MYETACEAE. 



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PSIDIUM. Guava. 

 (Family Myrtaceae). 



Tender trees: evergreen. Twigs 

 moderate, terete, or 4-ribbed or 

 even winged below the nodes: pith 

 moderate, compressed, 4 - sided, 

 spongy, brown. Buds solitary, 

 sometimes developing promptly, 

 naked. Leaf-scars opposite, broadly 

 crescent-shaped, raised, black-cili- 

 ate at top : bundle-trace 1, crescent- 

 shaped: stipule - scars lacking. 

 Leaves simple, entire, pellucid- 

 punctate, with looping veins. 



Guavas scarcely possess any de- 

 corative value, but they are grown 

 in most tropical gardens for their 

 small rather peculiarly flavored 

 seedy fruits, - - most favorably 

 known in the West Indian guava 

 jelly which is justly esteemed one 

 of the best of confections. 



Twigs angled, hairy. (Guava). (1). P. Guayava. 



Twigs terete, glabrous. (Strawberry guava). P. Cattleyanum. 



