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M. pedunculis axillaribus ct tcmiiualibus 

 tridiotomis corymbosis folio longioribus 

 compressis, floribus quinqucfidis, foliis 

 ellipticis obtusis convoxis coriaceis gla- 

 beniinis supernc vcnis elovatis reticu- 

 latis subtilissime pelbicido - punctatis. 



I)e Cmid. Prod. 3. p. 243. ^ 



Myrtus acris. fViUd. Sp. PL 2. p. 973. 

 Horf. Kew. 3. p. 190. Sivtz. Fl. 909. 



Caryophyllus foliis oblongo-ovatls oppo- 

 sitis. Br. 247. 



Bay-Bcrry Tree. IlagJies. 1-15. t, 10.^ 

 Wild. CJovOj or Bay-Berry Myrtle. Miller. 

 Bay-Berry Tree. Wild Cinnamon. Wild 



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* In differing- from so s;rcat authority as M. Do Caiidolle, by 

 maldng- the IJay-Borry of nii^^-hcs a synonym to Myrcia acris, and 

 not to Eugenia Pimenta, to which it indeed lias a near resem- 

 blance, I may be allowed lo suspect that his mistake may have 

 arisen from Ilng-hes having stated of his Bay-bcfy Tree that 

 ''its berries are well known by the nnme of Jamaica pepper";' 

 whereas the true Pimento, Jamaica pepper, or Alispicc is no 

 part of the produce of Barbados; the Eugenia Pimcnia being a 

 rare exotic, cultivated only by a few who arc curious in i)Iants ; 

 nor coukl the berries of the Barbados Bay-Berry be passed in 

 commerce as Pimenta. Of Eugenia Pinienta, De Candollc says 

 '' bacca globosa 1 — sperma/* The Bay-Berry of Hughes is 

 oblong, and generally four-seeded, agreeing witli the description 

 given by Swartzof Myrtus acris, '' bacca oblonga 2 — 4 sperma.'* 

 The berry of the Eugenia Pimenta, however, also varies nnich 

 in the number of its seeds. 



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