myrtacejE. 115 



Myrtus disticha Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 894. — Sims, Bot. 

 Mag. 867. — Lindl. collect. 19. — Eugenia disticha, DC. 

 Prod. III. 274. 



HAB. Mountains on the Southside. — Swartz. Near 

 Cold Spring, St. Andrew's. 



FL. November. 



A shrub about 5 feet in height : branchlets long, simple, 

 horizontally spreading. Leaves distichal, 4 inches long 

 and nearly two broad, elliptico-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 entire, concave beneath, glabrous and shining, subcoria- 

 ceous : petiole one-fourth of an inch in length, chan- 

 nelled above. Peduncle axillary, of the same length as 

 the petiole, many-flowered : flowers rather large, showy, 

 white, fragrant, shortly pedicelled, furnished at the inser- 

 tion with minute brownish scales. Bracteoles 2, minute, 

 scale-like, orbiculate, appressed to the calyx. Sepals 4, 

 in pairs. Petals 4, deciduous, rounded, concave, pellu- 

 cido-punctulated. Stamens numerous, more than twice 

 the length of the petals : anthers white, oval, cordate. 

 Ovary inferior ; style length of the stamens, curved : 

 stigma acute. Berry ovate, red, juicy, sweet : seeds 2-4 : 

 cotyledons cohering. 



Swartz informs us, that this plant is known by the name 

 of Wild Coffee, from the resemblance of the fruit to the 

 common coffee berry. The figure of Dr. Lindley is con- 

 sidered accurate. 



7. Eugenia axillaris. Axillary-flowered Eu» 

 genia. 



Peduncles axillary simple or divided at the base 

 shorter at first, afterwards of the same length or 

 longer than the petioles, leaves oval or elliptic 

 subacuminate with the apex obtuse subcoriaceous, 

 nerves more distinct on the upper than on the 

 under surface, shining glabrous. 



Myrtus axillaris, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 901 ? — Eugenia 

 axillaris, Poir. Suppl. III. 126. 



HAB. Port Royal mountains. 



F L. July — September. 



A shrub about 8 feet in height : branches spreading, 

 ash-coloured, glabrous. Leaves ovate or elliptico-ovate, 

 or elliptic, slightly acuminate, rounded at the base, entire, 



