Calyptranthes
(from kalyptra, a covering, and anthos, a flower; in allusion to the operculum of the flower). ORD. Myrtaceae. Stronggrowing stove evergreen shrubs or small trees. Peduncles axillary, many-flowered. Leaves featherveined. They are of easy culture, in a compost of loam and peat, and may be propagated by layers, or by cuttings, placed in heat. C. Chytraculia (Chytraculia). fl. white, small, glomerate; peduncles axillary and terminal, trichotomous, panicled, and are, as well as the flowers, clothed with rufous velvety down. March. l. ovate,* attenuated at the apex, stiffish, glabrous. h. 10ft. Jamaica, 1778. (N. S. 1, 26.) C. Syzygium (Syzygium). fl. white, on short pedicels; peduncles axillary, trichotomous, many-flowered. May to July. l. ovate, obtuse, stiff. h. 10ft. to 12ft. Jamaica, 1779.