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or obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, finely punctate, the margins 

 slightly revolute, the petioles 0.5-0.8 mm. long. 



Near Lisbon Creek, Maugrore Cay, Andres. Endemic. When flowers of this 

 shrub are obtained, they may show it to belong to one of the other genera of 

 Myrtaceae. 



Eugenia ligitstrina Willd., West Indian, recorded as Bahamian by Grise- 

 bach and by Dolley, was not found during our exploration of the archipelago; 

 the specimen cited by G'risebach as collected in the Bahamas by Swainson was 

 not found in the Kew Herbarium when search was made for it there in l&ll. 

 "We regard the records as probably erroneous. 



2. PIMENTA Lindl. Coll. under pi. 19. 1821. 



A tree, with nearly smooth bark, oblong or elliptic, petioled aromatic 

 pinnately veined leaves, and small white 4-parted flowers, borne in compound 

 cymes in the upper axils. Calyx-tube campanulate, its lobes spreading, per- 

 sistent. Petals spreading. Stamens numerous, in several series. Stigma pel- 

 tate; ovary 2-celled; ovules miostly solitary in each cavity. Fruit berry -like, 

 aromatic. Seeds few, subglobose; embryo spiral. [Greek, rich in oil.] A 

 monotypic genus of the West Indies and Central America. 



1. Pimenta Pimenta (L.) Cockerell, Bull. Torr. Club 19: 95. 1892. 



Myrtus Pimenta L. Sp. PI. 472. 1753. 



Pimenta officinalis Lindl. Coll. under pi. 19. 1821. 



Pimenta vulgaris Lindl. in Loudon Encycl. 418. 1829. 



Becomiing 13 m. high or more, glabrous, except the puberulent inflores- 

 cence. Leaves coriaceous, 7-15 em. long, mostly obtuse at the apex, narrowed 

 at the base, with petioles about 1 cm. long, the veins rather prominent be- 

 neath; cymes stalked, many -flowered; flowers about 6 mm. broad; calyx-lobes 

 blunt; ovary puberulent; berries subglobose, about 6 num. in diameter, usually 

 2-seeded. 



Thickets and coppices, spontaneous after cultivation, New Providence, at 

 Grant's Town and near Lake Cunningham. Native of Jamaica and Cuba ; spon- 

 taneous after cultivation in Bermuda and in Central America. Erroneously called 

 CiNNAMox. Allspice. 



3. AHAMOMIS Griseb. PI. Br. W. I. 240. 1860. 



Evergreen aromatic trees or shrubs, with opposite coriaceous leaves and 

 axiUary peduncled flowers, in cymes or solitary, when in cymes the central 

 flower sessile or stalked. Calyx-lobes 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 5. Stamens many, 

 with filiform filaments and short anthers. Ovary 2-eelled or 4-celled, about 

 as long as the calyx-tube; ovules several in each cavity; style slender or fili- 

 form. Berry oval or subglobose, 1-several-seeded, crowned by the calyx-lobes. 

 [Greek, like Amomis.J About 8 species, natives of the West Indies and Flor- 

 ida. Type species: Anamomis fragrans (Sw.) Griseb. 



Leaves shining above, not revolute-margined ; flowers mostly solitary ; calyx glabrous. 

 Petals orbicular ; leaves mostly 2 cm. wide or less, acute, 



acutish or rounded at the base. 1. A. longipes. 



Petals oblong-orbicular ; leaves mostly over 2 cm. wide, 



obtuse and rounded or subcordate at the base. 2. A. tahamenais. 



Leaves dull above, revolute-margined (at least when old) ; flow- 

 ers several (rarely solitary) ; calyx pubescent. 3. A. lucayana. 



