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Myrtaceae contains the guava (Psidium Guajava). a most delicious fruit from 

 wliich is made a jelly that is considered a great delicacy; the bay-berry {Amomis 

 caryophyllata) , from the dried leaves of which, when placed in water, an es- 

 sential oil may be distilled which is used in the medication of rum ; rose apple 

 (Jambosa nuilaccensis) which yields an edible fruit and furnishes a material 

 suitable for baskets, hoops, sugar casks, etc. ; Jambuse berries (Jambosa vulgaris) 

 cultivated in the tropics; the spices, piment or allspice, {Pimenia officinalis) and 

 cloves, (Eugenia caryophyllata) from the Moluccas, common articles of com- 

 merce. Cloves contain an essential oil which is an excellent antiseptic and con- 

 tains caryophyllin, Cj^Hj^O, and cugenin, CjgHj„0„. Cajaput, (Melaleuca le«- 

 codcndron) is an excellent stimulant containing cojapntol, C^uHj^H^O. 



Fig. 361. Buffalo Berry (Shepherdia argentea). Fruit used for jellies, 

 etc. (From Americart Agriculturist.) 



