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PSIDIUM cattleianum. = 7 %ébore/e. 
Purple-fruited Guava. 
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ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Myrt1t (Myrtacex). Jussiew gen. 322. Div. I. Flores in 
foliorum axillis aut in pedunculis multifloris oppositi. Folia plertamque op- 
posita et punctata. sha 
' PSIDIUM. Cal. 5-partitus. Peta. 5. Stam. per totam tubi calycis 
parietem inordinatim inserta. Germ. 3-loculare; loculis placenta —septi- 
formi ad marginem fiss4, utrinque inflexa, bipartitis. Ovula plurima, horizon- 
talia, margini placenta inserta. Stigma capitatum. Bacca calyce coronata, 
polysperma. Testa ossea. Embryo hippocrepicus cotyledonibus quam 
radicula multotiés brevioribus. Arbores (utriusque Indie, presertim inter 
Tropicos). Flores axillares. Fructus magni, edules. Lindley. collect. 16. 
P. catileianum, ramis teretibus, foliis obovatis petiolatis coriaceis glaberri- 
mis, floribus solitariis. Lindley loc. cit. é 
Psidium cattleianum. Sabine in trans. hortic. soc. 4. 316. tab. 11. 
Arbuscula foliosa, ‘ramosa, compacta. Rami teretes. Fol. opposita, 
petiolata, obovata, coriacea, glaberrima, atro-viridia ; juniora venosa ; adulta 
subavenia. Cal. estivatione 5-dentatus, crassus, pyriformis ; expansus in 
lacinias 5 lacerus; inter lacinias petala 5, citd decidua, vix unguiculata, 
gerens; et per superficiem integram usque ad germinis verticem staminifer. 
Stam*. estivatione infleca. Anthe. oblonge, incumbentes, utrinque emar- 
ginate, loculis discretis. Germ. 3-loc.; loculis placenta dissepimenti instar, 
ad marginem bifurcd, utrinque reflex, bipartitis. Ovula indejinita, disti- 
cha, ob placentam reflexam versis axin versa. Stylus filiformis. Stig®. ca- 
pitatum. Bacca subrotunda, Pyri minoris magnitudine, atro-purpurea, 'cor- 
tice tenui undique foveolis impressd, sepalis 5 conniventibus coronata ; intus — 
carne tenero, pallido, pulposo, acido-dulci repleta, placente vestigiis venis 
Jirmioribus ostensis. Hilum infra extremitatem angustiorem, per substan- 
tiam teste canaliculatum, funiculum elongatum arillo (?) adherentem promens. 
Embryotega pars teste cuneoliformis inter hilum et extremitatem proximam a 
testa é radicule regione facile separabilis. Testa ossea, fragilis. Membrana 
interior alba, pellucida, tenuissima. Chalaza fungosa, brunnea, in extre- 
mitate embryonis hilo proxtmd. Embryo teres, hippocrepicus, in substantia 
teste. Radicula fere totum corpus embryonis formans, extremitate inferiore 
embryotega appress@ ; Cotelydones 2, minime, hilo proxime, parie contorte 
exteriore minore. Lindley loc. cit. 
A small handsome tree; introduced from China about 
1818 by Messrs. Barr and Brookes, of Ball’s Pond, New- 
ington. It flowers freely in the conservatory, and is said 
to produce two crops of fruit within the year. . ‘ 
“As a species (we quote from Mr. Lindley) it stands 
“very distinct, having little more than generic affinity with 
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