397 
Myrtus nummularia Poiret Diet IV. p. 407. — Gan- 
diehand in Ann. se. nat. VVt2%. 15. — DC. Le, 9.238; 
mon Barneond in Gay. Hist, Chil. Bot. I. p. 379. 
Frutienlus habitu Paooznii Oxycocct longe lateque re- 
pens; ramis Sloriferis, adseendentihns,. abhreviatis; sterilibus 
repentibns elongatis. Folia opposila, sparse pnmetata; petiolo 
1/2" long; lamina 117, 21/5” long, 1-2” lat. Pe- 
duneuli 1/, —1’ dong. Alahastra 11/7” Jong., hracteolis 2, 
oblongo-Ianceolatis, ehtusis, 1-nervüs, glabris, 3/44 Tong. 
stipata.  Germen eostainm, glabrum, loculis pauciovulatis; 
sporophoris hilamellatis, parietalihus, axi eonniventibus, sed 
diseretis. Sepala 4, %z long. Petala 4, obovata, glahra, 
1’ long. Stamina 1 long. Stylus 1“ long.; sligma pel- 
tatum,  Bacea 13/5” diametro, calyce coronata (v. in herk. 
Vindob.). 
Differt ab Myrt. bullata: habitu glahritiegue; foliis mi- 
noribus, aveniis, sepalis ohtnsis, 1-nerviis, eciliatin; stami- 
nihus 8; bacea glohosa. 
Habitat in insulis Maclowanis s, Falklandianis, ad 
iretum Magellanicum. 
xXxX. Myrius Tonruefort, 
npoura. Inst. 1. 409, — Linn. Gen, no. 617, partim, — 
Gaertn. Fruct. 1. 18&.— Kunth; Sprengel; DC. }. ep. 238; 
Camb. 1, 6, p. 209 (pro parte); Barg I... @. KXVL 
Pedunenli I-Nori, rurissime torymbosi,. apiee bibracteo- 
lat, Hypanthium (eniyeis tuhns auei.) supra germen 2—4- 
Ioenlare, infernm vix proilnetun:  ayala snepissime plarime, 
sporopharis hilamellatis, spurie eentralihus aflixa, rarissime 
binn, eollateralia.: Sepala 4-3, ex margine angusto, lihero 
hypanthü oriunda, in alahastro globo petalorum ineumbentia, 
