MYRTACE^. 523 



of the same. 3. Transverse section of the ovary. — The details en- 

 larged. 



23. Eugenia (Syztgium) confertiflora, Sp. Nov. (Tab. 61.) 



E. foliis obovatis vel suboblongis retusis basi in petiolum brevem angus- 

 tatis coriaceis pallidis tenuiter penninerviis, venis vix reticulatis in 

 venam intramarginalem confluentibus ; cymis terminalibus et in axillis 

 supremis compositis fastigiatis densifloris folia vix super antibus, 

 divisionibus primariis gracilibus vix angulatis, ultimis brevibus apice 

 glomerulifloris ; floribns parvis ; calycis margine quadrilobo. 



Hab. Ovolau, Feejee Islands. 



Apparently a shrub or small tree, glabrous, with rather slender 

 and terete, gray branches ; the new shoots slightly ferrugineous. 

 Leaves crowded, H to 2i inches long, obovate, varying to oblong, but 

 all narrowed at the base into a short petiole, obtuse or mostly retuse at 

 the apex, coriaceous but thin, dull and pale both sides, or the upper 

 at first somewhat lucid, scarcely punctate, rather closely feather- 

 veined, the veins parallel, almost transverse, slender, little reticulated, 

 confluent into a false vein within the margin. Cymes terminal and in 

 the uppermost axils, compound, fastigiate, dense, more or less peduncled, 

 little exceeding the leaves, its principal divisions slender, slightly angled, 

 not over half an inch long, minutely lepidote and rusty; the succes- 

 sive ones shorter; the ultimate ones with the subsessile and small /lowers 

 densely clustered at their apex. Bracts very small, ovate, obtuse. 

 None of the flowers are expanded in the specimens. Flower-buds a 

 line and a half long. Calyx turbinate, slightly produced beyond the 

 ovary; the thin margin distinctly four-lobed ; the lobes short and 

 rounded. Corolla convex in the bud, perhaps falling away as a lid ; 

 but the petals are readily separable. Ovary two-celled; the cells 

 with about 15 ovules. Fruit unknown. 



Plate 61, B. — Eugenia (Syzygium) confertiflora : a branch with 

 flower-buds, of the natural size. Fig. 1. Flower-bud, with the oper- 

 culate corolla detached. 2. Vertical section of the same. 3. Trans- 

 verse section of the ovary. — The details enlarged. 



