154 MYRTACEE. : 
2.) Pedunculis axillaribus , trifforis. 
: 8. MYRTUS rouos.. T 
M. ramulis angulatis , adpresso- pubescentibus; foliis approximatis, subrotundo- ellipticis , basi 
rotundatis , coriaceis, reticulatis, glabris, nitidis; pedunculis axillaribus, trifloris, folium sub- 
sequantibus ; calycibus 4- partitis. 
Crescit. ..... p. 
Raur teretiusculi, rimosi, cinerascentes ; ramuli sparsi, angulati, juniores adpresso-pubescentes. FoLiA 
opposita, brevissime petiolata, approximata, subrotundo-elliptica, acuta aut obtusa, basi rotundata, inte- 
gerrima, reticulato-venosa, nervo subtus prominente, coriacea, glabra, supra nitida, subtus pallidiora, 
9:11 lineas longa, 7-9 lineas lata. Pzrrori dimidiam lineam longi, glabri. Prpuxcurr axillares, solitarii, 
oppositi, folium subzquantes, triflori, glabri. Fronzs laterales pedicellati, intermedius sessilis, basi bibracteati, 
vix magnitudine floris Pruni Padi. Bnacrzx opposite, lineares, glabrz, ovarium cquantes. Caryx superus, 
quadripartitus, glaber; laciniis subrotundo-ovatis, obtusis, concavis, interne puberulis, »qualibus. PETALA 4, 
calyci inserta, subrotundo- obovata, concava, reticulata, glabra, subciliata, glanduloso-punctata, zqualia, 
calyce duplo triplove longiora. Prefloratio imbricativa. SrAwiN4 crebra (circiter 56 ), disco epigyno 
annulari inordinate inserta, corollam superantia. FrrAwENTA filiformia, glabra. Axrugn parva, subrotunde, 
utrinque retusz, dorso affixc, biloculares, glabro, longitudinaliter interne dehiscentes. Ovanruw inferum, 
turbinatum, glabrum, biloculare; ovula 7-8 in quolibet loculo, subreniformia, placente centrali affixa, 
glabra. Srvrus filiformis, glaber, stamina superans, uncinato-curvatus. SrrcwA simplex, acutum. FRucTUS 
ignotus. 
9. MYRTUS niscorom. f Tab. DXL.' 
M. glabra; ramulis subtriangularibus ; foliis oppositis et ternis, elliptico- oblongis , acutis , 
basi in petiolum decurrentibus, subcoriaceis, reticulatis, discoloribus, supra nitidis; pedun- 
culis axillaribus, subtrifloris , folio brevioribus; calycibus 4- partitis. 
Crescit in 4ndibus , prope San Felipe , alt. 980 hex. (Provincia Jaen de Bracamoros.) 
p Floret Septembri. 
Raur oppositi aut subquaterni, teretes, glabri, albidi ; ramuli juniores subtriangulati, fuscescentes, leves, 
glabri. For1A opposita aut terna, breviter petiolata, elliptico- oblonga aut subovata, acuta, basi vix in petiolum 
decurrentia, integerrima, reticulato-venosa, nervo venisque subtus prominentibus, subcoriacea, glaberrima, 
discoloria, supra glabra, cerulescenti-viridia et nitida, subtus pallida, 12-15 lineas longa, 7-9 lineas 
lata. PErr0Li lineam longi, canaliculati, rugulosi, glabri. Prpuxcuri (fg. 2.) axillares, solitarii, tri-aut 
uniflori, compressi, glabri, vix pollicares, folio breviores. Fronzs ( /fg. 4. 5. ) laterales pedicellati, bibracteati, 
intermedius sessilis, vix magnitudine floris Cratz»gi Oxyacantha. Bnacrgz opposita, parvo, lineari-subulate, 
glabrz, caducs, Caryx superus, glaber, coloratus (?), quadripartitus; laciniis subrotundo- ovatis, obtusis, 
subciliatis, oppositis paulo minoribus. PzrArA ( fig. 3. ) quatuor, suborbiculata, concava, glabra, subciliata, 
glandulis punctiformibus conspersa, violacea. Prafloratio imbricativa ( frg. 1.). SrawtNA (/íg.6-8.) creberrima 
(circiter 120), corollam paulo superantia. FrrAwENTA capillacea, glabra, purpurascentia. AxrnER ovato-sub- | 
rotundze, cordata, biloculares, dorso supra basim affixe, longitudinaliter dehiscentes, glabre, flavide 
3 In icone; per errorem , Myrtus bicolor. 
