MYRTACEiE, XXVII. Myrtus. XXVIII. Myrcia. 



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contortuplicate. — Little trees or shrubs, natives of the West In- 



33 M. ? DioicA (Lin. spec. 675.) peduncles axillary and ter- 

 minal, trichotomously panicled, length of the leaves ; leaves ob- 

 long ; jflowers dioecious. ^2 • S, Native of South America, lucid dots or opaque, furnished with nerves like those of M^r^W5. 



dies and South America. Leaves opposite, quite entire, full of pel- 



M. dioica, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 486. is probably different from the 

 plant of Lin. 



Dioecious Myrtle. Shrub. 



34 M. fu'lva (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 487.) panicle terminal ; 

 flowers crowded ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, as well as 

 the branches. Tj . S. Native of Japan. Berry 2-3-celled ; 

 cells 1 -seeded. Branches and buds alternate. Leaves solitary, 

 twin or tern. Said to be allied to Photinia^ and most probably 

 belongs to the one-styled Rosaceous plants. 



Fulvous Myrtle. Shrub. 



35 M. ? uMBRACTicoLA (H. B. et Kuuth, nov. gen. amer. 7. 

 p. 258.) racemes axillary, bipartite ; branchlets glabrous ; leaves 

 on short petioles, lanceolate-oblong, very much acuminated, 

 acutish at the base, coriaceous, shining, with revolute margins, 

 puberulous on both surfaces. Ti . S. Native in shady places 

 on the banks of the Orinoco, near Maypures. Calyx globose. 

 Ovarium 2-celled ; cells biovulate. The number of petals and 

 the fabric of the seeds are unknown. 



Shaded Myrtle. Shrub. 



36 M. ? MAXIMA (Molin, chil. p. 173.) peduncles many- 

 flowered ; leaves alternate, nearly oval ; trunk large. Ij . G. 

 Native of Chili. 



Large Myrtle. Shrub 6 to 10 ft. 



37 M. ? ljeVis (Thunb. fl. jap. 198.) peduncles terminal, um- 

 bellate ; calyx 5-toothed ; leaves ovate, acuminated, acutely ser- 

 rated, veiny, attenuated at both ends, coriaceous, shining above, 

 reticulated with veins beneath, and clothed with fulvous villi, as 



Pedunclesaxillary and almost terminal, panicled, many-flowered. 

 Flowers white. The species are disposed geographically, in 

 consequence of not being sufficiently known, and therefore there 

 are not more obvious characters as yet known for distributing 

 them into sections. 



§ 1. Sph{;erocdrp£e (from a^aipa^ sphaira, a sphere, and tcap- 

 TToc, karpos^ a fruit ; in reference to the fruit of all the species 

 being spherical). Z). C. prod, 3. p. 243. Fruit or tube of calyx 

 spherical. 



Species natives of the West Indies* 



1 M. puncta'ta (D. C. prod. 3. p. 243.) peduncles axillary, 

 opposite, about equal in length to the leaves, 3-flowered ; flowers 

 5-cleft, middle flower on each peduncle sessile, lateral ones 

 pedicellate ; bracteoles setaceous ; leaves oblong, bluntish, dot- 

 ted on both surfaces, tender, silky, glabrous in the adult state. 



^. S. Native of the Island of Santa Cruz, not in the East In- 

 dies, as it is incautiously written by Persoon. Myrtus punc- 

 tata, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 482, Eugenia punctata, Vahl. symb. 

 3. p. 64. Calyx 5-lobed. Petals 4, ex Vahl. but in all pro- 

 bability this is wrong, as it is impossible that the calyx can be 5- 

 lobed, and the petals only 4 in number. 

 Z)o^/erf-leaved Myrcia. Shrub 3 to 6 ft. 



2 M. ? Balbisia'na (D. C. prod. 3. p, 243.) peduncles axil- 

 lary, longer than the leaves, cymosely-corymbose, bifid, and 

 are, as well as the compressed branches, full of dots ; flowers 5- 



Native of Brazil. cleft, sessile in the forks of the corymb, the others pedicellate ; 



bracteoles linear ; leaves oval, obtuse, glabrous, full of pellucid 



dots. ^2 ' ^' Native of Guadaloupe. Peduncles sometimes 2, 



S8 M. psiDioiDES (Desv. in Hamilt. prod. fl. ind. occ. p. 44.) concrete, teretish, ending in 4 bifid 5-flowered branchlets. Calyx 



dotted, with a silky tube, and a 5-lobed obtuse glabrous limb. 

 Seeds unknown. 



well as the panicles and branches. 1j . S. 

 The rest unknown. 



