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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



times multiple') embryo thick plano-convex, hemispherical orellip^ 

 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. 

 Pruit 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), 



' In E, Jdmbosa we have often seen emtryos. 



^ Sometimes oonferruminate or unequal hete- 

 romorphous. 



' Or sometimes (?) it ia said, alternate. 



* Often rather large,- showy, white, pink, or 

 more rarely pale yellow. 



' By defect of bractiferous leaves. 



' RuMPH. Herh. Amh. i. 121. — DO. Prodr. ia. 

 286. — Spach, Suit, ct Buffon, iv. 179. — ^Endl. 

 Gere.n. 6324. — CerocarpusTikssK. Cat. Sort. Bog. 

 262.— Gelpkea Bl. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. i. 88, t. 35. 

 — Strongylocalyx Bl. loc. cit. 89, t. 64. — Cleisto- 

 cctlyx Bl. loc. cit. 84, t. 56. 



1 GmSEE. Fl. Brit. W.-Ind. 236. 



8 Spec, about 500. H. B. K. Nov. Gen. etSpec. 

 t. 646 {Myrtus). — Lindl. Collect. 1. 19 [OUnthia), 

 — Wight, III. 13, 14 {Jambosa), 15 {Synygimn) ; 

 Icon. t. 100, 653, 545, 551 ; 73, 216, 625-530, 

 646, 548-650, 608-813 {Jambosa) ; 531-536, 

 538-544 {Syiygium).— W ALT.. PI. As. Rar. t. 161 

 {Jamhosa). — DC. Diet. Sist. Nat. xi. {Acmena) ; 

 Mim. Myrtac. t. 16-19 {Syzygium), 20-23. — 

 Guillem. et PEan. Fl. Sen. Tent. i. t. 72 {Syzy- 

 gium). — Kl. Pet. Moss. Bot. t. 11 (Syzygiam). — 

 Hakv. and Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 522. — A. Ghat, 

 Unit. St. Expl. Exp. Bot. i. 510, t. 68, 59 {Jam- 

 bosa) ; 614, t. 60 ; 518, t. 61-65 {Syzygium). — 

 Sbbm. Fl. Vit. 76, 81 {Oalyptranthes), 1. 16 {Jam- 



t. 16 {Syzygium). — Mia. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. p. 

 i. 440, 446 {Syzygium), — Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 

 114, 115 {Jambosa), 116 (Syzygium), 118 {Acme- 

 na). — Gkisbb. Fl. Brit. W.-Ind. 235 {Caryo- 

 phyllus, Syzygium, Jambosa), 236 (Eugenia). — 

 Hook. p. Handb. N.-Zeal. Fl. 74.— Bbnth. Fl. 

 Bongh. 118 {Syzygitlm), 119 {Acmena), 120 {Jam- 

 bosa) ; Fl. Austral. iiL 280, — Bh. et Gr. Ann. 

 Sc. Nat. ser. 5, iii. 215, 219 (Jambosa), 221 {Sy- 

 zydium), 224 {Caryophyllus) ; xiii. 385 {Syzygi- 

 um). — F. MuELL. Fl. Vict. t. suppl. 18 {Syzygi- 

 um).— Bot. Reg. t. 627, 1033 ,(JamJosa).—.Bo<. 

 Mag. t. 473 {Plinia), 867, 1696', 2230 {Jambosa), 

 4558 {Jossinia), 4526, 4626, 6040, 5i%0{Aemena). 

 — ^Walp. Rep. ii. 172 {Jossinia), 178 {Calyptran- 

 tlies, Syzygium), 181 {Acmena), 191 {Jambosa) ; 

 v. 751 {Syllysium), 752 {Calyptranthes, Syzygi- 

 um) • Aim. ii. 626 {Jossinia), 629 (Calyptranthes, 

 Syzygium), 630 (Oelpkcea), 631, 632 (Jambosa), 

 639 (Clavimyrtus), 640 (Microjambosa) ; iv. 832 

 (JosHnia), 833 (S-yzygium), 839 (Caryophyllus), 

 840 (Acmena), 841 (Jambosa), 849 (Macromyrtua). 



9 Unit. St. Expl. Exp. Bot. i. 651, t, 67 ; Bon- 

 plandia (1862), 35.— B. H. Gen. 708, n. 31. 



'» Spec, about 3. Br. et Gr. Ann. Se. Nat. 

 ser. 5. iii. 227.— W alp. Ann. iv. 863. 



" Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 6, iii. 226 ; Nouv. Arch. 

 Mus. iv. 26, t. 10.— B. H. Gen. 1006, n. 78. 



