MYRTACE^. I. Calythrix. 



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Petals 4, cohering at the apex, as in Syzygium, Stamens free Stamens numerous (f. 127. g.)j ^^^^i outer ones sterile. Stigma 



(f. 123. 6.), disposed in 4 bundles, inserted near the teeth of capitate (f. 127. c), obscurely 4-toothed. Berry globose (f. 



the calyx. Ovarium 2-celled (f. 123. a.); cells many-ovulate. 127* c/.), crowned by the lobes of the calyx; when young 4- 



Berry 1-2-celled, 1'2-seeded from abortion. Cymes terminal, celled (f. 127. e.), pulpy, and many-seeded. Seeds compressed. 



or in the forks of the branches. Leaves dotted. 



32 AcME^NA. Limb of calyx truncate, when young involute. 



Leaves alternate, dotless. 



43 Glaphy^ria. Limb of calyx 5-lobed. Petals 5. Berry 



Petals 5, small, distant. Stamens numerous. Berry 1-seeded. 5-celled, many-seeded. Seeds fixed by 2 series in each of the 



Cymes 3-flowered, disposed in a terminal panicled thyrse. 

 33 Euge'nia. Limb of calyx 4'parted even to the ovarium. 



cells. Leaves alternate, minute, stipulate. 



44 Cross5stylis. Calyx 4-angled, adnate to the ovarium at 



Stamens numerous. Ovarium 2-3-celled; cells many-ovulate. the base, permanent, 4-cleft beyond the middle. Petals 4, un- 



Berry nearly globose, crowned by the calyx; when mature 1, guiculate. Stamens about 20 ; filaments connate into a ring at 



rarely 2-celled, 1-2-seeded. Seeds large, roundish. the base, Intermixed with sterile threads. Stigma 4-lobed ; 



34 Jambosa. Tube of calyx drawn out beyond the ovarium lobes trifid at the apex. Berry striated, 1 -celled, many- 



(f. 124. a.) ; limb 4-parted. Stamens very numerous (f. 124. c). seeded. 



Ovarium many-celled and many-ovulate. Fruit 1-2-seeded, 



45 Grias. Tube of calyx adhering to the ovarium ; limb 4- 



umbilicate at the apex. Seeds angular, 

 lateral and terminal. 



Leaves dotted. Cymes cleft. Petals 4. Stamens numerous, inserted in a square disk ; 



filaments joined in 5 series, inner ones very short. Style none. 



Tribe IV. 



Stigma cruciate. 



Drupe 8"furrowed, crowned by the calyx, 

 containing an oblong nut. Leaves very long. Flowers large. 



BARRiKGTONiE'iE. Calyx 4f-6'toothcd, Petals 4-6. Stamens 

 numerous, disposed in many series ; filaments monadelplious a 

 short way at the base. Fruit baccate or dry, many-celled. Co- 

 tyledons large, fleshy. — Trees, with dotless, alternate, or nearly 



Tribe I. 



CHAM^L 



(plants 



afTfeeins 



with the genus 



^^,,^„'. 7 J J • i 7 '* • 4- 4 J Chamcelaucium in important characters). D. C. diet, class, vol. 



opposite leaves, or crowded m whorls, quite entire or serrated. , , _ , ^^^ , ^^. ^ J , q ^ one t ^uL .r..u.^ . ^m ^ ^ ^ 



Flowers in racemes or panicles. 



11. and not. 1826. prod. 3. p. 208. Lobes of calyx 5 (f 115. g.). 

 Petals 5 (f. 115. b.). Stamens disposed in one series, free (f. 



35 Barbingtonia. Limb of calyx 2-3-parted. Petals 4. 1 1 5. e.), or somewhat polyadelphous, with some sterile ones mixed 



Stamens numerous, long. Ovarium 4-celled ; cells 2-ovulate. 

 Berry large, crowned by the limb of the calyx, 1 -celled at ma- 

 turity, and 1 -seeded. Trees, with dotless leaves. 



among the fertile. Fruit dry, 1-celled, Ovula numerous, erect 

 from the base, fixed to the centre, or to the somewhat exserted 

 central placenta. — Heath-like shrubs, all natives of New Holland. 

