MYRTACE^. XXVIII. Myrcia. 



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Fallacious Myrcia. Shrub 5 to 6 ft, 



14 M. SYLVATICA (D.C. 1. c.) racemes panicled, axillary and 

 terminal, solitary ; flowers 5-cleft, pubescent, 1-3 on the 

 branches, middle one sessile ; leaves elliptic-ovate, long-acumi- 

 nated, somewhat ciliated, full of impressed dots above, downy 

 when young, as well as the branches. Tj . S. Native of Guiana, 

 in woods. Myrtus sylvatica, Meyer, esseq. p. 191. Styles said 

 to be 3. Fruit and seeds unknown. 



Wood Myrcia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



leaves clothed with villous tomentum ; flowers 5-cleft ; leaves 

 ovate, nearly sessile, full of pellucid dots. ^ . S. Native of 

 Guiana, on the banks of the river Sinemari. Eugenia tomen- 

 tosa, Aubl, guian. 1. p. 504. t. 200. Myrtus Aubletii, Spreng. 

 syst. 2. p. 486. Stamens longer than the petals. Fruit and 

 seeds unknown. 



Tomentose Myrcia. Shrub 3 to 4 ft. 



22 M. FERRUGiNEA (D. C. 1. c.) pcduncles terminal, panicu- 

 lately corymbose, bracteolate, clothed with rusty velvety down ; 



15 M. platy'clada (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary and sub- leaves oval-elliptic, acute at the base, and acuminated at the 

 terminal, panicled, longer than the leaves, and are, as well as the apex, glabrous above, but clothed with rusty velvety down be- 



branches, compressed, and consequently 2-edged; flowers 5- 

 cleft ; leaves obovate, obtuse, somewhat coriaceous, opaque, 

 glabrous, rather cuneated at the base, '^ . S. Native of French 

 Guiana. Leaves 2 and 2|^ inches long, and 12-15 lines broad. 

 Petioles 3 lines long. Young branches clothed with adpressed 

 down, as well as the petioles, nerves, and peduncles. Fruit and 

 seeds unknown. 



Broad-branched Myrcia. Shrub. 



neath, but they at length become glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 calyx 5-cleft. ^ . S. Native of French Guiana. Euf^enia 

 ferruginea, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 124. Myrtus ferruginea, Spreng. 



exclusive of the synonymes. Leaves nearly like those of Eugenia 



clirysophjlla or E, chrysoj^hylloideSy but it diflfers in the inflor- 

 escence. Fruit globose, glabrous, 2-3-seeded. Seeds large, an- 

 gular, roundish. Cotyledons thickish, corrugated. 

 Rusty Myrcia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



16 M. dive'rgens (D. C. prod. 3. p. 245.) panicle terminal, 23 M. crassine'rvia (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, solitary, 

 many-flowered, having its branches divaricating; calyx 5-cleft ; or twin, panicled, shorter than the leaves: flowers bluntly 5- 

 leaves oval, acuminated, opaque, and are, as well as the 

 branches, glabrous. l^ . S. Native of Cayenne. Leaves 3 

 inches long, and an inch and a half broad. Flowers small. 

 Fruit and seeds unknow^n. 



Diverging Myrcia. Shrub. 



17 M. Guiane'nsis (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, 1-3- 



flowered, slender, shorter than the leaves ; flowers 5-cleft, bi- 

 bracteolate at the base ; leaves oval, bluntish, on short petioles, 

 glabrous, full of pellucid dots. T2 . S. Native of Guiana, on 

 the Serpent Mountains. Eugenia Guian^nsis, Aubl. guian. 1. 

 p. 506. t. 201. Myrtus Guianensis, Ham. prod. fl. ind. occ.no. 

 45. Berry roundish, red, 1-seeded, about the size of a red cur- 

 rant. Seeds unknown. 



Guiana Myrcia. Shrub 3 to 4 ft. 



18 M. bracteola'ris (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, oppo- 

 site, rather villous, in fascicled racemes ; flowers crowded, brac- 

 teolate, 5-cleft ; leaves ovate-elliptic, long-acuminated, shining 

 above, and are, as well as the branches, glabrous. T2 . S. Na- 

 tive of Cayenne. Myrtus bracteolaris, Poir. diet. 4. p. 411. 

 Myrtus Stoi\pyi, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 484. Cotyledons large, 

 foliaceous, plicately wrinkled, ex Kunth, not. in mem. soc. hist. 



nat. par. 1824. p. 325. 



