116 CALYCIFLORvE. 



coriaceous, indistinctly nerved, very glabrous, deep green 

 and shining above, paler and minutely punctulated be- 

 neath ; the larger leaves nearly 3 inches long, and 1 \ 

 broad : petiole one-third of an inch in length. Racemes 

 axillary, usually shorter, though occasionally longer than 

 the petiole, simple, rarely divided into 2 or 3 branches, 

 many-flowered: peduncle coloured. Flowers 10-20, 

 shortly pedicelled, small, white, each furnishe^at the base 

 with a minute ovate bluntish bractea. Calyx minutely 

 bi-bracteolated, 4-partite : lobes rounded, minutely pu- 

 berulous and ciliated. Petals 4, obtuse, concave, gland u- 

 loso-punctulated. Stamens numerous. Style thick, 

 slightly curved : stigma acute. Berry globose, crowned, 

 black, juicy, 1-seeded. 



The leaves are smaller in the high mountains and in ex- 

 posed situations. 



8. Eugenia filiformis. Slender-pedicelled 



Eugenia. 



Peduncles axillary much shorter than the pet- 

 iole few-flowered sometime awanting, pedicels 

 delicately filiform, in the absence of the peduncle 

 lateral or supra-axillary, bracteoles oblong suba- 

 cute, calycine lobes acute, leaves ovato-lanceolate 

 attenuato-acuminate with the apex blunt very 

 glabrous shining above. 



11 A B. Below Trafalgar, Port Royal mountains. 



F L. August. 



A shrub about six feet in height : branches fastigiate. 

 Leaves two inches or more in length, almost nerveless, 

 pellucido-punctulated : petiole one-third of an inch in 

 length. Racemules few-flowered : peduncle when pre- 

 sent not more than two lines in length ; sometimes awant- 

 ing : pedicels nearly half an inch in length, filiform, 1- 

 flowered, furnished at the insertion with a minute ovate 

 concave brac'ea. Bracteoles a pair immediately beneath 

 the flower, minute, oblong, subacuminate. Sepals sub- 

 equal. Petals? Stamens numerous. 



9. Eugenia buxifolia. Box-leaved Eugenia. 

 Peduncles axillary many-flowered very short. 



