840 



when young, as well as the branchlets. ^ 

 zil. Myrtus punctata, Mart 



MYRTACEiE. XXVIII. Myrcia. 



Native of Bra- 



A shrub, 



Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



Brazil. Myrtus pseudo-caryophyllus, Gomez ? ex herb. Mart. 

 Leaves 3 inches long and an inch broad. Petiole 3 lines long. 

 Flower-bud globose. Petals pubescent on the outside. Fruit 

 unknown. 



Hairy -petalled Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 8 ft. 



33 M. ERIOCA^LYX (D. C. nrod. 3. n. 247,'^ npdiinrlpqavi'llarv 



about 5 or 6 feet high, with erectly spreading branches. Fruit 

 at first scarlet, but at length dark purple. Leaves 15 lines long. 

 Seeds 2-3, smooth. 



Myaporum-llke Myrcia. 



27 M. sALiciFOLiA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, few- racemosely panicled, longer ^than the leaves/and are as well as 



flowered, racemose, rather shorter than the leaves, glabrous; the panicles clothed with velvety villi ; calyx 5-cleft, very villous; 



fruit globose, crowned by the lobes of the calyx, which are 5 leaves elliptic, oblong, with revolute margins, rather coriaceous, 



and obtuse ; leaves lanceolate-linear, attenuated at both ends, opaque, glabrous above, but velvety beneath. \i 



full of pellucid dots, glabrous in the adult state, but pubescent 

 when young, as well as the branches. ^2 . S. Native of Brazil, 

 at Rio Tapura. Myrtus salicif olia, Mart. herb. Leaves 2 inches 

 long and 4 lines broad. Fruit the size of a pea. Seeds not 

 seen. Flowers unknown. 



Willow-leaved Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



Native 



of Brazil, in woods in the district of the diamonds. Leaves an 

 inch long and 5-6 lines broad, nerveless above, nerved beneath : 

 with 2 small, nearly abortive ones, produced from the axils of 

 the racemes. Bracteas foliaceous, deciduous. 



Woolly-calyxed My 



Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



^ .^ 34 M. pube'scens (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, panicled, 



a ^i^APHNoiDEs (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, longer rather shorter than the leaves, or longer ; bracteas, calyxes, and 



^^^^^ leaves clothed with adpressed, somewhat rufescent down ; 

 leaves oval, obtuse, full of pellucid dots while young : but 



than the leaves, panicled, clothed with rufous hairs ; lobes of 

 calyx 5, roundish, ciliated in the young state ; leaves oblong, 



obtuse, cuneated at the base, opaque, stiff, crowded, rather vil- opaque and glabrous on the upper surface, and clothed with 



lous on both surfaces when young, but in the adult state gla- rufescent down on the under surface in the adult state ; lobes 

 brous above and puberulous beneath ; branchlets clothed with 

 rufous down. /Jj. S. Native of Brazil, near Camabuao. 



Branches short, spreading, very leafy, when young sometimes , „_ 



conipressed. Leaves an inch and a half long, but hardly half Pubescent Myrcia. Sh.^4 to 6 ft. 



of calyx 5, obtuse. Tj 



in the province of M 



12 lines broad. Panicle 1| to 3 inches long. 



Native of Brazil, in elevated fields, 



Leaves 30 lines long, and 



Fruit unknown. 



an inch broad, full of impressed dots on the upper surface when 

 old. Racemes nearly 2 inches long. Fruit unknown. 



Daphne-like Myrcia. Sh. 6 to 10 ft. 



29 M. nigre'scens (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, nearly 

 terminal, panicled, divaricately branched, longer than the leaves ; 



M. ? MACRo'cHLAMYS (D. C. 1. C.) 



nearly terminal, few-flowered ; branchlets and bracteas clothed 

 with velvety tomentum ; tube of calyx turbinate, shorter than 

 the lobes, which are oblong ; bracteoles 2, inserted at the base 

 of the calyx ; leaves oval, obtuse, reticulately veined, when 



branches and flowers quite glabrous; leaves oval-oblong, at- young rather villous, full of pellucid dots, but glabrous, stiff, and 

 tenuated at the base, obtuse at the apex, opaque, stiff, almost opSque in the adult state. T2 . S. Native of Brazil, in the desert 



nerveless, except the middle nerve, quite gla'brous on both 

 surfaces. Tj • S. Native of Brazil, at the river Amazon. 

 Myrtus nigr^scens. Mart. herb. Leaves 2 inches long, and 

 8-12 lines broad, of an obscure green colour. Petioles 2-3 

 lines long, wrinkled, having the epidermis separating, as if it 

 were transversely. Branches white. Lobes of calyx 5, round- 

 ish, deciduous, rather irregular. Fruit unknown. 



