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winter. In the spring arises the flower-stalk, in the centre of 

 the leaves, about six inches high, naked at the bottom, but 

 the upper part is surrounded by bell-shaped flowers of a 

 greenish colour, appearing in April : the leaves decay in June. 

 There is a variety of this species, with leaves more than a foot 

 long, broad at the base, but narrow at the top, where they 

 end in acute points; the flower-stalks rise higher; and the 

 flowers are of the same shape and colour, but seldom appear 

 till August. They are both natives of the Cape. 



3. Eucomis Undulata ; Wave-leaved Eucomis, or Fritillaria. 

 Scape cylindric ; leaves ovate-oblong, waved, spreading ; the 

 leaves of the coma almost as long as the raceme. It flowers 

 from March to May, and is a native of the Cape. 



4. Eucomis Punctata; Spotted Eucomis. Scape cylindri- 

 cal, leaves oblong-lanceolate, channelled, spreading; leaves 

 of the coma short ; racemes very long. This is the largest 

 species. Native of the Cape, flowering in July. 



Evergreen Thorn. See Mespilus Pyracantlut. 



Everlasting Pea. See Lathyrus. 



Eugenia; a genus of the class Icosandria, order Monosy- 

 nia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : perianth OM-Uafed, 

 superior, elevated in the middle into a subvillose little ball, 

 four-parted ; divisions oblong, obtuse, concave, permanent. 

 Corolla: petals four, twice as large as the calix, oblong, ob- 

 tuse, concave. Stamina: filamenta very many, inserted into 

 the bell of the calix, length of the corolla; antherse small, 

 roundish. Pistil: germen turbinale, inferior; style simple, 

 length of the stamina; stigma simple. Pericarp: drupe four- 

 cornered, crowned, one-celled. Seed: nut roundish, smooth. 

 [Swartz observes, that this genus is not easily distinguished 

 from that of Myrtus, except in the habit.] ESSEN. CHAR. 

 Calix: four-parted, superior.- Petals: four: drupe one- 

 seeded, four-cornered. To propagate this genus, set the 

 stones fresh from their places of natural growth, in small 

 pots filled with light earth ; plunge them into a hot-bed, ob- 

 serving to keep the earth moist, but not wet. In about six 

 weeks the plants will appear; when about four inches high, 

 separate them carefully, plant each in a small pot, plunge 

 them into a hot-bed again, and carefully shade them till they 

 have taken new root. Treat them in the same way as other 

 tender plants from the same countries, keeping them plunged 



in the tan-bed, and watering them sparingly in winter. 



The species are, 



1. Eugenia Malaccensis; Broad-leaved Eugenia. Leaves 

 quite entire; peduncles branched, lateral. It rises with a 

 tree-like stem from twenty to thirty feet high, covered with a 

 brown bark, and sending out many branches : leaves oblong, 

 ending in acute points, opposite; when young of a bright 

 purple colour, but as they grow older becoming of a li^ht 

 green ; the flowers are produced on the sides of the branches ; 

 every peduncle branching into three or four others, each 

 of which supports one flower: fruit succulent, irregularly 

 shaped, and enclosing a single nut. Loureiro calls it a berry; 

 it is of a roundish form, commonly obtusely quadrangular, 

 sometimes it is ovate, in size it is an inch and a half in dia- 

 meter, fleshy, very sweet, smelling like the rose, not very 

 juicy, covered with a thin, shining, yellowish skin, and con- 

 taining commonly one seed, which is large, roundish, sol'tish, 

 not bony or horny ; the fruit is very agreeable to the taste, 

 smell, and sight, and is esteemed wholesome. Forster de- 

 scribes it as whitish, tinged with rose-colour, pear-shaped, 

 and sometimes as big as the fist, but usually much smaller. 

 It is very common in most of ihe islands in the South Sea, 

 and is cultivated almost every where between the tropics. 



