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leaves obovate wedge-shaped at the base punctu- 

 lated beneath with the margin revolute, branches 

 and leaves glabrous. 



Myrtus buxifolia, Swartz, Fl. lnd. Occ. 899. — Eugenia 

 buxifolia, DC. Prod. 111. 275. 



fl A B. Port Royal mountains, common. 



F L. June. 



A shrub 8-10 feet in height : branches erect, stiff, ash- 

 coloureA glabrous. Leaves about an inch in length, 

 rounded at the apex, stiff, obscurely nerved and veined, 

 glabrous, shining, paler and punctulated beneath : petiole 

 very short. Peduncles axillary, very short, of the same 

 length as the petiole, bearing about 6 subsessile flowers, 

 each with a biacteated scale at the base. Calyx minute, 

 with the lobes in pairs. Petals twice the length of the 

 lobes of the calyx, ovate, concave, glanduloso- punctulated. 

 Filaments numerous capillary, giving to the flowers a 

 shaggy appearance, white : anthers yellow. Style subu- 

 late, curved, persistent : stigma acute. Berry minute 

 subrotund, 1-seeded. Seed very small. 



10. Eugenia monticola. Mountain Eugenia. 



Peduncles many-flowered very short, leaves 

 ovate or ovalbluntish wedge shaped and revolute 

 at the base opake glabrous. 



Myrtus monticola, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 898. — Eu- 

 genia monticola, DC. Prod. Ill, 275. 



II A B. Road from Guanaboa to Spring-Garden, St. 

 John's. Common, Port Royal mountains. 



F L. July— October. 



A shrubby tree, 6-12 feet in height: branches nume- 

 rous, fastigiate, erect. Leaves oval, obtuse, entire, coria- 

 ceous, obscurely nerved, minutely pellucido-punctulated, 

 about an inch in length, and three-fourths of an inch in 

 breadth: petiole very short, minutely puberulous. Ra- 

 cemes very short, 6-8-flowered : flowers small, white 

 with a crimson tinge, shortly pedicelled, each fur- 

 nished at the insertion with a minute oblong blunt brac- 

 tea. A pair of minute bracteoles appressed to the base of 

 the calyx. Calycine segments sub unequal, rounded. 

 Petals rather larger than the lobes of the calyx, rounded, 

 concave, glanduloso-punctulated, very minutely ciliated. 



