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leaves obovate wedge-shaped at the base punctu- 
lated beneath with the margin revolute, branches 
and leaves glabrous. 
Myrtus buxifolia, Swartz , FI. lnd. Occ. 899.— Eugenia 
buxifolin, DC. Prod. Ilf. 275. 
If A B. Port Royal mountains, common. 
F L. June. 
A shrub 8-10 feet in height: branches erect, stiff, ash- 
coloured, glabrous. Leaves about an inch in length, 
rounded at the apex, stiff', obscurely nerved and veined, 
glabrous, shining, paler and punctulated beneath : petiole 
very short. Peduncles axillary, very short, of the same 
length as the petiole, bearing about 0 subscssile flowers, 
each with a biacteated scale at the base. Calyx minute, 
with the lobes in pairs. Petals twice the length of the 
lobes of the calyx, ovate, concave, glanduloso-punctulated. 
Filaments numerous capillary, giving to the flowers a 
shaggy appearance, white : anthers yellow. Style subu- 
late, cur\ed, persistent: stigma acute. Berry minute 
subrotund, 1-sceded. Seed very small. 
10. Eugenia monticola. Mountain Eugenia. 
Peduncles many-flowered very short, leaves 
ovate or oval bluntish wedge-shaped and revolute 
at the base opake glabrous. 
Myrtus monticola, Swartz, FI. bid. Occ. 898. — Eu- 
genia monticola, DC. Prod. Ill, 275. 
11 A B. Road from Guanaboa to Spring-Garden, St. 
John’s. Common, Port Royal mountains. 
FL. July — October. 
A shrubby tree, G-12 feet in height; branches nume- 
rous, fastigiate, erect. Leaves oval, obtuse, entire, coria- 
ceous, obscurely nerved, minutely pellucido-punctulated, 
about an inch in length, and three-fourths of an inch in 
breadth: petiole very short, minutely puberulous. Ra- 
cemes very short, 6-8-flowered : flowers small, white 
with a crimson tinge, shortly pedicelled, each fur- 
nished at the insertion with a minute oblong blunt brac- 
tea. A pair of minute bractsoles oppressed to the base of 
the calyx. Calycine segments subunequal, rounded. 
Petals rather larger than the lobes of the calyx, rounded, 
concave, glanduloso-punctulated, very minutely ciliated. 
