NAT. ORDER. — MYRTACEiE. 
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Jambosa owariensis. Waree Rose Apple. This is a small tree, 
about twenty feet high ; cymes panicled, terminal ; branches oppo- 
site, three-flowered, especially at the apex ; calyxes turbinate, 
shortly and bluntly four-Iobed ; leaves oval, acuminated, coriaceous, 
glabrous, surty beneath ; the veins of the leaves are parallel in the 
figure and rather prominent ; they are three inches long and about 
one and a half broad ; the stamens very numerous, exserted ; 
branches furnished with super-axillary, opposite tubercles ; fruit 
unknown, but in the form of the calyx this plant agrees with cam- 
bosa. Native of the west coast of Africa, in the Kingdom of Waree. 
Jambosa obtusissima. Obtused-leaved Rose Apple. This tree 
rises about twenty-five feet in height; panicles corymbose, terminal 
or latteral ; branches three-flowered ; calyx four-cleft, attenuated at 
the base ; leaves almost sessile, oblong, obtuse, somewhat cordate at 
the base, coriaceous and glabrous. It is a native of Java. 
Jambosa densajlora. Dense-flowered Rose Apple. This species 
rises about twenty feet in height; corymbs terminal, coarctate ; 
pedicles three-flowered ; calyx four-cleft, very much attenuated at 
the base ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous, acuminated 
at both ends. Native by the sea-side, in the Island of Nusa-Kam- 
banga, in the East Indies, where it is called by the inhabitants 
Jambon. 
Jambosa glabrata. Smooth Rose Apple. This is rather a dwarf- 
ish tree ; peduncles filiform, one to three-flowered, glabrous and 
shorter than the leaves; ovarium clavate; calyx four-cleft; leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, bluntly accuminated, finely veined, quite glabrous ; 
calyx attenuated at the base. This dwarfish and shrubby looking 
tree is a native of Java on the mountains. 
Pro'pagation and Culture. This is a genus of fine trees, with 
large foliage, beautiful flowers, and eatable fruit. They thrive well 
in a mixture of sand, loam, and peat ; and flower freely when the 
plants are of good size. Ripened cuttings strike root readily in 
sand under a hand-glass. 
