Eugenia
(named in honour of Prince Eugene of Savoy, who was a protector and promoter of botany, and possessed a botanic garden). Cambuy Fruit. Including Jambosa and Syzygium. ORD. Myrtaceae. A large genus (about 700 species have been described) of stove and greenhouse evergreen trees or shrubs, with the general habit and inflorescence of Myrtus (which see for cultivation). E. apiculata (apiculate). A synonym of Myrtus Luma.
E. australis (Southern). A synonym of E. myrtifolia. E. brasiliensis (Brazilian). fl. white; pedicels one-flowered, slender, rising from the axils of the scaly leaves, along the branches, from velvety scaly buds. April. l. oval or obovate-oblong, bluntish, 3in. long, 1 1/2in. broad. h. 6ft. Brazil. Stove. (B. M. 4526.) E. buxifolia (Box-leaved). fl. white; peduncles axillary, branched, many-flowered, very short. May. l. obovate-oblong, obtuse, attenuated at the base, opaque, 1in. to 1 1/2in. long. h. 4ft. to 6ft. West Indies, 1818. Stove. E. fragrans. See Myrtus fragrans.
E. Jambos (Jambos). fl. white; racemes cymose, terminal. February to July. fr. white, red, or rose-coloured, about the size of a Medlar. l. narrow-lanceolate, attenuated at the base, acuminated at the apex. h. 20ft. to 30ft. East Indies, 1768. Stove. SYN. Jambosa vulgaris. (B. M. 1696.) E. Luma. See Myrtus Luma.
E. Michelli (Michell's). fl. white; pedicels axillary, one-flowered, usually solitary, shorter than the leaves. l. ovate-lanceolate, glabrous. h. 12ft. Brazil. Stove.
E. myrtifolia (Myrtle-leaved). fl., peduncles axillary, lateral or terminating short leafy shoots, bearing usually three or five flowers, sometimes more, in a loose, trichotomous panicle. fr. red, ovoid or nearly globular, crowned by the calyx limb. l. petiolate, varying from oval-oblong or almost obovate to oblong-elliptical or almost lanceolate, obtuse or acuminate, 2in. to 3in. long, cuneate or narrowed at the base, finely and almost transversely penniveined. h. 6ft. to 12ft. Queensland and New South Wales. A glabrous greenhouse shrub. SYNS. E. australis and Jambosa australis. (B. M. 2230.) E. orbiculata (orbiculate). fl. white; peduncles single-flowered, axillary. November. l. nearly sessile, thick and coriaceous, very dark green. Mauritius, &c., 1824. Stove. (B. M. 4558, under name of Myrtus orbiculata.) E. Pimenta. A synonym of Pimenta vulgaris.
E. Smithii (Smith's). fl. white, small, numerous, in a terminal trichotomous panicle, sometimes corymbose and shorter than the leaves, sometimes longer and more pyramidal. July. fr. white or purple, globular. l. petiolate, from ovate to ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or more or less acuminate, narrowed at the base, mostly 2in. to 3in. long, smooth, and finely penniveined. h. 8ft. New South Wales. A tree, sometimes small and slender, but attaining in some places a considerable height; quite glabrous. Greenhouse. (B. M. 1872, under name of E. elliptica.) E. Ugni. See Myrtus Ugni.