316 



Marseille, ii. 1895, pp. 81-151, with a bibliography. " Les Goyaviers 



comestibles," De Wildeman & Burtt Davy, in Journ. D'Agric. Trop. 

 vi. 1906, pp. 235-236. 



Psidium Cattleyanum, Sabine, Trans. Hort. Soc. iv. 1822, p. 317. 



A small tree. Leaves obovate, coriaceous, glabrous, dark green. 

 Flowers solitary, axillary ; Calyx segments 5 ; petals 5, white, 

 caducous. Stamens numerous. Fruit nearly round about the size 

 of a small pear, claret colour when ripe, crowned with the 5 per- 

 manent segments of the calyx. Seeds numerous. 



Ill— Hort. Trans, iv. 1822, t. 11 ; Lindley, Collect. Bot. t. 16 ; 

 Bot. Reg. (1822), t. 622 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2501. 



Purple fruited Guava, Chinese Guava. 



Native of Brazil. Also recorded as a native of China, but it is not 

 indigenous there (Fl. Sinensis, i. p. 295). 



The fruit is considered superior to that of P. Guayava with a 

 flavour like that of strawberries and milk (Lindley, I.e.). It has 

 been grown successfully under glass in this country from an early 

 period (Scott, Journ. Hort. Soc. ii. 1847, p. 137). 



Plants were sent from Kew to Old Calabar in 1899. 



Cultivation the same as P. Guayava. 



PlMENTA, Lindl. 



Pimenta acris, Kostel. Allg. Med. Pharm. Fl. iv. p. 1526. 



Tree, 30-40 ft. high. Leaves opposite, 2-3 in. long, broadly 

 elliptic, shining above, paler and with scattered minute dots beneath. 

 Flowers small, arranged in threes ; calyx lobes 5, fleshy, superior, 

 persistent ; petals 5, white, tinged with red, glandular. Fruit 

 ovulate, about the size of a pea, 2-celled. 



Ill— Bot. Mag. t. 3153 {My rcia acris) \ Wight, Illust. t. 97 bis, 

 f. 6 ; Bentl. & Trimen, Med. PL t. 110 ; Sawer, Odorographia, p. 57 ; 

 Rep. Bot. St. Montserrat, 1906-07, f. 6 (habit, young trees trimmed 

 to bush form, 3 years old). 



Native of the West Indies, extending to Venezuela, cultivated in 

 India. 



West Indian Bay, Bay — Berry Myrtle, Wild Clove, Wild Cinnamon ; 

 Black, Red and White Cinnamon have also been applied to this 

 species or a variety (Morris, Mus. Kew) ; Bois d'Inde, and Citron- 

 smelling Bay are usually applied to the so-called var. citrifolia. 



The leaves yield the bay oil used in the preparation of bay rum — 

 1\ pints to a puncheon (100 galls.) of white rum (Bull. Bot. Dept. 

 Jamaica, 1891, p. 8 ; W. Ind. Bull. iv. 1903, p. 122), and Florida Water, 

 and used as a hairwash. Bay oil is used in Germany in the preparation 

 of a " bay rum soap," with very refreshing properties (I.e. p. 126). 



" Lemon-Bay Oil " is said to differ materially from Bay Oil, which 

 is considerably affected by any mixture of leaves during manu- 

 facture (Hart, West Indian Bull. iii. 1902, p. 172). 



Large quantities of the dried leaves are exported from Dominica 

 to the United States (I.e. ix. 1909, p. 330). 



The wood is hard, heavy and durable, the specific gravity is 

 0*8849 = 55 lbs. per cubic foot. The specific gravity of a specimen of 

 " Bois d'Inde," in the Kew Museum, is 1*2134 = 75 lbs. per cubic 

 foot. In the West Indies it is used in mill work for making rollers, 

 cogs &c, and for posts, window sills &c. (I.e. ix. 1909, p. 330). 



