M Y R T U S. 
dotted underneath. Tlie whole of this (hrub is fmooth. 
Branches round, with an alh-eoloured bark. Leaves an 
inch long, blunt, the upper furface fo hie what veined and 
fliining, with a groove along the middle; the under vein- 
lefs, pale, dotted, in clufters. Native of the Caribbee- 
illands. The fruit has a very thin black (kin, with a very* 
fmall purple fvveetilh pulp, including two white Hones, flat 
on one fide, convex on the other, together making a fphere. 
It is fo like a black cherry, that it has that name in Jamaica. 
8 . Myrtus tenuifolia, or fine-leaved myrtle : peduncles 
axillary, folitary, one-flowered ; leaves linear, mucronu- 
late. This is an elegant‘little fiirub, with leaves fome- 
what more than an inch in length, and about a line in 
breadth, (lightly revolute, downy beneath. Flower-ftalks 
filky, (horter than the leaves, each bearing a linall white 
flower, often tinged externally with red, and not unlike 
the common myrtle-bloffom, though fcarcely half fo large. 
Calyx nearly fmooth. Petals downy. Germen very filky. 
Native of New South Wales. 
9. Myrtus Brafiliana,. or Brafilian myrtle : flowers foli¬ 
tary ; peduncles naked ; petals fubciliate. This plant 
(lands in the latter editions of Linnasus in three different 
places, being his Eugenia uniflora, Myrtus Brajiliana , and 
Pliniapedunculata. See Eugenia uniflora. 
10. Myrtus biflora, or.two-flowered myrtle: peduncles 
two-flou'ered ; leaves lanceolate. This rifes with, a di¬ 
vided trunk to the height of eight or ten feet, fending 
out many oppofite branches, covered with a grey bark. 
Leaves (horter and rounder at the points, fmoother and of 
a firmer texture, than in M. pimenta. The flowers come 
out from the fide of the branches between the leaves, on 
(lender footftalks, about an inch in length, two generally 
from the fame point; berries round, of a brighter colour 
Than the pimenta. This tree retaining its leaves, which 
are of a fplendent green, all the year, it makes a good ap¬ 
pearance ; but the flowers, being fmall, and growing 
thinly upon the branches, do not make any great figure. 
It is a native of Jamaica, whence Mr. Miller received it, 
and cultivated it (bme years before 1759. 
11. Myrtus trinervia, or three-nerved myrtle: pedun¬ 
cles axillary, three-flowered ; leaves ovate-acuminate, 
three-nerved, tomentofe underneath. Leaves large and 
handfome. Flowers fmall, generally three together, on 
fhort hairy forked flower-ftalks. Although the teeth of 
the calyx, and the petals alfo, are generally four only, it is 
a true Myrtus, and not an Eugenia, the fruit being a berry 
with many fliining gibbous curved feeds. It has but one 
cell when ripe, but the germen appears to be divided into 
two or three cells. Native of New South Wales. 
Loureiro has a different (pecies under the fame name. 
He defcribes it as a tree twelve feet in height, with fpread- 
ing branches. Leaves ovate, acuminate, quite entire, 
three-nerved, fmooth on both fides, petioled. Flowers 
white, (ubterminating, in long racemes. The berries are 
fcarcely half an inch in diameter, and are eatable. Native 
of Cochinchina. 
12, Myrtus anguftifolia, or narrow-leaved myrtle : pe¬ 
duncles umbelled ; leaves fubfeflile. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. See Metrosideros. 
13. Myrtus lsevis, or fmooth myrtle: peduncles um¬ 
belled; leaves ovate, acuminate. Stem thrubby, entirely 
fmooth. Branches and branchlets alternate, ereft. Leaves 
from the alternate buds, Angle, in pairs, or in threes, 
(harply ferrate, veined, fmooth on both fides, pale under¬ 
neath, fpreading, unequal, an inch long and more, on 
petioles half a line in length. It is nearly allied to Cra¬ 
taegus villofa and laevis. From the firft, however, it dif¬ 
fers in being wholly fmooth, in having one piftil, and ag¬ 
gregate leaves : from the fecond, in having one piftil, and 
ovate (lender leaves, longly acuminate. Native of Japan. 
14. Myrtus lucida, or (hining myrtle : peduncles lub- 
triflorous; leaves fubfeflile, lanceolate, attenuated. The 
leaves are of a Angular ftrufture, being from ovate re¬ 
markably attenuated into a lanceolate top. Flowers five- 
petalled. Native of Surinam. 
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15. Myrtus cumini.orfcented myrtle: peduncles many- 
flowered; leaves lanceolate-ovate. This is a tree with 
round alh-coloured branches: a native of the Eaft Indies. 
