468 Lix. MTKTACE^. (J. F. Duthie.) IPsidvim. 



1 P. Guyava, Zinn.; Smth. Fl. HcmgT^. 120; BraiA Far. J'i.232^ 

 Oriseb Fl. Bnt. West. Ind. 241 ; Kwrz in Jawm. As. Soc. Ben^. xlvi. U»77> 

 pt. ii. p. 62 ; For. Fl Brit. Burm. 1. 476. 



Naturalised throughout India. , , ^ „ „T,™t ,■ i 



A small tree, pubescent on the young branches. Leaves on very Bbort petioles, 

 ovate or oblong, and usually acuminate, 3-4 in. long, glabrous or nearly so above, 

 softly pubescent beneath and with the principal nerves prominent. Peduncles 

 axillaris i in., 1-3-flo-wered ; buds ovoid in the adnate part, the free part also ovoid 

 but larger and more or less pointed. Petals broad, ^ in. in diameter. Fruit globose or 

 pear-shaped. — " Indigenous in Mexico and possibly in other parts of Tropical America, 

 cultivated and naturalised in most tropical countries. In India the Guava is culti- 

 vated almost everywhere except in the north-western comer of the Punjab. It often 

 run wild, but there is no ground for supposing that the Guava is indigenous in India. 

 Wood compact, close-grained, takes a beautifal polish." (Brandts I. c.) 



Vae. pyriferum, Linn, (sp.) ; peduncles 1-fld, fruit pyriform. Soxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 480. 



Vae. pomiferum, Linn, (sp.) ; peduncles usually 2-3-fld, firuit globose or ovoid. 

 Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 480. 



6. RKODAKirXA, Jack. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite, 3-iierved, hoary or puhescent be- 

 neath. Flowers rather smaU, pedicels short, sometimes very shortly fasciculate 

 or in lax racemes ; bracteoles small, deciduous. Calyx-tube ovoid or subglohose, 

 not produced beyond the ovary ; segments 4, persistent. Petals 4, spreading;. 

 Stamens oo, in many series, free; Aliments filiform; anthers versatile with 

 parallel ceils dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 1-ceIled with parietal placentation 

 and many ovules ; style filiform, stigma peltate. Berry globose, crowned with 

 the limb of the calyx. Seeds few, reniform, globose or variously compressed, 

 testa hard; embryo horSeshoe-shaped, radicle long, cotyledons very short. — 

 DiSTEiB. About 12 ? species ; 3 in Australia, and the rest natives of Tropical 

 Asia. 



1. B.. trlnervia, Blume Mus. Bat. i. 79; leaves ovate-oblong or ovate- 

 lanceolate acuminate glabrovis or more or less reticulate above prominently 

 3-nerved from the base often silvery-pubescent beneath, peduncles slender axil- 

 lary 1- rarely 3-fl. with minute bracteoles under the calyx, berry globose red- 

 dish. Kurz in Jowm. As. Soc. Beng. xlvi. (1877) pt. ii. p. 63 ; For. Fl. Brit, 

 Burm. i. 474; Benth. Fl. Austral, iii. 278. Myrtua trinervia, Sm. in Linn. 

 Trans, iii. 280. Eugenia ? trinervia, DC. Prodr. iii. 279 ; Bat. Mag. 3223. 



Tenasseeim, Heifer ; Maiacca, Cuming, Griffith ; Sincapoee and Penang, Watier, 

 Wallich ; Nicobae Islands, Kurz. — Disteib. Malay Islands and Philippines to Aus- 

 tralia. 



A small tree or shrub with greyish wrinkled bark and pilose branchlets, young 

 parts and inflorescence often densely silky. Leaves variable in size, 4-6 by li-2i in., 

 sometimes rugose beneath, shortly petioled, subacute at the base. Peduncles varying 

 in length, shorter than the leaves. Flowers white, fragrant. Petals twice as long as 

 the calyx-lobes, hairy outside. Stamens nearly as long as the petals. Berry about 

 ^ in. in diam. — I have adopted Mr. Kurz's nomenclature who includes the various 

 forms under the following varieties. 



Vae. concolor ; leaves green on both surfaces, sparingly pubescent, peduncles 4-7- 

 or fewer-flowered. E. cinerea. Griff. Nbtid. 653, not of Jack. ; Kurz in Jomn. As. 

 Soc. 1. c. E. concolor, Mi^. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. i. 315. Myrtus smilacifolia. Wall. 

 Cat. 3629. 



Vae. spectaiilis; leaves silvery- white beneath or greyish when old, flowers usually 



