243 MYRTACEiE. 



tli6 bud J anthers oblong,— lamb, in Imn. Transact. 11. t. 17.— Leaves 5"-4" long, 2V'^2" 

 broad ; flowers 1" diam. — Hab. Trinidad {LambC) ; [Guiana 1, Brazil]. 



50. P. montanum, Sw. BrancMets tetragonal, gldbrescent ; leaves chartaceous, el- 

 liptical or ellipticaHanceolate, glabrous : veins slightly prominulotis beneath ; peduncles 

 1-8-flowered; calyx closed in the bud ; anthers shortly oblong. — Desc. Fl. 5. t. 364. — P. 

 aromaticmn, Besc. (non Autl.). — A high tree; leaves 3"-2V long, li"-l" broad; flowers 

 1" diam. ; berry globose, 4"'-5"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica I, Macf., M'Nab, Wils., Wullschl., 

 in mountain woods, S. Mary's, Tairfield. 



51. P. cordatum, Sims. Glabrous; branchlets compressed-cylindrical ; leavesYeaHisej, 

 ovate or oval, rounded at both ends or cordate at the base, sessile or shortly petioled : veins 

 obsolete or inconspicuous ; peduncles 1-few-flowered ; anthers roundish.-^— J8o<. Mag. t, 1779. 

 — Leaves 3"-l^" long, 2"-l" broad; flowers 8'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, JforcA,- Nevis 

 {Sims) ; [S. Thomas, Guadeloupe], 



53. P. Guildingiannm, Gr. {n. sp.). Glabrous ; brancMets compressed-cylindrical; 

 leaves leathery, el/ipiical-oblong, bluntish : primary veins approximate, delicate, straightish, 

 with a continuous, juxtamarginal arch, obsoletely prominulous above, inconspicuous beneath; 

 peduncles fascicled, 5-9-flowered or trichotomous above the base : ultimate flowers ternately 

 clustered (or single) ; anthers oblong ; berry minute. — Habit of Myrda coriacea ; leaves 

 rigid, devoid of pellucid dots, polished beneath, 5"-3" long, 2"-14" broad : petiole 2'" long; 

 cymes axillary or lateral, 1" long, once or twice trichotomous : flowers sessile in the special 

 clusters; calyx irregularly 4-5-lobed : limb much produced beyond the ovary, while in the 

 other species the limb bursts down to the ovary itself; berry globose, 3'" diam., separated 

 by a termiual stricture from the persistent, spreading calyx-limb ; seeds many, in 4 cells, 

 subglobose : testa hard, — Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild, 



13. CAMPOMANESIA, Z. F. 



Calyx 5 (-4-6)-lobed. Petals 6 (4-6). Ovary 4-many-celled, a little exceeded by the turbi- 

 nate calyx-tube : cells multiovulate. Berry few-seeded. Testa membranaceous. Embryo spi- 

 rally involute : radicle elongated : cotyledons short, at the summit of the interior involution. 

 — Pedicels slender, solitary ^rfasdeled. 



53. C. aromatica, Gr. Brauohlets puberulous, compressed-cylindrical ; leaves rugose, 

 memtranaceous, elliptical, apiculate, long-petioled, glabrate, early opaque ; primary veins 

 arcuate-costate, distant, impressed above, thickish-prominent beneath, secondary transverse, 

 less prominulous ; fiowers precocious ; pedicels approximate, 4-2 times lai-ger than the 

 bract, pubescent : bracteoles 2, filiform, as long as the velvety-pubescent calyx-tube ; calyx- 

 lobes 5 (-" 4 "), ovate, blunt ; anthers oblong-linear ; berry globose. — Jubl. t. 19l'— 

 Psidium, Auhl. Stenocalyx Pseudo-Psidium, Berg .''—A low, verv aromatic tree ; leaves 

 3"-2", petiole 4'" long ; pedicels in distant fascicles, 4"'-12"', bracts' 3"'-2"', bracteoles li'" 

 long ; petals obovate, 3"' long, twice as long as the calyx-lobes ; ovacy 4-celled ; berries 

 2-seeded, 3'" diam. — Hab. Trinidad 1, Lockh., Or., common : [Martinique {ex syn. Berg) ; 

 Guiana]. 



14*. PUNICA, L. 



Calyx h{-'J)-lo\ieA.: tube turbinate. Petals 5 (-7). Berry-cells %{-Z).sen^%e, : inferior 

 2-4, superior 4-9. Cotyledons foliaceous, spirally convolute : radicle short, basilar. — Leaves 

 dotless.- 



54*. P. ^anatum, L.—Besc. M.l.t. 35.— P. nana, Z. .- a shrubby form, with nar- 

 row leaves. — A tree ; leaves lanceolate-oblong or linear-lanceolate ; flowers crimson, large ; 

 berry glohose.^IlAB. Naturalized in Jamaica I, Antigua!, Wullschl.; [introduced from 

 northern Africa and southern Europe]. 



Tribe II. LECTTBIBE^.— Stamens <», united at the Jm*.— Leaves alternate, dotless. 



15. GRIAS, L. 

 ' 4-fid, Petals 4. Stamens connate at the base, in 5 rows. Stigma cruciform, 



