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flowers 6"'-8"', berries 4'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Td., March, in woods, Manchester ; speci- t 

 mens collected in S. Vincent 1, Anders., and in Trinidad must be compared with E. laii- i^ 

 folia, Aubl. 



***** Flowers precocious : pedicels slender, single or approximate, fiirnished at the base 

 mth an elongated bract, and bibracteolate below the top. 



87. E. ligustrina, W. Branchlets puberulous, glabrescent ; leaves chartaceous, lanceo- 

 late-oblong, bluntish, glabrous, shining above, pale beneath, pellucid-dotted, at length opaque : 

 veins simple, with the arch subcontlnnous, distant from the margin ; pedicds 2-4 tfmes as 

 long as the bract ; calyx-loies oblong-lanceolate, bluntish ; berry globose,' smooth. — Myrtus, 

 Sw. Stenocalyx, Bergl—k. low shrub; leaves 2"-l", petiole a"'-3"', pedicels li"-l" 

 long ; flowers 6'", berries 3"'-4"' diam. — Hab. Bahamas !, Jamaica !, Wullschl. ; Antigua I, 

 Nichols., Wullschl., Dominica I, Imr., S. Vincent I, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Locleh., Sieb., 

 Trin. 145 J^[Cuba'!, French islands !, Guiana !, Brazil !]. 



38. E. uniflora, L. Glabrous ; lea/oes membranaceous, at length chartaceous, ovate- 

 lanceolate, bluMtish, green on both sides, pellucid-dotted, at length opaque : veins reticu- 

 lated, with the principal arch deeply sinuate ; pedicels much longer than the bract ; calyx- 

 lobes linear-oblong, bluntish ; berry globose, longitudinally furrowed. — Bot. Mag. t. 473. 

 — E. Michelii, Lam. Plinia rubra and pedunoulata, L. Stenocalyi Michelii, Berg. — A low 

 tree, or shrub, often cultivated .for its eatable berries ; leaves 2 —IV', petiole 2'", pedicels 

 18"'-8"'long; flowers 6'", berries 4'" diam. — Hab. Bahamas!, Jamaica !, ilfarcA, in the 

 mountains of Port Royal ; Antigua I, Nichols., Wullschl., Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent, 

 Guild. ; Trinidad !, Lockh. ; [Guiana !, Brazil !, naturalized in the East Indies !]. 



Sect. 2. Mteciaria. — Ovary exceeded by the calyx-tube: cells 2-ovulate. 



39. E. coffeifolia, DC. Glabrous ; leaves chartaceous, oblong, pointleted, pellucid- 

 dotted, or at length opaque : principal veins subcostate, slightly prominulous beneath, with 

 the arch flexuose arid distant from the margin ; flowers clustered, sessile, often lateral ; 

 berry globose. — Myrciaria ramiflora. Berg, ex descr. — ^A small tree; leaves 44"— 2i'', petiole 

 2"'-3"' long ; flowers minute ; berries 3"'-4"' diam. — Hab. Dominica I, Imr. ; S. Vincent, 

 {Forsyth) ; [Guiana]. 



40. E. floribuuda, West, Branchlets puberulous; leaves chartaceous, lanceolate, 

 or ovate -lanceolate, acuminate, pellucid-dotted, glabrous : veins nearly simple, delicate, with 

 a juxtamarginal, subcontinuous arch ; flowers clustered, subsessile ; berry . . . . — Myrci- 

 aria, Berg. M. protracta. Berg ! — Leaves 2"-l" long, 5"'-9"' broad: petiole l"'-2"'long; 

 flowers 2'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica I, M'Nab ; [S. Croix !, Guiana 1]. 



Certain Eagenia, described from specimens collected in the British West Indies, remain 

 doubtful : viz. from Jamaica, E. filiformis and Wallenii, Macf., and several of Berg's 

 species, of which I omit all those which I have not seen, as in every case where I had the 

 opportunity of comparing his authentic specimens, they proved to be old West Indian 

 species. 



8. AULACOCAEPUS, Berg. \ 



Ca/ya: S(-4)-lobed. Petals 6 (-4). 5er>;y 5-2(-l)-pyrenous : nuts woody. Smlryo of 

 Evgenia. — Leaves nearly veinless ; inflorescence of Eugenia. 



41. A. quadraugularis, Gr. Glabrous ; branchlets tetragonal, at length cylindrical ; 

 leaves rigid, leathery, veinless or obscurely veined, ovate, bluntly pointleted, or pointed, 

 shining above, dotless ; corymbs 2— 1-flowered, with a short peduncle : pedicels 3—4 times as 

 long as the petiole ; calyx 5(-4)-lobed; berry globose. — Eugenia, Duchass. in PI. Carih. — 

 The structure of the berry is the same as that of Aulacocarpus, figured both by Bentham 

 and Berg.— A shrub ; leaves 2i"-Ii", petiole 2^"-!'", peduncle l'", pedicels 4"'-5"' long. 

 In the only deflorate flower the calyx-tube is 1'" long, supported by two minute, linear 

 bracts, which are as long as the ovary, shorter than the 4-lobed calyx : the other specimens 

 are in fruit: beny red, 5'" broad, 4'" high, crowned with a 5-partite calyx-limb, usuaUy 2- 

 ceHed, 2-seeded. — Hab. Antigua !, Wullschl. ; [Guadeloupe !, in woods 'of the lowlands]. 



