NAT. ORDER. — MYRTACE^. 
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ered ; leaves elliptic-oblong, bluntish, rounded at the base, or nearly 
cordate, glabrous ; flowers rose-colored or whitish ; leaves acutish, 
greyish-green beneath, perhaps sufficiently distinct from the follow- 
ing. It is a native of Java. 
Jambosa venosa. Veiny-leaved Rose Apple. This tree is about 
twenty feet high ; racemes simple, terminal, or sub-corymbose, few- 
flowered ; leaves elliptic, coriaceous, opaque, glabrous on both sur- 
faces, and reticulately veined ; branches angular ; leaves on short 
petioles, about four inches long, and two to two a and half broad; fruit 
is said to be one seeded. There are several varieties differing in the 
size and color of the fruit. It is not so much esteemed as the Malay- 
apple ; it is, however, nevertheless excellent, resembling in appear- 
ance and flavor a Brussels apricot. To grow the fruit in this coun- 
try it requires a hot and moist atmosphere. Native of Madagascar. 
Jambosa mocropliylla. Long-leaved Rose Apple. This tree rises 
from twenty to thirty feet high ; the cymes lateral fascicled ; 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, obtuse at the base, acuminated at the apex ; 
one foot or more long and five broad ; peduncles five-flowered, and 
about tnree inches long; flowers white. It is a native of the East 
Indies. 
Jambosa purpurascens. Purple-flowered Rose Apple. This tree, 
also, rises from twenty to thirty feet high ; cymes lateral, in fascicles ; 
leaves elliptic, hardy, acute at the base and apex ; flowers purple. 
This is a native of the Island of Trinidad, where it is probably culti- 
vated as the other species. 
Jambose malaccensis. Malay Apple. This tree varies much in 
its height, being from twenty to forty feet ; cymes lateral short ; 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, about a foot long, 
and shining; fruit pear-shaped; flowers white. This tree resem- 
bles the jamsorade, but has broader leaves. The fruit is ovate, an 
inch and a half in diameter, fleshy, and sweet-scented like the rose, 
agreeable to the taste, smell, and sight, and esteemed wholesome It 