Smooth Myrtle. Shrub. 



peduncles axillary and terminal, crowded, and are, as well as the 

 calyxes, pubescent ; leaves somewhat ovate-lanceolate, acumin- 

 ated, full of parallel nerves, pubescent beneath. Tj . S. Native 

 of the West Indies. Perhaps a species of Myrcia. 



Guava-like Myrtle. Shrub. 



39 M. umbella'ta (Desv. 1. c. p. 45.) flowers axillary and 

 terminal, in umbellate fascicles; calyx campanulate, 5-toothed; 

 stem dichotomous, divaricate ; branches rather cinereous ; leaves 



Balbis's Myrcia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



3 M. divauica'ta (D. C. 1. c.) racemes axillary, panicled ; 



pedicels opposite, divaricate ; flowers 5-cleft ; leaves oval-lan- 

 ceolate, attenuated at both ends, hardly veined, full of pellucid 

 dots, and are, as well as the branches, glabrous. ^2 • S. Native 

 of St. Domingo and Martinique, — Plum. ed. Burm. t. 208. f. 1. 



ovate, acuminated, glabrous, veiny, nearly sessile. ^ • S. Native Eugfenia divaricata. Lam. diet. 3. p. 203. Myrtus laurifolia, 



of Guiana. Perhaps a species of Myrcia. 



Umbellate-&oviered Myrtle. Shrub. 



40 M. CAULIFLORA (Mart.) trunk and branches excorticated, 

 and bearing the flowers ; leaves lanceolate, long-acuminated, 

 acute at the base, quite glabrous; flowers crowded ; berry glo- 

 bose, of a violaceous purple colour. ^ . S. Native of Brazil. 



Stem-flowering Myrtle. Shrub. 



Hort. par. Myrtus divaricata, Ham. prod. fl. ind. occ. p. 45. 

 Berry ovoid, dark blue, 1-seeded. Allied to E. virgultosa, but 

 distinct. 



Divaricate Myrcia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 

 • 4 M. soRORiA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, shorter than 

 the leaves, downy, having the flowers crowded in racemes at 

 their tops; tube of calyx short, villous, with roundish pubescent 



XT r> AT i^u* ' • T ,^ Q \> «i« :« « ov^^^Tzio /^f C««in/n/'/7 lobes; leaves ovate-lanceolate, lonff and bluntly acuminated, 



N. B. M. Chmensis, Lour. 8. p. 313. is a species ot isympioca ^ |, i « • t ^ *. i *• i . i • i j u i i 



T T^ • 1 u ^ ^ ^^^ ^^^u^uUr A\^t\rxr*f Cri^^r^ fuU of pellucid dots, aud reticiUately veiucd : adult leaves ela- 



accordmg to Desv. m herb. mus. par. not probably distinct Irom i .„.f_L . ^..;.i.. „.,i \ i,.. *..... „j ,i...° .. 



Symploca Sinica, Ker. bot. reg* t. 710 



Cult. All the species of myrtle grow well in a mixture of 

 sandy loam and peat ; and cuttings not too ripe strike root 

 readily either in sand or mould. 



XXVIII. MY'RCIA (a surname of Venus). D. C. diet, class. 

 hist. nat. vol. xi. and diss. (1 826.) D. C. prod. 3. p. 242.— Myr- 

 tus species of Lin. and others. 



Lin. syst. Jcosdndrla, Monogtjnia. Tube of calyx globose, 

 rarely ovate (f. 123. a.); limb 5-parted. Petals 5 (f. 122. 6.). 

 Stamens numerous, free. Ovarium «-S-celled ; cells many-ovu- 

 late. Berry 1 -2-celled, when mature 1-3-seeded. Seeds rather 

 globose, with a smooth testa. Cotyledons foliaceous, corrugately S. 



brous on both surfaces ; petioles and branches terete and downy. 

 Fj. S. Native of the Island of Trinidad. Sieb. fl. trin. no. 111. 

 Very like M, Haynednay but differs in the flowers being more 

 crowded, in the leaves being much more distinct, full of pellucid 

 dots, and the branches are terete not gradually compressed. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Sister Myrcia. Shrub 5 to 10 ft. 



5 M. defle'xa (D. C, prod. 3. p. 244.) peduncles length of 

 leaves, twin in the upper axils of the leaves, and therefore 4 

 subumbellate and terminal, panicled, many-flowered ; flowers 5- 

 cleft ; pedicels twin, and are, as well as the branches, villous ; 

 leaves elliptic, acuminated, full of pellucid dots, rather shining 

 above, somewhat coriaceous, girded by a marginal nervule. ^ . 



Native of St. Domingo. 



Eugenia deflexa, Poir. suppl. 3, 