 Leaves opposite, full of dots. Flowers small, on short pedicels. 



. jueaves opposite, tun ot aots. r lowers small, on snort peaiceis. 



36 Stravadium. Limb of calyx 4-parted. Ovarium semi- Bracteoles 2 under each flower; they are either free or joined 



bilocular ; cells 2-ovulate. The rest as in Barringlonia. 



S7 GustaVia. Limb of calyx entire, or 4-6-8-lobed (f. 126. 



together at the base, sometimes in the form of an operculum. 

 L CA'LYTHRIX (from Ka\v^, kalyx, a calyx, and ^ 





, . . . . . . P^'^ 



b.). Petals 4-6-8. Stamens numerous. Ovarium 4-6.celled ; f/^^^^^, a hair ; in reference to the lobes of the calyx, which end 



cells many-ovulate. Capsule 3-6-ce]led ; cells few-seeded, — 

 Trees, with dotless leaves. 



f Genera belonging to Myrtacece, and probably for the most 



in the order. 



Myrtece,from the fruit being baccate ; butf 

 nknown it is doubtful what place they should 



r 



38 Cati'nga. Limb of calyx 4-toothed. Petals? Stamens 



+ 



numerous. Berry crowned by the limb of the calyx, 1 celled, 

 1 -seeded. Leaves dotted. 



39 Petalotoma. Limb of calyx 8-cleft ; the segments acute. 

 Petals 6-8, unguiculate, with the limbs cut. Stamens 16, in- 

 serted in the fleshy crenated disk. Stigma 4-5-cleft. Berry purple or white, but yeHowjsh when dried. 



round, crowned by the limb of the calyx, 1-seeded. 



40 FcETiDiA. Limb of calyx 4-parted ; lobes valvate in aesti- 

 vation. Petals wanting. Stamens numerous, in many series. 



in a long hair each). Labill. nov. holl. 2. p. 8. t. 146. R. Br. 

 in bot. reg. no. 409. D. C. prod. 3. p. 208. 



Lin. syst. Deca-Icosdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx 

 adhering to the ovarium at the base, but draw^n out at the apex 

 into a long slender cylindrical tube ; limb 5-parted (f. 115. g.), 

 permanent, lobes ovate at the base, but each ending in a bristle at 

 the apex (f. 115. g*.), which is longer than the corolla. Petals 5 

 (f. 115. 6.), deciduous. Stamens 10-30, free (f. 115. e,); anthers 

 roundish. Style filiform, length of the stamens. Fruit dry, 

 indehiscent, 1 -celled ; when young biovulate, but when mature 

 1-seeded. — Australian heath-like shrubs. Leaves scattered, 

 crowded, terete, and rather angular, usually on very short pe* 

 tioles, which are furnished with 2 small stiflP filiform stipulas. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary, almost sessile, propped by 2 mem- 

 branous keeled bracteas, which are connate at the base. Petals 



i C GLA^BRA (R. Br. 1. c.) icosandrous ; leaves petiolate, 

 stipulate, glabrous in the adult state, as well as the bracteas. 

 ^ . G. Native of New Holland, near Port Jackson. 

 bot. cab. t. 586. 



Lodd. 



free. Stigma 4-cleft. Berry dry, indehiscent, bluntly tetra- gular. 



Leaves when fresh terete, but when dry trian- 

 Petals pale reddish. 



gonal, 4-ceIled; cells 1-2-seeded. Leaves alternate, dotless. 



41 Coupou*!. Limb of calyx 5-lobed. Petals, stamens, and 

 style unknown. Berry ovate, 1-celled, 1-seeded, crowned by the 

 calyx. Seed large. Leaves alternate. 



42 Care'ya. Limb of calyx 4-parted. Petals 4 (f. 127. Z».). 



Glabrous Calythrix. 



Fl. Ap. Ju. Clt. 1818. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 

 2 C. pube'scens (Sweet, ex Loud. hort. brit. p. 199.) icosan- 

 drous 



Native of New Holland. 



, leaves petiolate, stipulate, pubescent in the adult state, 

 as well as the bracteas. Tj.G. 

 Leaves terete. 



Pubescent Calythrix. 

 5l 2 



Shrub ZioSit. 



