MYRTACE.E. XXXIII. EUGENIA. 



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long, acuminated at both ends, rather opaque, and are as well 

 as the branches glabrous, shining above, veinless, and marked 

 \vithelevateddots. fj . S. Native of the Island of St. Thomas. 

 Perhaps a var. of E. virgultosa. Stem whiter. 

 Lance-\ea\ed Eugenia. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



148 E. TRINITA V TIS (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, solitary, 

 opposite, longer than the leaves, disposed in simple racemes ; 

 pedicels opposite, 1-flowered, furnished each with 1 bractea at the 

 base and 2 at the apex ; flowers 4-lobed ; leaves elliptic, acu- 

 minated, coriaceous, with a few pellucid dots, shining above, and 

 pale beneath, quite glabrous on both surfaces, as well as the 

 branches and peduncles, f? . S. Native of the Island of Tri- 

 nidad. My'rtus dioica, Sieb. pi. exs. trin. no. 94. Leaves an 

 inch and a half long, and half an inch broad. Peduncles slen- 

 der, 2-3 inches long. Lobes of calyx obtuse. Fruit globose, 

 1 -seeded, a little smaller than a pea. Seed roundish. Cotyle- 

 dons conferruminated. 



Trinidad Eugenia. Shrub or tree. 



149 E. POLYSTA'CHYA (Rich, in act. soc. hist. nat. par. 1792. 

 p. 110.) peduncles axillary, solitary, or in fascicles, length of 

 leaves, oppositely racemose, compressed, clothed with rufous 

 velvety down; calyx downy, bluntly 4-lobed; leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated, opaque, coriaceous, glabrous ; branchlets 

 compressed, smoothish. fj . S. Native of French Guiana. 

 E. rugosa, Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Deless. The fruit of the 

 Guiana plant is unknown, but that of Pavon is furrowed 

 from numerous irregular crests, as in E. uniflbra. Seeds pseudo- 

 cotyledonous. 



Many-spiked Eugenia. Shrub or tree. 



150 E. EMARGINA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) racemes axillary, solitary, 

 8-10-flowered, when in fruit they are about equal in length to 

 the leaves ; calyx 4-parted ; leaves obovate-oblong, emarginate, 

 cuneated at the base, coriaceous, puberulous beneath, shining 

 above, and are as well as the branches glabrous. I? .S. Native 

 on the banks of the Orinoco. My'rtus emarginata, H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 142. Flowers unknown. Berry 

 nearly globose, pubescent, 1 -seeded. Seed smooth. Cotyledons 

 contortuplicate ? 



Emarginate-]eaved Eugenia. Shrub or tree. 



151 E. LUDIBU'NDA (Bert. ined. ex D. C. 1. c.) peduncles 

 axillary, solitary, opposite, or in fascicles, panicled, shorter than 

 the leaves ; branches and flowers pubescent or villous ; leaves 

 ovate, acuminated, membranous, full of pellucid dots, glabrous 

 in the adult state ; calyx 4-cleft. ^ . S. Native of St. Do- 

 mingo. My'rtus monticola, Vahl. herb, ex Puer. Fruit glo- 

 bose, 1-seeded. Seed shining, pseudo-monocotyledonous. 



Sporting Eugenia. Shrub or tree. 



152 E. GRE'GII (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, many-flow- 

 ered ; pedicels opposite, 1-flowered; flowers 4-cleft; leaves 

 elliptic or ovate, acute, or obtuse, clothed with hoary tomentum 

 beneath. ^ . S. Native of the Island of Dominica. My'rtus 

 Gregii, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 896. Gregia aromatica, Gaertn. 

 fruct. 1. p. 168. t. 33. Berry obovate-globose, coriaceous, when 

 young 2-celled, many-seeded, but in the adult state 1 -celled, 

 1-seeded. Seed large. Cotyledons fleshy, conferruminated. 



Greg's Eugenia. Clt. 1776. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



153 E. FRA'GRANS (Willd. spec. 2. p. 964.) peduncles axil- 

 lary, trichotomous, and simple, compressed, twice the length of 

 the leaves ; flowers 4-cleft ; leaves ovate, rather convex, and 

 somewhat coriaceous, dotted, and are as well as the branchlets 

 glabrous ; stem arboreous, fy . H. Native of the south of 

 Jamaica, and on the high mountains of Martinique and Guiana. 

 My'rtus fragrans, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 914. Sims, bot. mag. 

 1242. Vahl. symb. 2. p. 59. Eug. paniculata, Jacq. coll. 2. 

 p. 108. t. 5. f. 1. E. montana, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 495. t. 195. 

