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according to him, is of the size of a pea, scarlet when ripe, 

 and 1-seeded. The leaves in my plant were not fragrant. 



2. Eugenia balsamica. Balsamic Eugenia. 



Pedicels lateral solitary 1-flowered slender sub- 

 villous bibracteolated beneath the flower, leaves 

 ovate obtuse acuminate, pale punctulated and gla- 

 brous beneath, calyx subvillous. — DC. 



Myrtus balsamica. Spreng Syst. II. 481. — Eugenia 

 balsamica, Jacq. frugm. t. 45. f. 2. 



H A B. Jamaica ? 

 FL. 



The ciliated petals are half the length of the stamens. 



3. Eugenia alpma. '-Jllpine Eugenia. 



Pedicels axillary solitary one-floweied shorter 

 than the leaf rather thick, leaves ovate coriaceous 

 veinless glabrous, branchlets subquaternate erect 

 ferruginous. — DC. 



Myrtus alpina, Swartz, FL hid. Occ. 883. 



II A B. West Peak of the Blue mountain. Swartz. 



F L. November — December. 



A low tree. Leaves very numerous, small, nerveless, 

 stiff like those of the yew, very glabrous, shining, dark 

 green : petioles very short. Peduncles scarcely longer 

 than the petiole. Flowers minute, white. Calycine lobes 

 ovate, obtuse, concave, externally hoary. Petals 4, larger 

 than the segments of the calyx. Style subulate : stigma 

 acute. Berry 1-seeded, with the seed oblong. 



4. Eugenia emarginata. Emarginate-leaved 

 Eugenia. 



Peduncles axillary 1 -flowered half the length 

 of the leaf solitary, leaves obovate very shortly 

 petiolate subemarginate entire thick coriaceous 

 paler and minutely punctulated on the under 

 surface. 



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