236 MYETACE^. 



7. EUGENIA, Mich. 

 Cah/lc 4(-5)-lobea. Petals 4 (-5). Omry g-S-ceUed : cells multi-2-ovulate. Berry 

 l-few-seeded. Testa usually membranaceous. Embryo globose or ovoid, usually undivided : 

 radicle short. — Inflorescence centripetal, axillary. 



Sect. ]. EuGENiASTBUM. — Ovan/ nearly as long as the calyx-tube: cells usually 



* Pedicels short, solitary in the axils. 

 17. E. alpinaj W. Branchlets pubescent ; leaves 3^-2 in the whorl, small, leathery, 

 ovate, blunt or bluutiah, opaque, with impressed dots above, early glabrate : veins incon- 

 spicuous, midrib impressed above ; flowers single, shortly pedicellate ; berry ovoid. — Myrtus, 

 &. .'— Alowtree, 6'-20'high; leaves 4'", petiole V"-l"', pedicels 1'", berry 4'" long.— 

 Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., Pd., AL, on the highest summits of the Blue Mountains. 



** Flowers glomerate, shortly pedicellate or sessile : the interior pedicels usually in a 

 minute raceme, the exterior fascicled, or all flowers sessile. 

 / 18. E. buxifolia, W. Branchlets puberulous ; leaves chartaceous, at length leathery, 

 small, cuneate-elliptical, blunt, pellucid-dotted, glabrous : veins slightly prominulous beneath, 

 with the continuous arch somewhat distant from the margin ; clusters puberulous : pedicels 

 twice as long as the short petiole ; berry globose. — Myrtus, Sw. M. crenulata, Sw. ! : a 

 form with the leaves slightly crmulate above. — A shrub ; leaves 8"'-2", petiole l"'-i"' long ; 

 flowers 3'", berries IV" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, March, in the lowlands ; [Cuba !, S. Tho- 

 mas I, Guadeloupe I]. 



19. E. Foiretii, BO. Branchlets puberulous ; leaves chartaceous, elliptical-lanceolate 

 or ovate-laneeolate, tapering into a bluntish point, pellucid-dotted, glabrous : veins slightly 

 prominulous beneath, with a double, flexuose arch ; clusters puberulous ; pedicels twice as 

 long as the short petiole ; berry globose. — Myrtus axillaris, Pair. — Leaves 2"— 1", petiole 

 l"'-i"' long; berries 1*'" diam.— Hae. Trinidad!, Cr.; [Haiti, S. Thomas]. 



30. E. luonticola, DC. Branchlets glabrous . (rarely puberulous) ; leaves leathery, 

 cuneate-elliptical, blunt, opaque, glabrous : veins nearly inconspicuous above, slightly pro- 

 minulous beneath, with the argh nearly continuous, and distant from the margin; clusters 

 glabrous (rarely puberulous) : pedicels as long as or exceeded by the petiole, the interior 

 raceraulose ; berry globose. — Myrtus, Sw. I E. axillaris and foetida, ex Antigua, Berg I — 

 A sbrub, intermediate between E. buxifolia and JE. axillaris ; leaves black when dry, 

 2"-l", petiole 2"'-3"' long; flowers Z"', berries 2"'-li"' diam.— Hab. Bahamas!; Ja- 

 maica!, all coll., in -the mountains, chiefly in the Coffee region; Antigua!, Wullschl.; 

 [Cuba!, Guadeloupe!]. 



21. E. axillaris, Poir. Branchlets glabrous ; leaves leathery, effipfo'caZ (or dliptical- 

 lanceolate), bluntish at the base, pointleted with a sJiort, blunt point, opaque, rarely pellu- 

 cid-dotted, glabrous : vein^ slightly prominulous, in a lax network and with a flexuose 

 .arch ; clusters glabrous : pedicels shorter than the petiole, most of them fascicled ; berry 

 globose. — Myrtus, Sw. !—E. baruensis, Jacq. (Ic. Ear. t. 486), gives a good idea of this 

 species and of the inflorescence, racemulose or fascicled in the same branch ; hence it may be 

 either a pubemlous form of the same, or an allied species, intermediate between it and E. 

 procera. A low tree or shrub ; leaves 34"-2", petiole 3'" long ; flowers 4'"— 5'", berries 4'"— 

 2i"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, aE coll., in the mountains. 



22. E. lateriflora, TF. Glabrous ; leaves chartaceous, at length leathery, cwneate-oval 

 or obovate-oblong, rounded at the top, opaque or obsoletely pellueid-dotted : veins slightly 

 prominulous, with the arch flexuose and distant from the margin ; pedicels crowded, usually 

 as long as the calyx-tube ; berry globose. — E. buxifolia, Maif. {non W.). — A shrub ; leaves 

 2"-l", petiole i"' long ; flowers 2'", berries 2'" diam.— Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., March, 

 common in the mountains; [Cuba!, S. Croix]. 



23. E. sessiliflora, DC. Glabrous; leaves chartaceous, at length leathery, oval, 

 bluntish or rounded at the base, rounded at the top, cartilaginous on the margin, early 

 opaque : veins slightly prominulous beneath, often inconspicuous, with the arch flexuose and 



