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CALVCIFLORiE. 
coriaceous, indistinctly nerved, very glabrous, deep green 
and shining above, paler and minutely punctulated be- 
neath ; the larger leaves nearly 3 inches long, and 1^ 
broad : petiole one-third of an inch in length. Racemes 
axillary, usually shorter, though occasionally longer than 
the petiole, simple, rarely divided into 2 or 3 branches, 
many-flowered: peduncle coloured. Flowers 10-20, 
shortly pedicelled, small, white, each furnished at the base 
with a minute ovate bluntish bractea. Calyx minutely 
bi-bracteolated, 4-partite : lobes rounded, minutely pu- 
berulous and ciliated. Petals 4, obtuse, concave, glandu- 
loso-punctulated. Stamens numerous. Style thick, 
slightly curved : stigma acute. Berry globose, crowned, 
black, juicy, 1-seeded. 
The leaves are smaller in the high mountains and in ex- 
posed situations. 
8. Eugenia filiformis. Slender -pedicelled 
Eugenia. 
Peduncles axillary much shorter than the pet- 
iole few-flowered sometime awarding, pedicels 
delicately filiform, in the absence of the peduncle 
lateral or supra-axillary, bracteoles oblong suba- 
cute, calycine lobes acute, leaves ovato-lanceolate 
attenuato-acuminate with the apex blunt very 
glabrous shining above. 
II A B. Below Trafalgar, Port Royal mountains. 
F L. August. 
A shrub about six feet in height : branches fastigiate. 
Leaves two inches or more in length, almost nerveless, 
pellucido-punctulated : petiole one-third of an inch in 
length. Racemules few-flowered: peduncle when pre- 
sent not more than two lines in length ; sometimes awant- 
ing : pedicels nearly half an inch in length, filiform, 1- 
flowered, furnished at the insertion with a minute ovate 
concave brac‘ea. Bracteoles a pair immediately beneath 
the flower, minute, oblong, subacuminate. Sepals sub- 
equal. Petals ? Stamens numerous. 
9. Eugenia buxifolia. Box-leaved Eugenia. 
Peduncles axillary many-flowered very short. 
