MYRTACEAE. 



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PIMENTA. Allspice. 

 (Family Myrtaceae). 



Aromatic trees: evergreen. 

 Twigs moderate, decussately com- 

 pressed and lined, or even winged, 

 from the nodes: pith compressed, 

 spongy, brown. Buds usually su- 

 perposed, sessile or the upper be- 

 coming stalked, naked. Leaf-scars 

 opposite, half-round or broader, 

 minutely black-fringed at top, not 

 raised except as the nodes are 

 dilated: bundle-trace 1, large but 

 indefinite: stipule-scars lacking. 

 Leaves simple, entire, pellucid- 

 punctate. 



Some botanists place allspice in 

 the genus Eugenia, the flower-buds 

 of which constitute the cloves of 

 commerce. Both Pimento, and 

 Eugenia exemplify well the aroma- 

 tic property which forms one of 

 the myrtaceous characters. 

 Glabrous: twigs green, glandular-punctuate. P. officinalis. 



