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Terminalia Catappa. Linn. (demerara almond). With 

 large, shining, leathery leaves is only found in a few shrub- 

 berries. It grows from ten to thirty feet high. 



Natural Order, Myrtaceae. 



Myrtus Communis (common myrtle.) An evergreen shrub 

 ten or twelve feet high, with simple, smooth, oval, leathery 

 leaves two to three inches long by one and a half broad. 

 Flowers minute, feathery, forming a raceme, or pointed bunch. 

 Although properly a garden shrub, it may be found on the outs 

 skirts and mixing with the following shrubs. 



Eugenia Ugni, or Uniflora. L,inn. (surinam cherry), is 

 very similar to the myrtle, and might easily be mistaken for it, 

 only for the fruit succeeding its white myrtle-like blossoms. 

 This fruit is about the size of a cherrj', obtusely five-angled, of 

 a delicate waxy-red colour, and pleasant sub-acid taste. Both 

 flower in February. 



Eugenia Axillaris. Poir. (brazilian cherry) Is a much 

 rarer shrub, scarcely distinguishable from the previous ones, 

 except in having a larger berry, and flowering in September. 



Eugenia Jambos. Linn, or vulgaris (rose apple ) . Is only 

 in a few gardens and not much known. May and June. 



Pimenta Vulgaris. W. A. and P. acris W. A. (Pimento 

 and allspice. ) The former having four and the latter having 

 five lobes to the calyx, are mainly confined to shrubberies, 

 with an occasional rare escape. Leaves aromatic. May. 



Poidium Guagava Pomiferum. Linn. (Guava) is consider- 

 ed by Lefroy as a native, and grows wild although rare, and is 

 a poor fruiter. 



Punica Granatum. Linn. [Pomegranate] One of the most 

 delicious fruits. Is a bright green foliaged shrub, ten or fifteen 

 feet high. Its leaves are . narrow, lance-shaped. Flowers 

 large crimson, followed by a fruit with a dense leathery rind, 

 its pulp consisting of irregular cells and seeds of a sub-acid 

 and sweet taste. Lefroy says it was grown here as early as 

 1621, and probably was found here by early navigators. Cap- 

 tain John Smith in his history [about 1608] includes this fruit 