Blackish Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 8 ft. 



30 M. BANisTERi^FOLiA (D. C. 1. c) pedunclcs axillary, op- 

 posite, twice trifid, a little shorter than the leaves ; leaves ellip- 



of Bahia. Shrub 10 feet. Leaves pale, 18 lines long and 9 

 broad. Petioles 2-3 hues long. Peduncles 9-10 lines long. 

 Flower-bud globose. Staminiferous torus broad. Fruit un- 



known. 



Myrc 



Sh. 10ft. 



3& M. ru'fipes (D. C. 1. c.) panicles axillary, longer than the 

 leaves, and terminal, many-flowered, clothed with velvety, rufous 

 down as well as the branchlets ; calyx with a glabrous subglobose 

 tube, and 5 ovate lobes, which are clothed with rufescent down ; 



-.,,., > — -r leaves oval, obtuse, full of pellucid dots when young, clothed 



tic, b luntish, nnembranous, opaque, glabrous above, but villous with rufous villi on the nerve, but in the adult state glabrous on 

 beneath from adpressed rufescent down, as well as the branch- both surfaces. \i . S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of 



lets, peduncles, and flowers. Tj 



Native of Brazil, in fields the mines. 



Mart 



Leaves 2 inches long. 



^^.t' u t^^P'^o^'^ce °f .St; Paul. Myrtus banisteriaefolia, and an inch broad. Petioles 2 lines long. Bracteas and brae- 



iViart. nerb. Ijeaves an mrh anrl a Kalf l-^nrr ^r^A o i:«^« i. i i .___,• u i ii *• r ^t «; 



Bark usually separating from the epi- 



Leaves an inch and a half long, and 9 lines 



broad, of an obscure green. Flowers small, 5-cleft. 



teoles almost wanting. 



unknown. 



My 



Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



Fruit dermis, which is rufous. 



Rufous-petioled Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



M, campe'stris (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles panicled, many- 

 flowered, axillary, and terminal, longer than the leaves ; calyx 



\J^ \ i"Ai."'sTH,s (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, panicled, , _,„„.„ ...^ ,..„.,.,,„ ,,,..„ ,„„ ,„, ,,,,,,, .„,,. 



longer than the leaves; flowers crowded at the, tops of the and branchlets densely clothed with rufous down; bracteoles 

 branchlets, and are as well as the bracteas downy ; leaves oval, ' 



cuneated at the base, obtuse, opaque, glabrous above, paler be- 

 neath and dotted, puberulous on the nerves. ^ . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in marshes in the province of St. Paul. Myrtus palus- Mv 



setaceous ; leaves oval-oblong, with rather revolute margins, 

 opaque, glabrous above, puberulous on the nerve beneath. 

 ^2 . S. Native of Brazil, in fields, in the provinces o^ the mines. 



7r- Ik --»*••*=»'" '"'' Provmce ol Jjt l-aul. JVlyrtus paius- Myrtus campestris, Mart. herb. Very like M. rufipes, but 

 tr.s, Mart herb. Leaves an inch and a half long and an inch differs in the leaves being narrower and in the bracteas being 

 broad. Petioles 2 lines long Panicle 2 inches long, pubescent, elongated. The leaves are sometimes disoosed 3 in a whorl. 



Lobes of calyx 5, obtuse. 

 Marsh My 



Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



M. banistericefblia. Fruit unknown. 



The leaves are sometimes disposed 3 in a whorl. 



M 



terminal, racemosely panicled, and are as well as the' calvxes 

 and branches hairy ; calyx bluntly 5-lobed ; leaves oblong, 



M 



Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



^^ -— ^ — w. ^^. ^. 1. c ) peduncles axillary, twice 



or thrice longer than the leaves, rather pubescent, panicled, and 

 rather corymbose at the apex ; calyx with a glabrous tube, and 

 5 somewhat ciliated lobes ; leaves oval, nearly sessile, full of 



-»<lr^.-ooo^^ «:ii.,, ^ • ^1. , 1 \ , ^""icvYiiat ujiiuLt;u juues ; leaves ovai, nearly sessue, lu" ^' 



^Ar2t ] ^^ K°"'".r- I ^T^^ '*''*^' ^^' i^^'Z"^' ^^°^^ P^"""^ dots when young, with the margin and nerve villous: 

 and rather hairy beneath m the adult state. Tj . S. Native of but opaque and glabrous" n the adult state = branches clothed 



Native of 



