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fruit. It is well-known that hogs become very soon fat 
from feeding on Guavas, and that a peculiar flavour is 
imparted to the flesh. 
2. Psidium montanum. Mountain Guava . 
Branchlets tetragonal, leaves ovali-oblong acu- 
minate very glabrous, peduncles many-flowered, 
fruit spherical. 
Psidium arboreum maximum, foliis ovatis nitidis* 
Browne, 238 — P. montanum, Swartz, FI. Jnd. Occ. 870. 
II A B. Mountain Forests. 
FI. May — June. 
A lofty tree, sometimes attaining the height of 100 feet ; 
the bark very smooth, ash-coloured : branchlets tetrago- 
nal. Leaves 2^-3 inches long, and 1^ broad, subentire or 
obsolctely and distantly crenulated : petiole quarter an inch 
in length, coloured. Flowers towards the end of the 
branches, axillary. Peduncles nearly an inch in length. 
Calyx internally white, sericeovillous, bursting irregularly 
into 2-3 divisions. Petals ovate, convex, veined spreading. 
Stamens very numerous, shorter than the petals. Ovary 
pyriform, retuse : style subulate: stigma simple, obtuse 
puberulous. Berry size of a cherry. 
The flowers have the odour of bitter almonds. The 
fruit is sour. The wood is highly esteemed, affording a 
timber of the hardest description, with the grain beauti- 
fully variegated. 
3. Psidium fragrans. Fragrant-flowered 
Guava. 
Branchlets subtetragonal, leaves elliptico-Ian- 
ceolate subacuminate entire, peduncles axillary 
solitary 1-flowered. 
II A B. Pastures, Salt Hill, Port Royal Mountains. 
F L. January. 
A tree about 20 feet in height: bark very smooth, ash- 
coloured: branchlets subtetragonal. Leaves about 3 
inches long, and 1 broad, with the apex obtuse, shining 
above, indistinctly nerved and veined: petiole short. 
Flowers rather large, size of those of the common Guava, 
