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distant from tte margin ; flowers sessile, crowded j berry . . . . — Myrtua, Spreng. M. cor- 

 data, Sw. I : a form with subcovdate leaves. — A shmb ; leaves li"-l" long, subsessile ; 

 flowers 2'" diam.— Hab. Antigua!, Wullsehl.; [Haiti, S. Thomas, S. Croix !]. 



*** Flowers racemose or corymbose (rarely accompanied wiik single flowers) . 



24. E. obtusata, W. Branchleta puberulous ; leaves membranaceous, at length char- 

 taceous, euneate-elliplical or elliptical-lanceolate, hlunt or bluntly pointleied, pellucid-dotted, 

 glabrate : veins delicate, viith u, flexuose arch distant from the margin ; racemes sessile, 

 single, pubescent, 3-3 times shorter than the leaf (or reduced into a short corymb) : pedicels 

 filiform, spreading, 2-3 times longer than the petiole ; berry . . . . — Similar to E. immdata, 

 DC. PI. Spraceau., which differs by longer pedicels. — Leaves l"-2", petiole l"'-t"', rhaobis 

 7"'-2"', pedicels 2'" long , flowers 3'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica : introduced' to Hort. Kew. ! ; 

 Dominica !, Imr. 



85. E. disticha, DC. Branchlets sericeous ; leaves chartaceous, elliptical-oblong , or 

 oblong-lanceolate, rounded at the base, cuspidate, rarely blunt, pellucid- dotted, glabrate : 

 principal veins costate, slightly prominulous, mth a juxtamarginal, continuous arch '; co- 

 rymbs fascicled, sessile, much exceeded by the leaf: pedicels usually 2-3 times longer than 

 the petiole ; berry ovoid. — Bot. Mag. t. 867. — Myrtus, Sw. ! E. virgata, Macf. — A mon- 

 strosity, with the pedicels partly solitary by the rbachis growing out into a leaf-branch, agrees 

 ■with B. balsamiea, Jacq. Fragm. t. 45. f. 2. — A shrub ; leaves 2"-3", petiole 2"'-3"', rbachis 

 ]0"'-l"', pedicels S^-e™ long; flowers white, fi"'-5"' diam.; berries 3'" long, 2'" broad, 

 crowned with the persistent, spreading, roundish calyx-lobes. — Hab. Jamaica I, all coll., in 

 the northern and eastern districts. 



26. E. pallens, HO. {ex herb. Bks). Branchlets glabrescent ; leaves chartaceous, 

 mate or ovate-lanceolate, bluntish at both ends or tapering above into a bluntish point, re- 

 pand or crenulate, pellucid- dotted, glabrous : veins slightly prominulous beneath, idth a 

 flexuose arch / corymbs fascicled, pubescent, usually peduncled and half as long as the leaf, 



rarely shorter and sessile : pedicels as long as or twice as long as the petiole ; petals red; 

 berry globose. — Myrtus, V. E. dumosa, Macf. E. crenata. Berg I — ^A low tree or shrub, 

 20'-6' high, peculiar by its pink flowers (Wils.); leaves 2"-li'', petiole 2"'-3"', pedicels 

 5"'-2"' long ; flowers 4'" diam. ; berries red, 4"'-3"' diam. Leaf-crenatures occur also, 

 though more rarely, in E. disticha, virgultosa, and others. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coU., in the 

 mountains; [French islands!]. 



27. E. irirgultosa, DC. Branchlets glabrescent ; leaves leathery (or the younger ones 

 chartaceous), lanceolate or lanceolate-linear (rai-ely ovate-lanceolate), acuminate, with the 

 point usually bluntish, pellucid-dotted, early opaijue, glabrous, shining above : midrib im- 

 pressed above : veins delicate, with a flexuose a/rch ; racemes (or corymbs) single, pubescenti 

 usually sessile, of variable length : pedicels longer than the petiole ; berry globose. — Myrtus, 

 Sw. I E. lancea, Poir. E. acutiloba, DC, Macf. — E. biflora, DC. (Myrtus, L.), from 

 P. Browne's figure (Jam. t. 25. f. 3), is perhaps also this species with a reduced inflorescence.. 

 —A low tree, 15'-6' high : leaves 24"-li" long, 5"'-8"' (-12"') broad : petiole 2"'-3"' ; ra- 

 cemes 2"'-4"', pedicels 3"'-4"' ; flowers 3'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., Pd., Macf., in the 

 higher mountains ; [Cuba !, Virgin Islands]. 



28. E. trinitatis, DC. Glabrous; leaves leathery, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 

 bluntish, opaque, shining above : veins slightly prominulous, with a flexuose arch; racemes 

 single, glabrous, subsessile, nearly as long as the leaves : pedicels cemuous, as long as or 

 shorter than the petiole ; berry globose. — Myrtus dioica, Sieb. ! Trin. 94. — Leaves 2"-l", 

 petiole 2'", pedicei 2"'-l"' long; berries 3'" diam. — Hab. Trinidad!, Sieb. 



29. E. eeruginea, DC. Arboreous ; branchlets sericeous ; leaves chartaceous, at length 

 flexible-leathery, lanceolate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, poiutleted or bluntish, pellucid-dotted, 

 glabrous or glabrate beneath, shining above : principal veins costate, slightly prominulous, 

 with a flexuose arch ; racemes single, peduncled, rusty-sericeous, 2-4 times shorter than 

 the leaf : pedicels in distant pairs, nearly as long as the petiole : bracteoles roundish ; ovary 

 smooth : cells few-ovulate ; berry obovate-oblong . — Myrtus, Forsyth. — ^AlUed to E. ama- 

 nonica. Berg (Fl. Bras. 18. t. 28), which is said to have many-ovulate ovary cells, and to 

 E. Schlechtendaliana, Berg I, which has a sulcate ovary. A large tree ; leaves 3"-4" long, 

 l"-li" broad; petiole ,3'" long ; rbachis (with the peduncle) 2"-l" long: pedicels 3"'-a"' 



