ADDISONIA 37 
(Plate 59) 
FEIJOA SELLOWIANA 
Pineapple Guava 
Native of central South America 
Family MyrTackaE MyrtLeé Family 
Orthostemon Sellowianus Berg, in Mart. Fl. Bras. 141: 467. 1857. 
Fetjoa Sellowiana Berg, in Mart. Fl. Bras. 141: 615. 1859. 
A small tree up to twenty feet tall, with the young branches and 
lower surface of the leaves covered with a dense white tomentum. 
The leaves are opposite and on petioles one quarter inch long or 
ments and yellow anthers, are about as long as the petals. The 
fruit is ellipsoid, green, up to two inches long and nearly as broad. 
The seeds are reniform-orbicular, compressed. 
The plant from which the illustration was prepared was obtained 
in 1902 by exchange with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Eng- 
land. 
Feijoa is a small genus of a single, or perhaps two or three, species. 
It was at first given the name Orthostemon, but on account of the 
earlier application of this name to another group of plants the 
present name was substituted. 
This species is indigenous to southern Brazil, western Paraguay, 
Uruguay and parts of Argentina. It is common in the forests of 
this region, and the fruit is highly esteemed by the natives, although 
not cultivated by them. About 1890 it was introduced into southern 
Europe, and it is now cultivated in the Riviera. It was brought 
to this country from France about 1900, and is becoming quite ex- 
tensively cultivated in California, where it thrives. Its successful 
