156 MYRTACEA. 
FirawENTA capillacea, glabra. Awruzru subrotunde, apice retuse, basi cordatz, dorso affixe, biloculares, 
longitudinaliter dehiscentes, rubr (ex Bonpl.). Ovammx turbinatum, pubescenti-tomentosum, 3-5- 
loculare ; ovula 4-6 in quolibet loculo, subreniformia, adscendentia, glabra. Sry1vs subulatus, glaber, stamina 
superans. Sricwa simplex. Fnucrus ignotus. 
129. MYRTUS sancmrou. [ Tab. DXLI. 
M. ramis foliisque glabris, lanceolatis, utrinque angustato- acuminatis, submembranaceis , 
reticulatis; pedunculis axillaribus, apice dichotomo- 3-7-floris, folio dimidio brevioribus; 
calycibus 4-partitis, deciduis. 
Crescit prope Loxam. INovo- Granatensium, alt. 1060 hex. b Floret Julio. 
Rau oppositi, patentes, teretes, glabri, cinereo- fuscescentes ; ramuli juniores compressi. Fort opposita, 
petiolata, lanceolata, utrinque angustato- acuminata, integerrima, reticulato-venosa, nervo medio subtus 
prominente, submembranacea, glabra, supra subnitida, subtus pallidiora et punctulata, 18- 20 lineas longa, 
5-6 lineas lata. Pzriorr 2-24 lineaslongi, canaliculati, glabri. PEpuNcULr axillares, solitarii, oppositi, apice 
dichotomi, tri-aut septemflori, glabri, foliis dimidio breviores; ramis divaricatis. Fzonzs (ig. 2. ) pedicellati, 
minuti; pedicellis glabris, basi articulatis et biglandulosis. Carvx superus, glaber, quadripartitus; laciniis 
(Jig. 4-) ovato-subrotundis, obtusis, concavis, glabris, glanduloso- punctatis, basi articulatis, deciduis, duabus 
oppositis (//g. 5) margine diaphanis et ciliatis. Pera ( /ig- 6. 7.) quatuor, calyci inserta, suborbiculata, 
concava, ciliata, pellucido-punctata, glabra, laciniis calycinis paulo longiora. Prolfloratio imbricativa ( fig. 1-)- 
Ssauiva (fíg.8.9.) creberrima (circiter 140.), calyci inordinate insidentia (fig.5.), petala superantia. FrrAwENTA 
capillacea, glabra. AwrnzmE reniformi-didym:, dorso affixe, ibique sub apice instructe glandula subro- 
tunda, biloculares, glabre, longitudinaliter interne dehiscentes. Ovaniux turbinatum,, glabrum, bi-( fig. 12) 
aut triloculare (frg. 11.). Ovula 11- 18 in quolibet loculo (/f(g.10.), axi centrali affixa, subrotundo-reniformia, 
compressa, glabra. Sryrvs subulatus, longitudine staminum, glaber. Sricxa simplex, obtusum. Fmucrus 
desideratur. 
15. MYRTUS zumama. T 
M. raniulis puberulis ; foliis oblongis , acutiusculis , basi in petiolum decurrentibus , coriaceis, 
reticulatis , marginatis, glabris, nitidis; pedunculis axillaribus, bifidis , 3-5-floris, folio bre- 
vioribus; calycibus quadripartitis. 
Crescit in Regno Peruviano, prope Ayavacam , alt. 1410 hex. b Floret Augusto. 
Taur oppositi, teretes, cinerascentes, glabri ; ramuli compressi, puberuli. ForzA opposita, breviter petiolata, 
oblonga, acutiuscula, basi in petiolum decurrentia, margine integerrima, incrassata et undulata, reticulato- 
venosa, venis nervoque subtus prominentibus, coriacea, supra glabra et subnitida, subtus pallidiora tuber- 
culisque minutis conspersa, 24-92 lineas longa, 12-15 lineas lata. Prrrorx 2i lineas longi, seniiteretes, 
' interne canaliculati, pubescentes. PeDUNCULT axillares, solitarii, oppositi, apice bifidi, tri-aut quinqueflori, 
compressi, adpresso-puberuli, folio breviores. Fromzs sessiles, terminales pedicellati, bibracteati, magni- 
tudine floris Myrticommunis. Bnacrze oppositz, lineares, ovariumsubaquantes. CALYx superus, quadripartitus; 
laciniis margine fimbriato-ciliatis, externe pubescentibus et tuberculato-glandulosis, interne sericeis, 
inequalibus, duabus oppositis orbiculato- rotundatis, duabus minoribus subrotundo-ovatis, obtusis. PerALA 
quatuor, calyci inserta, suborbiculata, glanduloso-punctulata, nervosa, ciliata, interne sericeo-pubescentia, 
