, at Serra de Piedado. Myrtus 

 Pia, Mart. ined. Very like E. ligiistrina, but the branches are 



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