Phyllocalyx
(from phyllos, a leaf,* ?? and kalyx, calyx; alluding to the leafy calyx). ORD. Myrtaceae. A genus comprising about twenty-four species of trees or shrubs, now included, by the authors of the "Genera Plantarum," under Eugenia. For culture of P. edulis, the only species which calls for description here, see Myrtus.
P. edulis (edible).* fl. axillary or lateral, solitary, with four oblong, leafy sepals, four perigynous petals, and numerous stamens. fr. yellow, oblong, about 1 1/2in. long, exhaling a strong, Pine-apple odour, and with a fine aromatic taste. l. distichous, oval or obovate-oblong, coriaceous, acuminate, shortly stalked. Brazil, 1884. A very interesting stove or greenhouse shrub. (R. H. 1884, p. 348.)