234 MYRTACE^. 



8. MYRCIA, DC. 



Cffl^;r 5(-4)-lobed. Fefals 5 (-2). Om;y 2-4-ceIled : cells 2-OTuIate. Berry aai em-- 

 hryo of Calyptranthes. — Cymes usually exseried. 



Sect. 1. AuLOMiaciA. — Calyx-tube produced beyond the ovary. Berry concave at the 



margined top. 



8. M. coriacea, DC. Branchlets rusty-pubescent or glabrescent j leaives leathery, obo- 

 vate or oval, blunt or emarginate, glabrous, shortly petioled, usually opaque, with impressed 

 dots, aud shining above : veins joined near the revolute margin or inconspicuous ; peduncles 

 in the uppermost axils, simple, 9-3(-l5-flowered: pedicels spreading : the central flower 

 pedicellate or subsessile ; calyx 5-lobed : lobes rounded, sericeous inside ; ovary 3-celIed ; 

 berry globose, 3-6-seeded. — Plum. Ed.Burm. t. 308./. 3. — A shrub, resembling Anamomis 



' and Pimenta acris, with which latter it was confounded by Swartz, though habitually dis- 

 tinguished by short petioles, obsoletely veined leaves, and simple inflorescence. Leaves l"-2i" 

 long, or uppermost smaller : petiole i"'-2"' long ; flowers 4"'-5"' diam. ; berry 6'" diam. ; 

 cotyledons thickish, much contortuplicate. 



a. Swartziana. Branchlets and peduncles densely pubescent ; leaves opaque ; peduncles 

 eubsolitary,.3(-l)-flowered, exceeded by the leaves. — Hesc. VI. 2. t. 105.- -Myrtus coriacea, 

 Suj. I: the origiud specimen has a 5-lobed calyx, but a specimen of Pimenta acris j8 is added 

 in his herbarium. Aulomyrcia, Berg. M. cotinifolia, Poir. 



p. Jacquiniana. Branchlets glabrescent ; leaves opaque : petiole 1'" long ; peduncles 

 glabrous, approximate, 3-7-flowered, exceeding the leaves. — Jaeg. Coll. 2. t. 5./. 1. — ^Eu- 

 genia panicidata, Jacj. Aulomyrcia Jacquiniana, Berff. 



y. Imrayana. Branchlets adpressed-pubemlous ; leaves at length furnished with scattered, 

 pellucid dots ; peduncles glabrous, scattered, 9-5 -flowered, nearly as long as the leaves, with 

 the corymbiform cyme exserted. 



Hab. Antigua I, Nichols., Wullschl. (o, fi!) ; Dominica !, Imr. (o, 7) ; S. Lucia ; [Haiti !, 

 Martinique]. 



9. M. multiflora, DC. Branchlets glabrescent ; leaves ehartaceous, ovate-lanceolate, 

 bluntish, glabrous, petioled, pellucid-dotted : veins joined near the margin, reticulated, pro- 

 minulous on both sides ; panicles trichotomous, lax, exserted : flowers pedicellate or the 

 central ones sessile ; calyx sericeous below, 5-lobed : lobes orbicular, sericeous inside ; ovary 

 3-cdled ; berry " globose." — Eugenia, Bich. Aulomyrcia, Berg. — A shrub ; leaves l"-2" 

 long ; flowers 2'" diam. — Hab. TMnidad !, Or., at S. Anns ; [Guiana]. 



Sect. 2. EuKYBOiA. — CaJiyx-tule nearly as long as the ovary. Berry flat at the top 



* Leaves reticulated-veiny. 



10. M. splendens, DC. Branchlets pubescent ; leaves ehartaceous, ovate-lanceolate 

 or ovate, protracted into a narrow, bluntish point, glabrous, shining above, pellucid-dotted : 

 veins joined near the margin, reticulated, prominulous on both sides ; panicles trichotomous, 

 pubescent: flowers pedicellate or the central ones sessile; calyx hoary-sericeous below, 5- 

 lobed : lobes rounded ; ovary 2-celled ; berry globose. — Jacq. Coll. 2. t. 4. — Myrtus, Sw. 

 Eugenia periplocifolia, Jacq. M. sororia, DO. I : a form with a long leaf-point. Berg dis- 

 tinguishes his M. splendens by oblong or obovate berries, but Porsstrom's West Indian speci- 

 mens, agreeing with Swartz's Myrtus splendens, have exactly globose berries. — A low tree 

 or shrub, 12'-15' high, very variable in the leaves and as usuaUy in their veins, 2"-3" long, 

 8"'-li'' broad; flowers 3"'-4"' diam. j berries red, 4'" diam.— Hab. Jamaica I, Wright; 

 Dominica I, Zmr.; S.Lucia; Trinidad !, 5j«3. Trin. Wi, Lockh., Cr.; [Haiti, Portorico !, 

 French islands !, Sieb. Mart. 138 ; New Granada 1, Guiana I, Brazil !]. 



11. K. divaricata, i)C. Branches glabrescent ; leaves leathery, elliptical-lanceolate 

 or elliptical-oblong, pointleted, with a narrow, bluntish point, glabrous, shining above, pel- 

 lucid-dotted (or at length opaque) : veins joined near the margin, reticulated, prominulous 

 on both sides ; panicles trichotomous, glabrescent .- flowers pedicellate or the central ones 

 sessile ; calyx sericeous below, 5-lobed : lobes rounded j ovary 2-celled ; berry ovoid-oblong. 

 — Plum. Ed. Burm, f. 308./. 1 ; Ktk Nov. Gen. i. 545. — Eugenia, Lam. E. paniculse- 



