MYRTACEA3. 
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Myrlus disticlia Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 894. — Sims, Bot. 
Mag. 867. — Lindl. collect. 19. — Eugenia disticha, DC. 
Prod. III. 274. 
II A B. Mountains on the Southside. —Swartz. Near 
Cold Spring, St. Andrew’s. 
FL. November. 
A shrub about 5 feet in height : branchlets long, simple, 
horizontally spreading. Leaves distichal, 4 inches long 
and nearly two broad, elliptico-lanceolate, acuminate, 
entire, concave beneath, glabrous and shining, subcoria- 
ceous : petiole one-fourth of an inch in length, chan- 
nelled above. Peduncle axillary, of the same length as 
the petiole, many-flowered : flowers rather large, showy, 
white, fragrant, shortly pedicelled, furnished at the inser- 
tion with minute brownish scales. Bracteoles 2, minute, 
scale-like, orbiculate, oppressed to the calyx. Sepals 4, 
in pairs. Petals 4, deciduous, rounded, concave, pcllu- 
cido-punctulated. Stamens numerous, more than twice 
the length of the petals : anthers white, oval, cordate. 
Ovary inferior ; style length of the stamens, curved : 
stigma acute. Berry ovate, red, juicy, sweet : seeds 2-4 : 
cotyledons cohering. 
Swartz informs us, that this plant is known by the name 
of Wild Coffee, from the resemblance of the fruit to the 
common coflee berry. The figure of Dr. Lindley is con- 
sidered accurate. 
7. Eugenia axillaris. Axillary- flowered Eu- 
genia. 
Peduncles axillary simple or divided at the base 
shorter at first, afterwards of the same length or 
longer than the petioles, leaves oval or elliptic 
subacuminate with the apex obtuse subcoriaceous, 
nerves more distinct on the upper than on the 
under surface, shining glabrous. 
Myrtus axillaris, Swartz, FL Ind. Occ. 901 ? — Eugenia 
axillaris, Poir. Suppl. III. 126. 
II A B. Port Royal mountains. 
F L. July — September. 
A shrub about 8 feet in height : branches spreading, 
ash-coloured, glabrous. Leaves ovate or elliptico-ovate, 
or elliptic, slightly acuminate, rounded at the base, entire. 
