EUGENI A.t 
(Micheli, Linn.) 
Natural Order , Myrtaceje. Linnsean Classification , 
IcOSANDRIA, MoNOGYNIA. 
The tube of the calyx roundish, with the border deeply 4-parted. 
Petals 4. Stamens many, free. Ovary 2 to 3-celled, the 
cells containing several ovules. Berry sub-globose, crowned 
with the persisting calyx, when mature 1 or rarely 2-celled. 
Seeds 1 or 2, roundish and large. The embryo pseudo-mono- 
cotyledonous, the cotyledones very thick and wholly blended 
together, the radicle more or less distinct and very short. 
These are trees or shrubs, mostly indigenous to the Caribean 
Islands, or the warmer parts of America. The leaves and in- 
florescence are very similar to those of the Myrtles. 
SMALL-LEAVED EUGENIA. 
EUGENIA dichotoma, pedunculis axillaribus oppositis et 
subterminalibus folio longioribus bifidis aut bis bifidis , 
floribus in dichotomiis sessilibus cxteris pedicellatis , foliis 
elliptico-lanceolatis basi attenuatis pellucido-punctatis , 
adultis glabris , junioribus utrinque ramulis calycibusque 
pub es cent ibus. — Decand. Prod., vol. 3. p. 278. 
Myrtus dichotoma , Vahl! MSS. Poiret, Supplem., vol. 4. p. 
53? A FRAGRANS,/o/m ovatis glabris . Eugenia fragrans. 
Willd. Sp. PL, vol. 2. p. 964. Bot. Magaz., t. 1242. E . 
montana , Aubl. Guian., vol. 1. p. 495. t. 195? 
Eugenia divaricata , Lam. Encyc., p. 202. 
This elegant and fragrant species of Eugenia resem- 
t So named in honour of Prince Eugene of Savoy, who was a 
protector and encourager of botany, and possessed a botanic 
garden. 