 Berry roundish, 1-seeded. 



Fragrant Eugenia. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1790. Tree 20 ft. 



154 E. VIRGULTOSA (D. C. 1. c.) racemes axillary and ter- 

 minal, puberulous, somewhat compressed, shorter than the 

 leaves ; pedicels rather remote, decussate, bibracteolate at the 

 base ; leaves oval-oblong, acuminated at both ends, rather 

 opaque, and are as well as the branches glabrous, shining above, 

 and marked with impressed dots and veins. Pj . S. Native of 

 the high mountains of Jamaica, Santa Cruz, &c. My'rtus vir- 

 gultosa, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 905. exclusive of the syno- 

 nyme of Plumier. Vahl. symb. 2. p. 58. Berry roundish, rather 

 dry. Seeds 2-3, angular. 



Twiggy Eugenia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1787. Tr. 12 to 15 ft. 



155 E. BIFA'KIA (Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 2. p. 47. t. 161.) arbo- 

 reous, quite smooth ; leaves oblong, acuminated, approximate, 

 on short petioles, spreading in a bifarious manner, shining, blis- 

 tered above, and transversely nerved beneath, with the anasto- 

 mosing vessels very conspicuous, and forming 2 marginal veins, 

 which are remote from the margin ; corymbs axillary, solitary, 

 branched ; ovarium clavate, on a slender pedicel ; petals orbicu- 

 lar, unguiculate ; berry oval, crowned by the permanent lobes of 

 the calyx, which are incurved, (j . S. Native of the mountains 

 on the confines of Silhet. 



Bifarious-leaved Eugenia. Tree 30 feet. 



156 E. PARVIFL6RA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 200. exclusive of the 

 synonyme of Rheede) peduncles axillary, a little shorter than 

 the leaves, panicled, pubescent ; bracteas oval, foliaceous, under 

 the branchlets of the panicle ; bracteoles linear, under the flowers ; 

 leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, opaque, rather dotted, gla- 

 brous above, pubescent beneath as well as on the branchlets. 



Jj . S. Native of Java. My'rtus parviflora, Spreng. syst. 2. 

 p. 485. Calyx clothed with white down ; lobes 4, obtuse. 

 Flowers small. Embryo like that of Myrtus communis, ex Kunth. 

 Small-flowered Eugenia. Shrub or tree. 



157 E. EGE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 3. p. 281.) peduncles axillary, 

 length of the petioles, bearing 8-10 slender, 1-flowered pedicels, 

 which are twice the length of the petioles, disposed in the man- 

 ner of a raceme ; bracteas small, under the flowers and at the 

 origin of the pedicels ; leaves elliptic-oblong, long-acuminated, 

 full of pellucid dots, reticulated, glabrous on both surfaces as 

 well as the branchlets, which are compressed. ^ . S. Native 

 of Brazil, in the province of Rio Negro, near Ega. My'rtus 

 Egensis, Mart. herb. Leaves 4 inches long, and an inch broad. 

 Pedicels 7 lines long. Peduncles or rachis 3-4 lines long. Fruit 

 larger than a pea, globose, 1-seeded. Seeds globose. Imma- 

 ture embryo pseudo-monocotyledonous. 



Ega Eugenia. Tree. 



158 E. ACUTI'LOBA (D. C. 1. c.) racemes axillary, simple, 7- 

 flowered, shorter than the leaves, and are as well as the branches 

 rather hairy ; lobes of calyx and bracteas rather acute ; leaves 

 oval-oblong, attenuated at the base, acuminated at the apex, full 

 of pellucid dots, rather villous on the upper surface when young, 

 but glabrous in the adult state, dotless, paler beneath, and pu- 

 bescently villous. *j . S. Native of Jamaica. Intermediate 

 between E. virgultosa and E. parviflora. Fruit unknown. 



Acute-lolied Eugenia. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



159 E. RACEMOSA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 281.) racemes axillary, 

 simple, 7-8-flowered, clothed with villous tomentum, much 

 shorter than the leaves ; bracteas and bracteoles small, acute ; 

 calycine lobes 4, roundish ; leaves oval-lanceolate, long-acumin- 

 ated, with a few pellucid dots, clothed with adpressed villi when 

 young, but glabrous in the adult state, shining above. Tj . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in woods. My'rtus racemosa, Mart. herb. 

 Leaves 3 inches long, and 12-15 lines broad. Racemes 9-10 

 lines long. Petals obovate. Style acute, longer than the sta- 

 mens. Fruit unknown. 



Racemose-fiowered Eugenia. Shrub or tree. 



