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chotomous, glabrous : pedicels elongated. Flowers larger 
than those of the preceding species. Calycine opercule 
glabrous, with a short central point. Filaments long, de- 
ciduous : anthers minute. Style subulate : stigma acute. 
Berry black : seeds 3-4, with one only arriving at ma- 
turity. 
III. Eugenia. 
Calycine tube subrotund : limb deeply 4-par- 
tite. Petals of the same number as the lobes of 
the calyx. Stamens oo , free. Ovary 2-3-celled ; 
cells many-ovuled. Berry subglobose, crowned 
with the lobes of the calyx 5 when ripe 1 , rarely 
3-celIed : seeds 1-2, roundish, large: embryo 
pseudocotyledon jus (cotyledons very thick, and 
cohering) 5 radicle more or less indistinct, very 
short. — DC. 
Named in honor of Prince Eugene of Savoy, a patron 
of Botany. 
* Peduncles axillary , one- flowered. 
1. Eugenia ligustrina. Privet-leaved Eugenia . 
Peduncles one-flow r ered axillary furnished with 
a lanceolate bractea at the base ebracteolated 
beneath the flower, leaves oblong obtuse very 
glabrous pellucido-punctulated. 
Myrtus ligustrina, Swartz, FI. Ind. Occ. 885 — Eugenia 
ligustrina, Willd. Spec. II. 9G2. 
II A B. ltoad from Maverly to Bryan’s Mountain, St. 
Andrew’s. 
F L. March — April. 
A shrub about 10 feet in height, with spreading branches. 
Leaves an inch and a half long, and nearly ^ inch in 
breadth. Flowers white resembling those of the com- 
mon myrtle, axillary, towards the end of the branches : 
pedicels half an inch in length : bractea shorter than 
the pedicel. Calycine segments oval, obtuse. Petals 
longer than the calyx, obtuse, patent, deciduous. Sta- 
mens numerous. Style filiform : stigma acute. 
Swartz met with this plant in Hispaniola. The fruit 
