MYRTACEiE. 
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oblong, red, one-seeded : seed oblong. 
The specific designation has been suggested by the re- 
semblance to the leaves of the Star-apple, although 
the beautiful rufous pubescence on the under surface is 
wanting. 
21. Eugenia Pimenta. Pimento-berry. 
Peduncles axillary and terminal 3-chotomously 
panicled, flowers in the bifurcation subsessile, the 
others pedicelled, leaves oblong pellucido-punctu- 
lated subopaque glabrous, branchlets compressed 
or sub-3-gonal, when young puberulous. 
Myrtus arborea aromatica, Sloane, II. 70. t. 191. f. 1. 
— M. foliis oblongo-ovatis, Browne . 247 — Myrtus Pimenta, 
Swartz, Obs. 202. — Sims. But. Mag. t. 1230. — Eugenia 
Pimenta, DC. Prod. III. 285. 
II A B. Common, particularly in limestone districts. 
F L. March — May. 
A tree, 30-40 feet in height : stem straight, erect, with 
a smooth ash-coloured bark : branches towards the end 
compressed, subtetragonal, or sub-trigonal, and when 
young minutely puberulous. Leaves opposite, rarely in 
threes, 5 or more inches long, and lA- broad, obtuse, dia- 
gonally nerved : petiole short. Panicles shorter than the 
leaves, many-flowered : peduncle compressed, minutely 
puberulous : branches decussating, with the terminal sub- 
division 3-flowered with the one at the bifurcation sessile, 
and the lateral ones pedicelled. Bractete leaf-like, decid- 
uous : bracteoles 2, very minute, persistent. Calycine 
lobes subcqual. Petals larger than the calyx, horizontally 
spreading, concave, oleoso-punctulated. Stamens nume- 
rous. Style erect, puberulous stigma obtuse. Berry 
globular, size of a red currant, purple, juicy, one-seeded. 
There is a difference of opinion respecting the trees 
which are known as male. They are supposed by Pi- 
mento-planters to be necessary to ensure a crop, and it 
would be regarded as an act of insanity to cut them 
down. This is one of many popular errors. The flowers 
of the fruit bearing trees are always found to be hermaph- 
rodite, with perfect stamens and pistil. There was a 
solitary tree at the Bath Garden, many miles distant from 
any other of its species ; and, notwithstanding this, it annu- 