Bracteolate-fioyfexed. Myrcia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



19 M. ca'rnea (D.C. 1. c.) racemes panicled, axillary and 

 terminal, rather tomentose, twice shorter than the leaves; flowers 

 1-3 on the tops of the branches of the panicle, middle one sessile ; 

 calyx 5-cleft, tomentose ; leaves oblong-lanceokte, acuminated. 

 Tj *S. Native of Guiana, near Essequibo. Myrtus carnea, Meyer, 

 esseq. p. 191. Said to be allied to Eugenia virgultbsa. Petals 

 pubescent, and the anthers flesh-coloured. Fruit and seeds un- 

 known. Perhaps the same as M. Coumeta according to Sprengel. 



Flesh'Coloured'SintheYed Myrcia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



lobed ; leaves oval, abruptly acuminated, feather-nerved, and 

 girded by a marginal nerve, coriaceous, opaque, shining above, 

 clothed with rufous velvety dow^n beneath, as well as the panicles 

 and branchlets. Pj . S. Native of French Guiana. M. lati- 

 folia, Forsyth in herb. L'Her. Lateral nerves of leaves thick 

 and prominent beneath. Fruit nearly globose, crowned, at 

 length glabrous, 1-seeded. Seed roundish. Cotyledons fo- 

 liaceous, corrugately plicate. 



Thick-jierved-leaved Myrcia. Shrub. 



24 M, bractea'ta (D. C. I.e.) peduncles axillary, 3-flowered, 

 bearing opposite, leafy bractfas in the middle and at the base of 

 the flowers, shorter than the leaves ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 tapering into an elongated acumen, with rather revolute, ciliated 

 margins, having the middle nerve hairy on both surfaces ; 

 branches hispid ; calyxes villous. Tj . S. Native of Cayenne 

 and Brazil. Eugenia bracteata, Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. 

 1792, p. 110. Myrtus bracteata. Mart. herb. Leaves 2 inches 

 long, and 9-10 lines broad, shining. Tube of calyx ovate. 

 Style inflexed. Bracteas coloured, according to Richard. 

 Flowers 5-cleft, rarely 4-clcft. The fruit is that of Myrcia, 

 according to the specimen. 



Bracteate Myrcia. Shrub. 



* * Species natives of Brazil. 



"j" Fruit nearly globose, 1-3'Celled, 



a. Leaves on long or short petioles, never cordate at the base. 



25 M. Haynea^na (D. C. prod. 3. p. 24G.) peduncles axil- 

 lary, shorter than the leaves, racemose or subpanicled, hairy ; 

 tube of calyx with a short, villous tube, and 5 roundish pubes- 

 cent lobes ; leaves oval-oblong, acuminated, full of pellucid 

 dots, rcticulately veined, glabrous in the adult state, except 

 on the nerves beneath as well as the branches, which are rather 



The shrub agrees 



20 M. Coume^ta (D.C. I.e.) peduncles axillary and sub- hairy; buds silky. Tj, S. Native of Brazil, at Mato-Virga. 

 terminal raceraosely panicled ; branchlets 3-flowered ; flowers Myrtus Hayneina, Mart. herb. Leaves 3 inches long and an 



5-cleft, all pedicellate; leaves broad, ovate, acuminated, gla- ..--.. , ^, 



brous, on short petioles, full of pellucid dots. Tj . S. Native 

 of Guiana, in woods at the river Sinemari. Eugenia Coumeta, 

 Aubl. guian. 1. p. 497. t. 195. Myrtus Coumeta, Spreng. syst. 

 append. 2. p. 488. Berry roundish, white* crowned by the 

 teeth of the calyx, which are acute, 1 -celled, 1-seeded. Seed 

 thick, roundish. Cotyledons unknown. Coumete is the Guiana 



name of the shrub. 



Coumeta Myrcia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



21 M. ? TOMENTosA (D. C. 1. c.) pcdunclcs axillary, longer 



inch broad. Petioles 1-2 lines long. There are some black 



bristles at the axils of the leaves, which are almost stipular. 



Branchlets compressed. Fruit unknown. 



with M, sorbria on the one hand, and with M. bracteata on the 



other. 



Hayne*s Myrcia. Shrub. 



26 M. myaporina (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, opposite, 

 racemose, 5-9-flowered, almost bractless, about equal in length 

 to the leaves ; fruit globose, crowned by the lobes of the calyx, 

 which are bluntish ; leaves oblong, obtuse, or nearly obovate, dot- 



than the leaves, racemosely panicled; branches, calyxes, and ted on both surfaces, nearly nerveless and almost glabrous, even 



