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MYRTACEyE. XXXIII. EUGENIA. 



Indies. My'rtus androssemoides, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 58. perhaps 

 exclusive of the synonyme. Fruit globose, size of a pepper. 

 Seeds 2, hemispherical, tk'shy inside, pseudo-monocotyledonous. 

 M. androsaemoides of many herbaria. 

 Androstemwn-likc Eugenia. Shrub. 



186 E. ? PE'NDULA (D. C. 1. c.) racemes terminal, elongated, 

 pendulous; branches short, usually 3-flowered ; calyxes semi- 

 quadrifid ; leaves on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, attenuated 

 at both ends, glabrous. fj . S. Native of Java, in woods in 

 the province of Bantam. My'rtus pendula, Blum, bijdr. p. 1 085. 

 Said to be allied to E. lanceoldla. 



Pendulous-racemed. Eugenia. Shrub. 



187 E. SPICIFLORA (Nees et Mart. nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 52.) 

 peduncles compressed, rising from the stem ; flowers spicate, 

 opposite, tribracteolate ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, 

 ciliated, hairy on the stem and petioles. \i . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil, at the river Ilheos. Leaves a hand long. Petioles covered 

 with yellow bristles. Tube of calyx funnel-shaped. Fruit and 

 seeds unknown. Said to be allied to E. Brasilicnsln . 



Spica/e-Jlomered Eugenia. Shrub 10 to 18 feet. 



188 E.? LANCEOLA'TA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 200.) peduncles nearly 

 terminal, racemose, few- flowered; calyx turbinate, 4-lobed ; 

 leaves lanceolate, nearly sessile, full of pellucid dots, glabrous on 

 both surfaces, as well as on the branchlets. Tj . S. Native of 

 the East Indies. My'rtus Sonneratii, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 485. 

 Petals concave. Stamens, fruit, and seeds unknown, 



/anceo/afe-leaved Eugenia. Shrub 6 to 12 feet. 



189 E. TE'MU (Hook, in Beech, voy. pt. bot. p. 56.) panicles 

 axillary, for the most part solitary, somewhat corymbose, few- 

 flowered, almost the length of the leaves ; leaves elliptic or ob- 

 ovate, very blunt, coriaceous, pale beneath, when young rather 

 velvety, as well as the branchlets, on short petioles. f? . G. 

 Native of Chili, about Valparaiso. Temu of Chili. Perhaps the 

 same as My'rtus Luma of Molini. 



Temu Eugenia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



190 E. ? DUMETORUM (D. C. 1. c.) racemes long, nearly ter- 

 minal ; leaves ovate, acuminated, 3-nerved, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, as well as the fruit. Ij . G. Native of Cochin-china, 

 among bushes. My'rtus trinervis, Lour. coch. p. 312. My'r- 

 tus dumetorum, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 52. Nelitris trinervia, Spreng. 

 syst. 2. p. 488. Berry brown, 1-celled. Seeds few, angular, 

 ex Lour. 



Bush Eugenia. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



191 E. AXILLA'RIS ; racemes axillary, exceeding the pendu- 

 lous petioles, covered with adpressed pubescence ; peduncles bi- 

 bracteolate at the apex, puberulous ; leaves lanceolate, bluntly 

 acuminated, glabrous, dotless ; tops of branches and petioles be- 

 set with small down, the rest of the plant glabrous. Tj . S. 

 Native of Mexico, in woods near Jalapa. My'rtus axillaris, Moc. 

 et Sesse. Flowers small. 



Axillary-fto-wered Eugenia. Shrub. 



192 E. VERRUCULOSA (B.C. 1. c.) panicle terminal, elongated ; 

 bracteas and bracteoles, as well as the lobes of the calyx, 

 broad, short, and obtuse; fruit large, spherical, covered with 

 dotted warts, crowned by the spreading lobes of the calyx ; 

 leaves elliptic, attenuated at the base, acuminated at the apex, 

 stiff, opaque, shining above, almost veinless, quite glabrous on 

 both surfaces, as well as on the branchlets. \i . S. Native of 

 Brazil, at the river Tapura. My'rtus verruculosa, Mart. herb. 

 Leaves .3-4 inches long and 15 lines broad. Petioles 2 lines 

 long. Fruit 7 lines in diameter. Seed one, pseudo-monocoty- 

 ledonous. 



Warted-fruited Eugenia. Shrub or tree. 



