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fruit. It is well-known that hogs become very soon fat 

 from feeding on Guavas, and that a peculiar flavour is 

 imparted to the flesh. 



2. Psidium montanum. Mountain Guava. 



Branchlets tetragonal, leaves ovali-oblong acu- 

 minate very glabrous, peduncles many-flowered, 

 fruit spherical. 



Psidium arboreum maximum, foliis ovatis nitidis- 

 Browne, 238 — P. montanum, Svjartz, Fl. Lid. Occ. 679. 

 II A B. Mountain Forests. 

 F L. May — June. 



A lofty tree, sometimes attaining the height of 100 feet f 

 the bark very smooth, ash-coloured : branchlets tetrago- 

 nal. Leaves 2J-3 inches long, and lj broad, subentire or 

 obsoletely and distantly crenulated : petiole quarter an inch 

 in length, coloured. Flowers towards the end of the 

 branches, axillary. Peduncles nearly an inch in length. 

 Calyx internally white, sericeovillous, bursting irregularly 

 into 2-3 divisions. Petals ovate, convex, veined spreading- 

 Stamens very numerous, shorter than the petals. Ovary 

 pyriform, retuse : style subulate : stigma simple, obtuse 

 puberulous. Berry size of a cherry. 



The flowers have the odour of bitter almonds. The 

 fruit is sour. The wood is highly esteemed, affording a 

 timber of the hardest description, with the grain beauti- 

 fully variegated. 



3. Psidium fragrans. Fragrant-flowered 



Guxva. 



Branchlets subtetragonal, leaves ellipttco-lan- 

 ceolate subacuminate entire, peduncles axillary 

 solitary 1-flowered. 



H A B. Pastures, Salt Hill, Port Royal Mountains. 



F L. January. 



A tree about 20 feet in height: bark very smooth, ash- 



- coloured: branchlets subtetragonal. Leaves about 3 



inches long, and 1 broad, with the apex obtuse, shining 



above, indistinctly nerved and veined: petiole short. 



Flowers rather large, size of those of the common Gitavct, 



