238 MYBTACEJ!. 



long: the pairs as mueh distant; flowers 4"'-5"' diam. ; berries 6"'-8"' long, 4'" broad 

 above. — Hab. Jamaica ; Dominica !, Jmr. ; [Cuba !]. 



30. E. Gregii, DO. Branchlets rusty -pubescent; leaves ohaxtaceous, at length flexible- 

 leathery, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, bluntish, pellucid-dotted, shining-glabrous above, 

 glabrate beneath : principal veins costate, prominulous on both sides, with a fiexiwse arch ; 

 racemes geminate or single, corymliform, rusty-puhcicent, subsessile, much exceeded by the 

 leaf: inferior pedicels as long as the petiole, superior shorter; hracteoles pointed ; berry 

 oblong. — Gartn. Fr. t. 33 : the fruit. — Myrtus, Sw. I E. Sieberiana, DC. (ex descr.). E. 

 chrysophyHoides, Ma(f. I (nan DO.). Greggia aromatica, G. — A shrub, 10'-15' high ; leaves 

 5"-3" long, 2"-lV broad : petiole 5"'-3"' long ; racemes 1 J"-l" long : inferior pedicels 

 4" -5'" long, superior gradually shorter; flowers 6'" diam., uppermost often subsessile; 

 berries (immature) 4'" long, 2"' broad. — Hab. Jamaica I, Al. ; Dominica !, Sw. ; Trinidad 

 {ex syn. Sieb.) ; [Cuba I]. 



**** Pedicels fascicled, axillary. 



31. E. procera, Poir. Branchlets pubemlous ; leaves chartaceous, at length leathery, 

 ovate, with a bluntish point, pellucid-dotted, or at length opaque, glabrous : veins slightly 

 prominulous, with a flexuose arch ; fascicles 2-6-flowered : pedicels glabresoent, much ex- 

 ceeding the petiole, 2-4 times exceeded by the leaf ; anthers ovoid ; berry globose, (3"'-3"' 

 diam.). — -Myrtus, Sm. I E. baruensis, Gr. PI. Oarib. {non Jacq). — A tree, or shrub ; leaves 

 l"-2", petiole 1'", pedicels 3"'-6"' long; flowers li'" diam.— Hab. Jamaica!, Wils.; 

 Antigua I, Nichols. ; [Haiti I, Trench islands !] . 



32. E. Pseudopsidium, Jacq. Glabrous ; leaves leathery, elliptical-oblong or oblong, 

 with a bluntish point, peUucid-dotted, green on both sides : veins prominulous, reticulated 

 on both sides, initk a flexuose arch ; fascicles many- 2(-l)-flowered ; pedicels timce or more 

 exceeding the petiole ; anthers subglobose; berry globose, {6"'-8"' diam.). — Jacq. Amer. 

 Pict. i. 140. Mem. Geneve, 9. t. 21.— E. psidioides, DC. ; E. Patrisii, DC, is probably a 

 form of the same. — A tree or shrub ; leaves 4"-2", petiole 3"'-2"', pedicels 4"'-6"'(-12"') 

 long; berries red. — Hab. Dominica I, Jmr. ,■ [Portorico, French islands]. 



83. E. calycolpoides, Gr. Branchlets slightly puberulons, glabresoent ; leaves char- 

 taceous, lanceolate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, pointleted with a bluntish point, glabrous, 

 peHucid-dotted, at length opaque: veins slightly prominulous, with u subflexuose arch, 

 which is distant from the margin.; fascicles 2-^-flowered : pedicels slender, 2-3 times ex- 

 ceeded by the leaf; anthers oblong ; berry ovoid-globose. — E. Mini, Mey.l {non Aubl.). 

 B. Patrisii, Miq.! {in PI. Kegel., non DC). E. psidioides. Berg I {non DC). —Lesivea 

 2i"-li" long, 6"'-10"' broad; petiole 1"'-1V", pedicels 10"'-8* long ; flowers 5"'-6"' 

 diam.; berries 6'" long, 4'" broad. — Hab. Trinidad!, Cr., at Arima ; [Guiana!]. 



34. E. sinemariensis, JuJ^. Glabrous: leaves chartaceous, oblong, with a blunt- 

 ish point, densely pellucid-dotted : veins prominulous, with the principal arch regularly 

 flexuose and distant from the margin ; fascicles 3-6-flowered : pedicels short, exceeded by 



the petiole: hracteoles minute; anthers ovoid; berry " globose." — Aubl.t.l^%. ^Atree- 



leaves 8"t4", petiole 3'", pedicels 2"'-l"' long ; flowers 5"'-6"' diam.— Hab. Trinidad !^ 

 O., perhaps only naturalized ; [Guiana]. 



35. E. Iiambertiana, DO. Glabrous ; leaves chartaceous, elliptical-oblong y or ovate- 

 oblong, with a bluntish point : pellucid dots distant or obsolete : veins prominulous, with a 



flexuose arch ; fascicles 2-6-flowered : pedicels slightly pubemlous, or glabresoent, a* A)»o 

 as or longer than the petiole : hracteoles minute; anthers ovoid; berry globose.-— E. latfcv. 

 folia, Gr. {non J.««?.).- A high shrub; leaves 6"-4", petiole 3"'-4"', pedicels 2 J"'-6"' long; 

 flowers 5'", berries 6"' diam.— Hab. S. Vincent {DC) ; [Guadeloupe !, Panama !]. 



36. E. laarchiana, Gr. {n. sp.). Glabrous; leaves leathery, oval-oblong or oblong, 

 bhint, shining, pellucid-dotted, or at length opaque : veins thickish, "prominnlous-reticulated 

 on both sides, with the principal arch flexuose, and distant from the margin ; fascicles 

 20-6 (-3) -flowered : pedicels exceeded by the petiole : bracteoles united at the base, nearly 



half as long as the is-'i-lobed calyx-tube; anthers ovoid-oblong; berry globose Habit 



exactly of B. latifolia, Aubl. ! (hb. Bks.), which however from its figure has minute bracts 

 and ovoid-oblong berries.— A large tree; leaves 8"-6" long, 4"-24'' broad : petiole 6'" long 

 pedicels usually lateral, 3"'-2"' long : bracteoles broadly-ovate, blunt, 1'" long, persistent 



