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Pi mixta. Allspice. 

 (Family Myrtaceae). 



Aromatic trees: evergreen. 

 Twigs moderate, decussately com- 

 pressed and lined, or even winged, 

 I from the nodes: pith compressed, 



V \ 7 spongy, brown. Buds usually su- 



\ I / n\ perposed, sessile or the upper be- 



/ coming stalked, naked. Leaf-scars 



opposite, half-round or broader, 

 / JL-jl s minutely black-fringed at top, not 



AT raised except as the nodes are 



'''} dilated: bundle-trace 1, large but 



M 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 Pimenta and 

 Eugenia exemplify well the aroma- 

 tic property which forms one of 

 the myrtaceous characters. 

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



