MYRTACE^. 235 



flora, Steud. t M. Kegeliana, Berg ! M. Berberis, DC, Berg I (in Fl. Kegel.). Myrtns 

 polyantha, Kth. — A tree or shrub ; leaves usually 4"-25i" long, 1"-1^" broad ; flowers 3"' 

 diam. ; berries dark-blue, 5"'-4'" long, 3"'-2"' broad. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; [Haiti, 

 Martinique ; Guiana I, New Granada !, Brazil I]. 



** Principal leaf -veins costate, impressed above, prominent beneath : under surface 

 minutely areolate. 



12. M. ferruginea, DC. Branchlets rusty-tomentose ; leaves rigid, leathery, elliptical^ 

 elliptical-lanceolate, or elliptical-oblong, pointleted, usually with a very narrow poin^, \ 

 shining -glabrous above, glabrate and rusty-tomentose on the midrib and the costate primary 

 veins beneath, pellucid-dotted (or at length nearly opaque) : veins joined by a juxtamarginal 

 arch, tertiary ones immersed and forming a very minute network ; panicles rusty-tomentose, 

 trichotomous, from the uppermost axils : flowers' clustered, subsessile; calyx rusty-tomentose, 

 5-lobed: lobes orbicular ; ovary 2-celled; berry "globose." — Eugenia, Poir. E. deflexa, 

 Poir. E. paniculata, Siei. ! Mart. 137. M. deflexa, DO. M. Humboldtiana, DC:: a large- 

 leaved form. — A large tree ; leaves very variable, usually 3i"-2" long, sometimes 10"-12'' 

 long ; the costate veins immersed above, prominent beneath, 20-24 on each side of the mid- 

 rib, alternating with more delicate ones ; flowers 4'" diam. — Hab. Dominica!, Imr.; Tri- 

 nidad!, Cr.; [Haiti, Martinique 1 ; Yenezuela, Guiana]. 



4*. CARYOPHYLLUS, L. 



Calyx-tube cylindrical, filled with tissue below : limb 4-partite. Petals 4, coherent, de- 

 ciduous. 0»a?y 2-celled ; cells multiovulate. .Ber;^ l(-2)-seeded. Cotyledons %t.\a\o^o\i,, 

 sinuose, peltate, including partly the elongated, straight radicle. — Flowers cymose. 



13*. C. aromaticus, L. Leaves leathery, elliptical-oblong, glabrous, shining abovej 

 long-petioled ; cymes terminal, trichotomous ; pedicels short, thickened. — Desc. PI. 8. t. 566. 

 — A low tree. — Hab. Naturalized in S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Martinique I, Sieb. Mart. 136 ; 

 introduced from the East Indian islands]. 



6*. SYZYGIUM, <?. 



Calyx-tube turbinate, exceeding the ovary : limb repand or truncate. Petals 4-5, co- 

 herent-deciduous. Ovary 2-oelled : cells multiovulate. Berry l-few-seeded. Cotyledons 

 semiglobose, distinct, peltate : radicle short, concealed by them. — Flowers cymose. 



14*. S. Jambolannm, DC. Glabrous ; leaves leathery, oval or obovate-oblong, long- 

 petioled, devoid of peUucid dots ; cymes lateral, trichotomous : flowers clustered ; calyx-limb 

 truncate.— A tree ; leaves 4 '-3" long, rounded at the top in the West Indian form : petiole 

 10"'-6"' long. — Hae. Naturalized in Jamaica !, Al.; Antigua !, Wuttschl.; Trinidad ; [intro- 

 duced from the East Indies], 



6*. JAMBOSA, Piumph. 



Calyx-tube turbinate, fiUed with tissue below : limb 4 (-8) -partite. Petals perigynous, 

 much exceeded by the stamens. Ovary 2-3-celled : cells multiovulate. Berry and embryo 

 of Eugenia. — Trees ; inflorescence centripetal : flowers large. 



15*. 3 . ■aaXa.cceasis,, DC. Glabrous; leaves oblong, lanceolate-oblong, or obovate- 

 oblong, petioled : veins distant, with the sinuate arch distant from the margin ; corymbs 

 lateral ; berry turbinate. — Tuss. Fl. 3. t. 25. — Eugenia, L. 3. pm-purascens, DC. — Leaves 

 6" long ; flowers purple ; stamens 8"'-10"' long, thrice as long as the petals ; berries crimson, 

 3" long, and as broad at the top. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, Al., Trinidad ; [introduced 

 from the East Indies]. 



16*. J. vulgaris, DC. Glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, acuminate, petioled : principal 

 veins distant, costate, joined by a subcontinuous arch ; corymbs terminal, few-flowered ; 

 berry globose. — Desc. PL 5. t. 315. — Eugenia Jambos, L. — Leaves 8"— 6" long; flowers 

 white ; stamens li" long, thrice as long as the petals ; berries usually about li"diam. — Hab. 

 Naturalized in Jamaica !, AL, March, and in all the Caribbean Islands, e.g. Antigua J, 

 WullschL; [introduced from the East Indies]. 



