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MYRTACE^E. XXXIII. EUGENIA. 



tomcntose or hairy, and the fruit 4-seedecl. Cotyledons confer- 

 ruminated. Habit of Mt/rlus. 

 Pitt Eugenia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



5 E. SESSILIFOLIA (D. C. 1. c.) pedicels axillary, solitary, 1- 

 flowered, opposite, slender, bractless at the apex, 3-times shorter 

 than the leaves ; fruit globose, crowned by the calycine lobes, 

 which are oblong and acutish ; leaves sessile, attenuated at both 

 ends, oblong, full of pellucid dots, and are as well as the branches 



flabrous. Jj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia. 

 lyrtus sessilifolia, Mart. herb. Lobes of calyx 3 lines long. 

 Pedicels 7-9 inches long. Leaves 3 inches long and 1 inch 

 broad. Seeds thick, pseudo-monocotyledonous. 

 Sessile-leaved Eugenia. Tree. 



6 E. SPARSIFLORA (D. C. I. c.) pedicels 1 -flowered, solitary, 

 one half shorter than the leaves, opposite, bractless at the apex, 

 rising from the lower part of the branchlets, in the axils of the 

 scales or leaves ; fruit globose ; leaves oval, acuminated, obtuse 

 at the base, glabrous on both surfaces as well as the branches. 

 Tj . S. Native of Brazil, near Almada, in the province of Bahia. 

 My'rtus sparsiflora, Mart. herb. Pedicels slender, 9 inches long. 

 Calycine lobes 4, oval. Leaves 3-4 inches long, and 15 lines 

 broad. Petioles 4 lines long. Seeds unknown. 



Scattered-Jlurvered Eugenia. Tree 20 feet. 



7 E. LA'XA (D. C. 1. c.) pedicels axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, 

 very slender, shorter than the leaves ; leaves oval, attenuated 

 at the base, glabrous, acuminated at the apex ; branchlets and 

 young leaves clothed with rufous pubescence, but at length be- 

 coming glabrous ; lobes of calyx 4, 2 larger and suborbicular ; 

 young fruit obovate. lj . S. Native of Brazil, about Bahia, 

 in the deserts. Myrtus laxa, Mart. herb. Pedicels 12-20 lines 

 long, straight, rising from the axils of the upper leaves. Brae- 

 teas none, or very small. Leaves 3 inches long and 1 inch 

 broad, full of pellucid dots. Immature fruit 1-seeded. Allied 

 to E. Patrisii, but the fruit is obovate, not globose. 



Loose Eugenia. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



8 E. INOCA'RPA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 264.) pedicels axillary, 

 ] -flowered, shorter than the leaves; calycine lobes 4, ovate; 

 fruit globose, fibrous inside, 2-seeded ; leaves ovate, attenuated 

 at the base, acuminated at the apex, glabrous; branchlets clothed 

 with rufous down, furnished with stipula-formed scales. fj . S. 

 Native of Brazil, at Rio Negro. Myrtus inoc&rpus, Mart. herb. 

 Leaves 3 inches long and I-j inch broad. Petioles short. Fruit 

 full of tubercular dots, about the size of a plum, with fibry, acid- 

 sweet flesh. Pedicels few, 7 lines long. Seeds 2, convex on 

 one side and flat on the other. 



Nerved-Jruited Eugenia. Tree 20 feet. 



9 E. INVOLUCRA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, 

 solitary, with large, foliaceous, deciduous bracteas under the 

 flower ; floral leaves smaller than the rest ; calycine lobes 4, 

 ovate-oblong, reflexed ; leaves elliptic, petiolate, attenuated at 

 both ends, vvlu n young rather villous and full of pellucid dots, 

 but glabrous and opaque in the adult state ; branches com- 

 pressed, fj . S. Native of Brazil. A small tree, with erect, 

 spreading branches. Pedicels 5 lines Ions?. Bracteoles 5 lines 

 long. Sterile leaves 2 inches long. Petioles 4-5 lines long. 

 Floral leaves smaller than the others. 



Incolitcrated-fiowereA Eugenia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



10 E. ] BRACTEA'TA (Rasusch. nom. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 264.) 

 pedicels axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, bibracteate under the 

 flowers, villous ; leaves elliptic, obtuse, glabrous, when young 

 clothed with adpressed silky down ; calyxes ciliated. ^ . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Myrtus bracteaia, Willd. spec. 2. 

 p. 969. Fruit and seeds unknown. 



Bracteate-fiov/ered Eugenia. Clt. 1820. Shrub. 

