358 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



times multiple ') embryo thick plano-conyex, hemispherical or ellip- 

 soid/ sometimes unequal ; radicle short straight or incurved more or 

 less incumbent. — Trees or shrubs ; leaves opposite ^ penninerved, 

 sometimes membranous, often coriaceous and other characters of 

 Myrtus ] flowers* axillary solitary or in cymes or short raceme f in- 

 florescence either centrifugal {Jambosa ^), or centripetal (Eugenias- 

 trum'^)] bracts and bracteoles oftener small and caducous. [All 

 trop. and suhtrop. regions.^) 



15. Acicalyptus A. Gray.^ — Flowers nearly of Eugenia ; recep- 

 tacle tubular clavate. Calyx gamophyllous entire conical, circum- 

 scissus at base deciduous. Petals 4, free or coherent, deciduous. 

 Stamens germen, etc., of Eugenia ; ovules oo , incurved anatropous. 

 Fruit fleshy (?). — Glabrous trees or shrubs; leaves of Eugenia', 

 flowers in subcorymbose cymes at apex of ramules. (New Caledonia, 

 Viti Isles}') 



16 ? Piliocalyx Br. & Gr." — Flowers nearly of Acicalyptus ; re- 

 ceptacle shorter. Calyx calyptrately deciduous. Petals small unequal, 

 more or less adherent. Germen 2-locular ; ovules in cells oo (4-10), 



1 In E. Jamhosa we have often seen embryos. bosa), t. 16 {Syzygium). — Mia. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. p. 



2 Sometimes conferruminate or unequal hete- i. 440, 446 {Syzygium), — Taw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 

 romorphous. 114, 115 {Jambosa), 116 {Syzygium), 118 {Acme^ 



' Or sometimes (?) it is said, alternate. no). — Griseb. FL Brit. W.-Ind. 235 {Caryo- 



"* Often rather large, showy, white, pink, or phyllus, Syzygium, Jambosa)^ 236 {Eugenia). — 



more rarely pale yellow. Hook. f. Handb. N.-Zeal. Fl. 74. — Benth. Fl. 



^ By defect of bractiferous leaves. BiongJc. 118 [Syzygium), 119 (Acmena), 120 {Jam- 



6 Rumph. Herb. Amb. i. 121. — DO. Prodr. iii. bosa) ; Fl. Austral, iii. 280.— Br. et Gr. Ann. 



286.— Spach, Suit, a Buffon, iv. 179.— Endl. Sc. Nat. ser. 5, iii. 215, 219 {Jambosa), 221 (&/- 



6'ew.n. 6324. — CerocarpusHASSK. Cat. Sort. Bog. zydium), 22^ {Caryophyllus) ; xiii. 385 {Syzygt- 



262.— Gelpkea Bl. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. i. 88, t. 35. um).—F. Muell. Fl. Vict. t. suppl. 18 {Syzygi- 



— Strongylocaltjx Bu loc. cit. 89, t. 54. — Cleisto- um).—Bot. Reg. t. 627, 1033 {Jambosa). — Bot. 



calyx Bl. loc. cit. 84, t. 56. Mag. t. 473 {Plinia), 867, 1696, 2230 {Jambosa), 



7 Griseb. Fl. Brit. W.-Ind. 236. 4558 (Jbssm/ff), 4526, 4626, 50 iO,bi^O {Acmena). 



8 Spec, about 500. H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Spec. — Walp. Eep. ii. 172 {Jossinia), 178 (Calyptran- 

 t. 546 {Myrtus).— JjiNDJ.. Collect. 1. 19 {Olinthia), thes, Syzygium), 181 {Acmena), 191 {Jambosa) ; 

 — Wight, III. 13, 14 {Jambosa), 15 {Syzygium) ; v. 751 {Syllysium), 752 {Calyptrantkes, Syzygi-^ 

 Icon. t. 100, 553, 545, 551; 73, 216,525-530, urn); Ann. n.62Q {Jossinia), 62^ {Calyptranthei>h 

 546, 548-550, 608-813 {Jambosa) ; 531-536, Syzygium), 630 {GelpJccta), 631, 632 {Jambosa)^' 

 5SS~oU {Syzygium).— Wa\.-l. PI. As. Rar. t. 161 639 (Clavimyrtus), 640 {Microjambosa) ; iv. 832 

 {Jambosa). — DO. Diet. Bist. Nat. xi. {Acmena) ; {Josnnia), 833 {Syzygium), 839 {Caryophyllus), 

 Mem. Myrtac. t. 16-19 {Syzijgium)^ 20-23. — MO{Acmena),Ml {Jambosa), ^i9 {Macromyrtus). 

 GriLLEM. et Perr. Fl. Sen. Tent. i. t. 72 {Syzy- 9 Unit. St. JExpl. Exp. Bot. i. 551, t, 67 ; Bon- 

 git{m).—K-L. Pet. Moss. Bot. t. 11 (Syzygiam).— plandia (1862), 35.— B. H. Gen. 708, n. 31. 

 Harv. and Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 522.— A. Gray, ^o Spec, about 3. Br. et Gr. Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 Unit. St. Expl. Exp. Bot. i. 510, t. 58, 59 {Jam- ser. 5. iii. 227.— Walp. Ann. iv. 853. 



; 514, t. 60 ; 518, t. 61-65 {Syzijgium). — u Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5, iii. 225 ; Nouv. Arch. 



Seem. FL Vit. 76, 81 iCalyptranthes), 1. 15 {Jam- Mus. iv. 26, t. 10.— B. H. Gen. 1006, n. 78. 



