112 CALYCIFLOR^. 



chotomous, glabrous : pedicels elongated. Flowers larger 

 than those of the preceding species. Calycine opercule 

 glabrous, with a short central point. Filaments long, de- 

 ciduous : anthers minute. Style subulate : stigma acute. 

 Berry black j seeds 3-4, with one only arriving at ma- 

 turity. 



III. Eugenia. 



Calycine tube subrotund : limb deeply 4-par- 

 1ite. Petals of the same number as, the lobes of 

 the calyx. Stamens oo , free. Ovary 2-3-celled ; 

 cells many-ovuled. Berry subglobose, crowned 

 with the lobes of the calyx ; when ripe 1, rarely 

 3-celled: seeds 1-2, roundish, large: embryo 

 pseudocotyledonjus (cotyledons very thick, and 

 cohering) *, radicle more or less indistinct, very 

 short.— DC. 



Named in honor of Prince Eugene of Savoy, a patron 

 of Botany. 



# Peduncles axillary, one-Jlowered. 



1. Eugenia ligustrina. Privet-leaved Eugenia. 



Peduncles one-flowered axillary furnished with 

 a lanceolate bractea at the base ebracteolated 

 beneath the flower, leaves oblong obtuse very 

 glabrous pellucido-punctulated. 



Myrtus ligustrina, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 885 — Eugenia 

 ligustrina, Willd. Spec. II. 962. 



H A B. Road from Maverly to Bryan's Mountain, St. 

 Andrew's. 



FL. March— April. 



A shrub about 10 feet in height, with spreading branches. 

 Leaves an inch and a half long, and nearly J inch in 

 breadth. Flowers white resembling those of the com- 

 mon myrtle, axillary, towards the end of the branches : 

 pedicels half an inch in length : bractea shorter than 

 the pedicel. Calycine segments oval, obtuse. Petals 

 longer than the calyx, obtuse, patent, deciduous. Sta- 

 mens numerous. Style filiform : stigma acute. 



Swartz met with this plant in Hispaniola. The fruit 



