Foetidia
(from foetidus, stinking; in allusion to the smell of the wood). ORD. Myrtaceae. A genus containing three species (perhaps these are merely varieties of one) of glabrous trees, having a tough, bitter bark. Peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered. Leaves alternate, elliptic or oblong, entire, penninerved. F. mauritiana is an ornamental greenhouse evergreen tree, allied to Gustavia (which see for culture).
F. mauritiana (Mauritius). fl. solitary; peduncles in the axils of the upper leaves; petals wanting; tube of calyx tetragonal and hemispherical; lobes valvate in aestivation, permanent, at length reflexed. l. alternate, crowded on the branches, sessile, oval, entire, obtuse. h. 15ft. to 20ft. Mauritius, 1827.