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TALL EUGENIA. 
EUGENIA procera , pedicellis unijloris axillaribus 2-4 con - 
fertis folio brevioribus sub fore bibracteolatis,foliis ovatis 
obtuse acuminatis ramisque^glabris . Poiret, Suppl. Encyel., * 
vol. 2. p. 129. Decanp. Prod., vol. 3. p. 268. 
Myrtus procera, pedunculis confertis axillaribus unifloris , 
foliis ovatis acuminatis plants glabris , ramis virgatis , 
caule arboreo. Swartz, Prodr. p. 77. Flor. Ind. Occident., 
vol. 2. p. 887. Wield. Sp. pi., vol. 4. p. 968. 
This is another plant with the aspect of a Myrtle, 
which becomes a tree and attains an elevation of 20 to 
30 feet. It was discovered by Swartz in the forests of 
the interior of Hispaniola. It is likewise indigenous to 
the islands of Martinique, Sta. Cruz, and has now been 
found common on Key West by the same gentleman 
who met with the preceding species. 
The wood appears to be white and close-grained. 
The twigs are clothed with a light grey, almost white 
and silvery bark, and are spreading and sometimes zig- 
zag. The leaves are on short petioles H to 2? inches 
long, by an inch to an inch and a half wide, ovate, 
acuminate, and obtuse, rather opaque, nearly scentless, 
though provided with the usual resinous vesicles, and 
from the bud they are perfectly smooth. The flowers 
are said to be fragrant, and come out on separate 
axillary peduncles, from 2 to 4 together; the peduncles 
at first are not more than 3 or 4 lines long, but grow 
out at length to the extent of half an inch. The seg- 
ments of the calyx are 4, rounded and broad, rough, 
with aromatic vesicles, but smooth. The petals 4, are 
rounded and concave, slightly ciliated, and appear to 
