EUGENIA myrtifolia. 
Myrtle-leaved Eugenia. 
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ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. MyRrracem. Jussieu gen. 322. Div. J. Flores in foliorum 
axillis aut in pedunculis multifloris oppositi. Folia plerumque’ opposita et 
unctata. 
EUGENIA. Cal. 4-fidus.. Petala 4. Stamina numerosa. Bacca 
pyriformis aut sphericea, calycinis laciniis patentibus coronata, unilocularis, 
monosperma, rarils di-trisperma. Arbores aut frutices; pedunculi axillares 
aut terminales, uniflori aut trichotomé multiflort. Juss. loc. cit. 824. 
E. myrtifolia, foliis ellipticis, pedunculis trichotomis lateralibus terminali- 
busque, staminibus petalis multd longioribus, calycibus quadrifidis. 
Curtis’s magaz. 2230. 
Frutex sempervirens, virgato-ramosus, erectus, laxe foliosus; rami opposite 
decussato-ramulost, rotundato-tetragoni cortice glabro fusco. Fol. opposita, 
punctata, coriacea, Sfusco-virentia, elliptico-lanceolata, 2-£ uncie longa, % 
‘uncia v. cired lata, glabra, supra nitida: petiolus pluries brevior, ru- 
bidus, canaliculatus. Panicule corymbose, ramorum ramulorumque termi- 
nales, dois nevclore quandoque simpliciter trichotome: flores cum pe- 
dicello articulatt: pedunculus pedicellique Siliformes glabri stricti: bractex 
caduce. Flores albi. Stylus rubidus. 
A largish evergreen shrub, introduced from New Hol 
land subsequently to the appearance of the last edition of 
the Hortus Kewensis; but already common in most of the 
greenhouses near London, where it flowers in the autumn. 
It has much the appearance of one of the large-leaved 
sorts of Myrtle. r 
The drawing was taken at the Nursery of Messrs. Col- 
vill, in the King’s Road, Chelsea. 
The berry was examined by Mr. Brown, and the plant 
found to belong to the present genus, and not to Myrrus. 
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