2. Eugenia Jambos ; Narrow-leaved Eugenia. Leaves 

 quite entire; peduncles branched, terminating. This rises to 



the same height as the preceding species, but the leaves are 

 longer and narrower; flowers mostly terminating, but some 

 come out from the sides; fruit smaller, rounder, and not so 

 much esteemed. It flowers from May to July, and is a na- 

 tive of the East Indies, and Cochin-china. 



3. Eugenia Pseudo-Psidium ; Bastard Eugenia. Leave* 

 quite entire; peduncles one-flowered, several lateral and ter- 

 minating. This resembles a pear-tree, is upright, and about 

 twenty feet in height ; leaves lanceolate-ovate, acuminate, and 

 sickle-shaped at the end, bright green, shining, from three to 

 four inches long, opposite, on short petioles ; calix deeply 

 four-parted ; petals white ; fruit globular, at first green, then 

 passing through the. different shades of yellow as it ripens, till 

 at length it becomes scarlet; it is scarcely half an inch in 

 diameter, the skin thin, and the pulp soft, sweet, and red ; 

 the seed is large and globular. Native of Martinico, where 

 it is called Goi/tivier Batard. It flowers in October, and 

 bears fruit in December and January. 



4. Eugenia UniHora. Leaves quite entire, cordate-lanceo- 

 late, peduncles one-flowered, lateral, solitary; flowers white; 

 fruit bright red, suft, slightly grooved, with a sweet smell. 

 Native of Goa in the East Indies. 



5. Eugenia Cotinifolia. Leaves ovate, obtuse, quite entire ; 

 peduncles one-flowered. The fruit is globular and succulent, 

 enclosing a single shining membranaceous nut, having one 

 seed in it. Native of Cayenne, where the French call it 

 Cerisier de Cayenne. 



6. Eugenia Acutangula. Leaves crenate; peduncles ter- 

 minating; fruits oblong acute-angled ponies; raceme simple, 

 very long; flowers small, with longish stamina and pistils. 

 Loureiro describes it as a large tree with spreading branches. 

 Native of the East Indies, and of Cochin-china. 



7. Eugenia Racemosa. Leaves crenate; racemes very 

 long; pomes ovate, quadrangular; peduncles simple, longer 

 than the leaves, pendulous. Native not only of India, but of 

 New Caledonia, in the South Seas. 



8. Eugenia Sessiflora. Flowers lateral, sessile; leaves 

 oblong, quite entire, shining, dotted underneath ; branches 

 round, smooth, covered with an ash-coloured bark, leafy at 

 top, warted below; fruit the size of a plum, iJobular, dotted. 

 Observed by West in the island of Santa Cruz. 



9. Eugenia Punctata. Leaves oblong, dotted on both 

 sides; peduncles opposite, three-flowered, the length of the 

 leaves; brunches round, alternate, ash-coloured at bottom, 

 purplish at top, having raised dots scattered over them; 

 the two lateral flowers pedicelled, the middle one sessile; 

 there are two bristle-shaped bractes at the base of the lateral 

 ones ; segments of the calix five, round, dotted ; petals, when 

 magnified, appearing to be very finely ciliate. Native of 

 Santa Cruz. 



10. Eugenia Nervosa. Leaves quite entire ; flowers heaped, 

 terminating; berries globular, nerved. This is a large tree 

 with spreading branches; calix large; petals roundish, small, 

 quickly deciduous; filamenta linear, more than a hundred, 

 three times as long as the petals, spreading out wide into a 

 globular head, wilh small nodding antheree. Native of the 

 woods of Cochin-china. 



11. Eugenia Corticosa. Leaves ovate acuminate, racemed, 

 corymbed ; filamenta very short. This also is a large tree 

 with spreading branches, covered with a thick cloven bark, 

 having something of an aromatic flavour; flowers reddish- 

 white, small, numerous, subterminating; calix goblet-shaped, 

 subtruncate ; petals small, roundish, closed ; filamenta twenty, 

 awl-shaped, shorter than the corolla, and placed near the edge 

 of the calix; antheree roundish, very small ; berry only a quar- 

 ter of an inch in diameter, subturbinate, smooth, blackish, 



