MYRTACEiG. Ill 



ed : stigma acute. Berry size of a small gooseberry, 

 purple, glaucous, abounding in pulp, 1-seeded : seed small 

 in proportion, size of a coriander seed. 



2. Calyptranthes chytraculia. Bastard Green- 

 heart. 



Leaves elliptic acuminate entire, somewhat 

 stiff glabrous, peduncles at the forking of the 

 branches, as also the flowers, rufo-tomentose, 



Chytraculia arborea, foliis ovatis, racemis terminalibus, 

 Browne, 239. t. 37. f. 2. — Calyptranthes chytraculia, 

 Swartz, FL Ind. Occ. 921. 



H A B. Common, lime-stone hills. 



F L. June — August. 



A shrubby tree about 12 feet in height : branches 

 round, glabrous, ash-coloured, dichotomous, spreading, 

 towards the extremity slightiy compressed and rufo-to- 

 raentose. Leaves opposite, when young partially tomen- 

 tose on the under surface: petiole terete, when young 

 rufo-tomentose. Peduncles 1-2, frequently 3-4 at the fork- 

 ing of the branchlets, ferrugineo-tomentose, trichotomous. 

 Flowers small, panicled, subsessile. Opercule of the 

 calyx externally tomentose, ciliated. Filaments nume- 

 rous, white, deciduous. Style subulate, slightly curved: 

 stigma acute. Berry one-seeded. 



This tree is common in the Port Royal Mountains. It 

 delights in a limestone district. 



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3. Calyptranthes zuzygium. Axillary flow- 

 ering Calyptranthes. 



Arborescent, leaves ovate obtuse stiff, peduncles 

 axillary trichotomous many-flowered glabrous. 



Suzygium fruticosum, foliis ovatis nitidis, Browne, 240. 

 t. 7. f. 2. — Calyptranthes suzygium, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 

 919. 



H AB. Limestone districts near the sea-shore. 



F L. June. 



A low tree, 10-12 feet in height. Leaves entire, very 

 glabrous: petioles short, glabrous. Peduncles from the 

 axils of the subterminal leaves, longer than the leaves tr- 