193 E. TABA'SCO ; cymes nearly sessile, lateral ; leaves ellip- 

 flc-lanceolate, acute at the base, and obtuse at the apex, full of 



pellucid dots ; berry globose ; limb of calyx bluntly 4-lobed, 



having the lobes conniving; fruit 1-celled and 1-seeded from 

 abortion ; embryo spirally convolute ; branches tetragonally 

 winged. lj . S. Native of Mexico, in hot regions. My'rtus 

 Tabasco, Moc. et Sesse, ex Cham, et Schlecht. Linna:a. 5. p. 

 559. My'rtus Pimenta and Pimenta de Tabasco of the Mexi- 

 cans. The seeds are used as a condiment. 

 Tabasco Pimenta. Tree. 



1 94 E. MICROCA'RPA (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 5. p. 560.) 

 glabrous ; branches dichotomous ; leaves on short petioles, acute 

 at the base, and drawn out into a blunt acumen at the apex, 

 shining above, and paler beneath, full of pellucid dots ; berries 

 glomerate at the tops of the branches, on short bibracteolate 

 peduncles, crowned by 4 very blunt segments ; flesh spongy, 

 thick ; cotyledons conferruminated ; seed one. Fj . S. Native 

 of Mexico, in woods near Jalapa. Flowers not seen. 



Small-fruited Eugenia. Tree. 



195 E: MARGINATA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 17.) peduncles axillary 

 and almost terminal, trifid, trichotomous ; tube of calyx gjobose, 

 with 4 very blunt lobes ; leaves oval, acutish, besprinkled with 

 a very few pellucid and red glands, shining above, beset with 

 impressed dots beneath, but with elevated ones above, glabrous 

 on both surfaces in the adult state ; branches terete, clothed 

 with rusty villi at the tops. Tj . S. Native of St. Domingo. 

 Perhaps the same as My'rtus marginata, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 438. 



Marginaied-leaved Eugenia. Shrub or tree. 



196 E. PIME'NTA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 85.) peduncles axillary 

 and terminal, trichotomously panicled ; flowers 4-cleft, those in 

 the forks almost sessile, the rest panicled ; leaves oblong or 

 oval, full of pellucid dots, rather opaque, glabrous ; branches 

 terete ; branchlets compressed, pubescent when young, as well 

 as the pedicels. Pj . S. Native of the Caribbee Islands, Ja- 

 maica, &c., and now cultivated in the East Indies. The upper 

 leaves are rarely somewhat alternate, the rest opposite. Brac- 

 teoles 2 under each flower, falling off very late. Berry globose, 

 1-seeded. Embryo roundish. Cotyledons conferruminated, not 

 distinct. Bayberry tree, Hugh. barb. p. 145. t. 10. good, ex 

 Sims, bot. mag. 1236. My'rtus Pimenta, Lin. spec. 676. 

 Swartz, obs. p. 202. Soon after the pimenta trees have blos- 

 somed the berries become fit for gathering, without being suffered 

 to ripen, as when ripe they are moist and glutinous, and therefore 

 difficult to cure, and when dried become black and tasteless. 

 The berries are dried by spreading them on a terrace exposed 

 to the sun for about 7 days, during which time they gradually 

 lose their green colour, and become of a reddish brown. The 

 smell of them resembles a mixture of cinnamon, cloves, and nut- 

 megs ; their taste approaches to that of a mixture of the whole 

 three ; whence the tree has received the name of all-spice. New- 

 mann ascertained that its flavour resides entirely in a volatile oil 

 heavier than water, and its pungency is a resin or a substance 

 soluble in alcohol, and insoluble in water. Pimenta is a warm 

 aromatic stimulant, and is much used as a condiment in dressing 

 food. As a medicine it may be advantageously substituted for 

 the more costly spices. An oil is obtained by distillation, 

 which is said to be nearly equal to oil of cloves, and is sometimes 

 substituted for it. 



Var. a, longifulia (D.C. 1. c.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, bluntly 

 acuminated. Pluk. t. 155. f. 4. 



Var. /3, ocalifolia (D. C. 1. c.) leaves oval, shorter, obtuse. 

 Sloane, hist. jam. 2. t. 191. f. 1. Perhaps referrible to My'rcia 

 pimentoides, and probably the My'rtus aromatica of Poir. diet. 

 4. p. 410. and is therefore perhaps a species of My'rcia. 



Pimenta, or Jamaica All-spice, or Jamaica Pepper. FI. May, 

 July. Clt. 1723. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



197 E. CHRYSOBALANOIDES (D.C. 1. c.) peduncles terminal, 

 exceeding the leaves; pedicels opposite, 1 -flowered ; bracteas 

 and bracteoles ovate, concave, dotted ; flowers 4-cleft ; leaves 



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