MYRTUS. 155 
Ovanrux obovatum, glabrum, biloculare ( /eg. 11. ). Placente due, convexe, axi centrali adnatz. Ovula 
6-18 in quolibet loculo (fig. 10. 12. )» pressione mutua angulata, glabra. Srvrus (ig. 9. ) subulatus, 
stamina subzquans, erectus, glaber. Sricwa simplex, obtusum. Fnucrus ignotus. 
10. MYRTUS cowrnzssa. T 
M. glabra; ramulis compressis; foliis oblongis, obtusis, basi in petiolum decurrentibus , 
subcoriaceis, reticulatis, glabris; pedunculis axillaribus, trifloris , folio brevioribus ; calycibus 
4- fidis. 
Crescit in Regno Peruviano, prope Caxamarcam alt. 1470 hex. p. Floret Augusto. 
Raur oppositi, teretes, glabri, cinerascentes; ramuli compressi. Forr4 subopposita, oblonga, obtusa, basi 
in petiolum decurrentia, integerrima, reticulato-venosa, nervo venisque subtus prominentibus, subcoriacea, 
glaberrima, utrinque punctulata, supra lete viridia, subtus pallidiora, sesqui-aut bipollicaria, 10-14 lineas 
lata. Prrrorx sesquilineam longi, canaliculati, glabri. Pzpuxcuzz axillares, solitarii, oppositi, triflori, com- 
pressi, glabri, folio breviores. Fromzs magnitudine praecedentis, laterales breviter pedicellati, intermedius 
sessili. Bnacrmx in specimine nostro delapse. Caryx superus, quadripartitus, virescens, glanduloso- 
punctatus, glabriusculus ; laciniis subrotundis, concavis, subciliatis, duabus oppositis dimidio brevioribus. 
Prrara quatuor, calyci inserta, suborbiculata, concava, multinervia, glanduloso-punctata, glabra, sub- 
ciliata, equalia, calyce multo longiora. SraxvA creberrima ( circiter 175), calyci inordinate inserta, corollam 
subzquantia. FirawzwTA filiformia, glabra. AxwTmEn subrotundze, utrinque retusm, dorso affixs, bilo- 
culares, longitudinaliter interne dehiscentes, flavidzv. Ov&niuu calyci adnatum, biloculare ; axi placentifero ; 
ovulis 14 aut 15 in quolibet loculo, subreniformia, adscendentia (?), glabra. Srvrus subulatus, glaber. 
SricuA obtusum, simplex. Fnucrus haud suppetunt. 
3.) Pedunculis axillaribus et terminalibus, apice bifidis , 3- 7- floris. 
11. MYRTUS vurrzizUnmERA. T 
M. ramulis tenuiter tomentosis; foliis ellipticis, utrinque obtusis, apice subemarginatis, 
coriaceis, reticulatis, glabris, subtus subargenteis; pedunculis 3-6-floris solitariis- geminis , 
vel 5-4 pedunculo communi brevi insidentibus ; floribus subumbellatis; calycibus 5-partitis. 
Crescit prope Cumanam , locis cultis. p. Floret Septembri. 
Anson ramulis teretibus, levibus, glabris; junioribus compressis, tenuiter fuscescenti- tomentosis. Fora 
opposita, petiolata, elliptica, utrinque obtusa, retusa aut emarginata, integerrima, reticulato- venosa, nervo 
subtus prominente, coriacea, glabra, supra viridia, subtus pallida, subargentea, 21-22 lineas longa, 
12-14 lineas lata. Prrrorr 2-5 lineas longi, canaliculati, adpresso-pubescentes. Pzpuxcurr elongati, apice 
5-6- flori, teretiusculi, fuscescenti- tomentosi, 8- 12 lineas longi, nunc ad summitatem ramulorum axillares, 
solitarii et gemini, nunc 2 vel 4 pedunculo communi abbreviato (5 lineas longo, fuscescenti- tomentoso, axillari, 
solitario) impositi ibique oppositi et divaricati. Fronzs pedicellati, subumbellati, intermedius interdum 
sessilis, magnitudine floris Crategi Oxyacanthe. Carvx superus, quinquepartitus, adpresso-pubescens ; 
lobis suborbiculatis, ciliatis, pellucido- punctatis, inequalibus. Prraza 5, calyci inserta, subrotundo-elliptica, 
obtusa, concava, subciliata, reticulato- nervosa, glabra, pellucido-punctata, alba, subzqualia, calyce multo 
longiora. SraxiwA creberrima (circiter 142) , disco epigyno inordinate inserta, corolla paulo longiora. 
