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MYRTACEiE. 
[Eugenia. 
Expanded flower above an inch broad, the developed stamens shorter than 
the petals. Fruit as large as a crab, crowned with the persistent accres- 
cent calyx-lobes. E. tinifolia, Lam. Encyc. iii. 204. Jossinia] mespi- 
loides and tinifolia, DC. Prod. iii. 238. J. revoluta and ferruginea, 
Bojer , Hort. Maur. 140-1. 
Mauritius, frequent in the mountain woods. J. revoluta , Bojer, is a mountain 
form with obtuse very rigid lucid leaves, and J. ferruginea , Bojer, a form with both 
sides at first clothed with brown tomentum. Endemic. Bois de Nefle. 
2. E. cotinifolia, Jacg. Obs. 3, t. 53. A much-branched shrub, 
with moderately slender grey terete obscurely downy branchlets. 
Leaves rigidly coriaceous, obtuse, variable, in size and shape, round, 
obovate or oblong, 1-3 in. long, green and shining above, pale and 
opaque beneath, with only the erecto-patent main veins visible, glabrous 
or slightly canescent ; petioles very short. Pedicels one or several from 
the axils of the leaves, very short, canescent, Calyx turbinate, £ in. 
long, densely clothed with brown tomentum, the rounded lobes 
broader than deep. Expanded flowers £-l£ in. broad, the stamens 
rather shorter than the obovate white petals. Fruit globose, an inch 
thick, crowned with the persistent calyx-lobes. 
Mauritius, spread throughout the island. Rodriguez, not uncommon, Dr. Bal- 
four ! Also Bourbon and Ceylon. Bois de Clous. The following are the principal 
varieties. 
1. E. orbiculata , Lam. Ency. iii. 204 (Jossinia, DC.). Leaves rigidly coriaceous, 
round-obovate, broadly cuneate or rounded at the base, l£-2 in. long, glabrous 
below, only the main veins raised. Flowers up to 5-6 from a node, on very short 
pedicels. 
2. J. cordifolia, Bojer, Hort. Maur. 141. Leaves round, 2-3 in. long and broad, 
broadly rounded or even cordate at the base, thinner and more flexible than in the 
last, glabrous below, with the veinlets more visible. • Flowers larger, an inch broad 
when expanded, mostly solitary. 
3. Gardner i, Baker. Leaves obovate-cuneate, l£-2 in. long, thinly clothed 
beneath with bright brown tomentum, only the main veins raised. Flowers mostly 
solitary. 
4. E. lucida, Lam. Ency. iii. 205 (Jossinia, DC.). Leaves obovate-cuneate, 
l£-2 in. long, glabrous below. Pedicels very short, mostly solitary. 
5. E. elliptica , Lam. Ency. iii. 206 (Jossinia elliptica, DC. ; J. lanceolata, Bojer, 
Hort. Maur. 141). A mountain form with shining elliptical leaves l-l|in. long, 
glabrous beneath, cuneate at the base. Flowers smaller, sessile or short-pedicelled, 
often several from a node. 
3. E. buxifolia, Lam. Encyc. iii. 204. A much-branched erect shrub 
10-12 feet high, witb slender terete glabrous pale brown branchlets. 
Leaves oblong, short-petioled, very thick and rigid, shining above, 
quite glabrous with raised veinlets beneath, 1-1£ in. long, obtuse, 
slightly rounded at the base. Pedicels solitary or geminate, glabrous, 
rigid, erecto-patent, £-£ in. long. Calyx £ in. long ; tube campanulate, 
canescent ; teeth as deep as broad and as long as the tube Petals 
round, £ in. long. Developed stamens not exceeding the petals. Jos- 