 HE. BALSA'MICA (Jacq. fragm. t. 45. f. 2.) pedicels lateral, 

 solitary, 1-flowered, slender, rather villous, bearing 2 oval 



bracteoles under each flower; leaves ovate, bluntly acuminated, 

 pale and dotted, glabrous ; calyx rather villous. Ij . S. Native 

 of Jamaica. Myrtus balsimica, Spreng. syst. 2 p. 481. Petals 

 ciliated, one half shorter than the stamens. Bracteas usually 

 at the origin of the petioles. Fruit and seeds unknown. 

 Balsam Eugenia. Clt. 1816. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



12 E. POHUA'NA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 264.) pedicels axillary, 

 solitary, rather longer than the leaves, some 1-flowered, anil 

 others 3-flowered ; middle flower sessile in the bifurcation, 'i 

 lateral ones pedicellate ; bracteoles subulate ; calycine lobes 4, 

 roundish, clothed with silky down on the outside, at length re- 

 flexed ; leaves ovate, glaucous, dotted beneath, opaque, gla- 

 brous ; petioles and branches clothed with rufous velvety down. 

 T? . S. Native of Brazil, in deserts, in the provinces of the 

 mines. My'rtus Pohliana, Mart. herb. Allied to /:'. SMwwna 

 and E. cana, but in consequence of the pedicels being 1 or 3- 

 flowered, it is an intermediate plant between the first and fourth 

 sections. Leaves 9-10 lines long and 5 lines broad. PedumK.s 

 10-11 lines long. Flowers about the size of those of Myrtus 

 communis. Fruit unknown. 



Pokl's Eugenia. Tree 20 feet. 



13 E. SELLOWIA'NA (D. C. I. c.) pedicels axillary, solitary, 

 1-flowered, bearing 2 subulate bracteoles ; calyxes and branchlets 

 clothed with velvety hoary down ; leaves ovate-oblong, acumin- 

 ated, full of pellucid dots, velvety above in the young, but in 

 the adult state glabrous above, pubescent and reticulately 

 nerved beneath. Ij . S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces 

 of the mines, in the deserts. My'rtus Sellowiana, Mart, 

 herb. A crooked tree, about 10 feet high. Leaves 2 inches 

 long and 7-8 lines broad, spreading, not reflexed. Pedicels 

 4-10 lines long, rising from the axils of the upper leaves. 

 Allied to E. cana. 



Sello's Eugenia. Shrub 10 feet. 



14 E. CA'NA (D. C. 1. c.) pedicels axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, 

 opposite, somewhat divaricate, bearing 2, subulate, rather alter- 

 nate bracteas above tlie middle; calyx clothed with hoary vel- 

 vety down ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, deflexed, opaque, 

 when young pubescent above, but at length glabrous, and clotlied 

 with hoary velvety down beneath. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 the provinces of the mines. My'rtus cana, Mart. herb. Species 

 allied to E. Selloniana, but very distinct. Calycine lobes ovate, 

 obtuse, reflexed. Pedicels 6-7 lines long. Leaves an inch long ; 

 floral ones smaller. 



Hoary Eugenia. Tree 10 to 15 feet. 



lo E.? ROSEA (D. C. 1. c.) pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, shorter 

 than the leaves, bearing 2 oblong bracteas under the flowers ; 

 branches, calyxes, and bracteas clothed with hairy tomentum; 

 leaves oblong, attenuated at both ends, with revolute margins, 

 smaller ones villous on both surfaces, adult ones glabrous above, 

 but clothed with velvety tomentum beneath ; lobes of calyx large, 

 broadly ovate, obtuse. lj . S. Native of Brazil, among rocks. 

 Psidium roseum, Mart. herb. A bush, with numerous procum- 

 bent branches. Flowers rose-coloured, 4-cleft, with a broad, 

 staminiferous disk, as in Psidium. Leaves 2 inches long, and 

 4-7 lines broad. Pedicels 7 inches long. Fruit unknown. 



Tfose-coloured-flowered Eugenia. Shrub procumbent. 



16 E. KUNTHIA'NA (D. C. 1. c.) pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, 

 3 times shorter than the leaves, bibracteolate at the apex ; ova- 

 rium ovate, small ; calycine lobes 8, obtuse, constricted after 

 flowering ; leaves oblanceolate, coriaceous, rather glaucous, gla- 

 brous, hardly with any pellucid dots ; branchlets downy above. 

 Pj . S. Native of Brazil. My'rtus Kunthiana, Mart. herb. 

 Seed 1, elliptic-globose, pseudo-monocotyledonous. Pedicels 

 5-6 lines long. 



Far. a ; fruit red. 



Var. ft ; fruit yellow. 



