MYRTACEA 5Q9 



nutante; Jhribus parvis; pedicellis alabastro duplo triphve longio- 

 ribus; calyce quadrilobo. 



Var. p. foliis major ibus dila.tatis obovato-cuneatis ; pedicellis alabastro 

 hand longioribus. 



Hab. Upolu and Tutuila, Samoan or Navigators' Islands. /?. Upolu. 



A tree, the size not recorded, glabrous throughout. Leaves mem- 

 branaceous, from 7 to 10, or in var. [3. from 10 to 18 inches in length, 

 oblong with a cuneate base, or oblanceolate, or in var. /3. obovate-cuneate, 

 obsoletely serrulate, more or less acuminate, tapering into a short petiole. 

 Raceme terminal and simple, a foot or two in length, slender, nodding, 

 rather closely-flowered. Flower-buds 3 lines in diameter, shorter by 

 twice or thrice than the pedicel: but in var. /?. the pedicels are only 3 

 or 4 lines long. Calyx four-clef t, sometimes two of the sinuses deeper 

 than the others. Petals 5 or perhaps 6 lines long. " Stamens red," 

 probably an inch long when expanded. Fruit not seen. 



The species of Barringtonia are by no means well settled ; but this 

 is different from any one I have seen. 



2. EUGENIA, Mich., Linn. 



Eugenia, Mich., Linn., Juss., St. Hil., "Wight. 



Eugenia (excl. sp. Chilens. & E. Pimenta), Jambosa, Acmena, & Syzygium, DC. 



Eugenia, Gelpkea, Strongylocalyx, Jambosa, Clavimyrtus, & Microjam- 



bosa, Blume. 

 Syllysium, Meyen & Schauer. 



Although strongly predisposed to receive the Candolleau genera 

 above cited, yet even the comparatively small amount of materials 

 before me furnishes such complete gradations between them all, as to 

 leave no doubt that Dr. Wight was justified in combining them. 

 Neither the shape of the tube or of the limb of the calyx, nor the 

 difference between an operculately deciduous and an expanding 

 corolla, can be relied upon for definite characters. The recent, very 

 careful labours of Blume (in Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat.) evidently lead to 



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