16. Myrtus liueata, or lineated myrtle : flowers axillary, 
fubfeflile; leaves ovate-acuminate, rigid, marked with 
lines, hoary underneath. Native of Hifpaniola. 
17. Myrtus cordata, or heart-leaved myrtle: flowers 
axillary and lateral, fubfeflile; leaves feflile, cordate, ovate, 
(hining. Branches afli-coloured, fmooth, as is the whole 
plant, comprefled at top. Leaves an inch long, fomewhat 
leathery, margined, very blunt and fmooth, veined, dotted 
underneath, and paler. Native of the Weft Indies. 
18. Myrtus paliens, or alh-coloured myrtle: racemes 
terminating, pubefcent; pedicels one-flowered ; leaves 
broad-lanceolate, attenuated, dotted above. Branches 
round, alh-coloured, comprefled a little at top. Leaves 
two inches long, blunt, fomewhat coriaceous, very fmooth 
and even, veinlefs, having a groove along the middle, and 
a nerve within the edge, as in M. Zeylanica. 
19. Myrtus dumofa, or prickly myrtle: racemesaxil¬ 
lary, very fliort; leaves petioled, broad-lanceolate, acu¬ 
minate. Branches with a coated chinky bark. Leaves 
two inches long, membranaceous, with numerous Am¬ 
ple tranfverfe veins, having a longitudinal nerve within 
the edge on each fide, paler underneath, on fliort petioles; 
the young ones are villofe-filky. It differs from M. gla- 
brata of Swartz in having flat membranaceous leaves, and 
few-flowered racemes ; from M. difticha of the fame au¬ 
thor, by its few-flowered peduncles, and leaves not bent 
down. This and the preceding are natives of South 
America, and were communicated to Vahl by Mr. Forfyth. 
20. Myrtus buxifolia, or box-leaved myrtle: racemelets 
very fliort, cluftered, axillary; leaves wedge-fliaped, ob¬ 
long, fomewhat convex. Native of the Welt Indies. 
ai. Myrtus glabrata, or polifhed myrtle: racemelets 
very fliort, axillary, many-flowered ; leaves elliptic, acu¬ 
minate, convex, coriaceous, very fmooth. Native of 
Hifpaniola. 
22. Myrtus difticha, or cleft-leaved myrtle : peduncles 
axillary, many-flowered, (horter than the leaves; leaves 
diftich, bent down, ovate-lanceolate; branches fpreading. 
23. Myrtus monticola, or mountain-myrtle: peduncles 
many-flowered, very fliort, axillary, folitary; leaves ovate, 
blunted, flat, very fmooth. 24. Myrtus axillaris, or ax¬ 
illary myrtle : peduncles many-flowered, very fliort, axil¬ 
lary, cluftered ; leaves ovate-acuminate, lhining, flat. 
Natives of Jamaica. 
25. Myrtus gregii, or round-leaved myrtle : pedun¬ 
cles many-flowered, axillary ; leaves ovate-elliptic-acute, 
quite entire, pubefcent underneath. Native of Antigua, 
Barbadoes, and Dominica. 
26. Myrtus dioica, or double myrtle : peduncles tri- 
chotomous-panicled; leaves oblong; flowers dicecous. . 
Native of America. Communicated to Linnsus by 
Miller. 
27. Myrtus virgultofa, or fpriggy myrtle : peduncles 
axillary and terminating, panicled or racemed ; leaves >• 
broad-lanceolate, attenuated. Branches rod-like, fmooth, 
with an afh-coloured bark, the young ones villofe. Leaves 
petioled, an inch and a half or more in length, (harpifn 
at the bafe, fmooth above and fliining, pale underneath 
and veined.; the younger ones fomewhat dotted above. 
Native of Jamaica, Santa Cruz, &c. 
28. Myrtus fplendens, or fliining myrtle : peduncles 
axillary, folitary, trichotomous ; leaves elliptic-acumi¬ 
nate, flat, veined, fcariofe, (hining; branches rod-like. 
Native of Hifpaniola. 
29. Myrtus Zeylanica, or Ceylon myrtle : racemes ax¬ 
illary and terminating; pedicels commonly four-flowered ; 
leaves ovate, attenuated, dotted above. This has a ftrong 
upright (talk, covered with a fmooth grey bark, dividing 
towards the top into many (lender (tiff branches. Leaves 
near two inches long, and an inch and a quarter broad, 
of a lucid green, and on very ihort footftalks. The flow¬ 
ers come out at the ends of the branches, feveral on one 
common 
