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MYRTACEiE. XXVIII. Myrcia. 



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terminal panicle, and are, as well as the branches and calyxes, Cassine-lihe Myrcia. Tr. 10 to 15 ft. 



glabrous; limb of calyx 5-parted, short, deciduous ; fruit globose. 



56 M. venul6sa (D. C. prod. 3. p. 250.) peduncles axillary 



2-3-seeded ; leaves oval, bluntly acuminated, attenuated at the or terminal, panicled, velvety, longer than the leaves; fruit 



base, coriaceous, opaque, quite glabrous, smooth above. Tj 



globose, glabrous, rather muricated ; calycine lobes broad, ob- 



the leaves. 



pet 



Maragnon. Myrtus Marag- tuse, short ; leaves oblong, bluntish, somewhat cuneated at the 

 nana, Mart. herb. Leaves 24-28 lines long, and 8-9 lines broad, base, opaque, reticulately veined on both surfaces, glabrous, and 



shining above, but clothed with dense, short, velvety tomentum 

 beneath, as well as on the branchlets. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the province of St. Paul. Myrtus venulosa, Mart. herb. 

 Leaves an inch and a half long and 5-6 lines broad. Peduncles 



Maragnon My 



Shrub. 



51 M. sepia'ria (D. C. 1. c.) panicles axillary and terminal, 



many-flowered; peduncles compressed, rather pubescent, longer 2 inches long. Fruit the size of a pea, within the bearded limb 



than the leaves ; calycine lobes obtuse ; leaves oval-oblong, of the calyx. Seeds 2. Cotyledons corrugated. 

 bluntly acuminated, stiff, with a few scattered, pellucid dots, Var» (i, Capoeirensis (D. C. 1. c.) leaves elliptic-oblong, less 



shining above, and glabrous on both surfaces, as well as the reticulated than in the species, and the fruit is less muricated. 



branchlets. Tj 

 Myrtus sepiaria, Mart 

 lines broad, standing o 



T2. S. 

 species 



Native of Brazil, in Capoeira. Perhaps a proper 



_ 1 petioles 1-2 lines long. Lower pedun- 

 cles 2 inches long, all near together, so as to form a terminal 

 panicle. Bracteas small, obtuse, pubescent as well as the ca- nearly terminal, racemosely panicled, pubescent when young 



FeinyAeaved Myrcia. Shrub. 



57 M. ELiEODE NDRA (D. C. 1. c.) peduucles axillary, and 



lyxes, when young. 



Hedge Myrcia. Shrub. 



52 M. LiTTORA^Lis (D. C. 1. c.) panicles axillary and terminal, 

 many-flowered, longer than the leaves, clothed with adpressed 

 pubescence ; calycine tube clothed with white down ; calycine 

 lobes very short, hardly distinct, obtuse, at length spreading ; 



about equal in length to the leaves ; calycine lobes 5, very blunt, 

 smoothish ; leaves oblong- lanceolate, obtuse, full of pellucid 

 dots, rather stiffish, glabrous on both surfaces ; petioles and 

 branches densely clothed with soft rufescent down. ^2 • ^' ^^" 

 tive of Brazil. A tree 15-20 feet high, with loose, spreading 



branches. Leaves pale, rather glaucous, 2 inches long, and 9-10 

 leaves oval, obtuse, opaque, stiffish, nearly veinless, except the lines broad. Flowers distant on the racemes. Lower branches 

 middle nerve, elabrous on both surfaces in the adult state, but 



rather downy when young, as well as the branchlets. T^ 



Mart 



My 



of peduncle 3-flowered, upper ones 1-flowered. Fruit unknown. 

 E Iceodendr on-like Myrcia. Tr. 15 to 20 ft. 

 58 M. TORTA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, racemose, 7-9- 



herb. Leaves nearly 2 inches long, and an flowered, length of leaves, nearly bractless ; fruit globose 

 inch broad. Petioles hardly a line long. Branches compressed, crowned by the lobes of the calyx, which are short and roundish ; 

 but in the adult state terete and white. 



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Myrc 



Shrub. 



leaves oblong, obtuse, full of pellucid dots, somewhat attenuated 

 at the base, and glabrous on both surfaces, as well as the branclf- 

 lets. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, on Serra Branca. Myrtus 



terminal, compressed, longer than the leaves, disposed in a t6rta. Mart. herb. Leaves 2 inches long, and 9 lines broad, 

 branched panicle at the apex, downy as well as the flowers; standing on petioles 1-2 lines long. Racemes an inch and a 



leaves eniptic, somewhat oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, opaque, half long. Fruit glabrous, dark purple, shining. A tree 10- 

 glabrous on both surfaces in the adult state, but when young 12 feet high, with twisted branches. Bark thick, greyish, chinky. 

 downy beneath ; branches pubescently villous. Tj • S. 



Native 



mountains 



Twisted Myrcm. Tr. 10 to 12 ft. 



59 M. subalpe'stris (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary and nearly 

 Serro Frio. Branches naked, in consequence of the epidermis terminal, racemosely panicled, longer than the leaves, glabrous ; 

 being deciduous. Leaves 2^ inches long and an inch broad, fruit globose, crowned by the lobes of the calyx, which are short, 



Bracteas fucescent, concave, deciduous.. Flower-bud hairy, nearly obtuse, and connivent ; leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse at both 



ends, opaque, stiffish, glabrous above, but velvety from short 

 tomentum beneath. Pj • ^- Native of Brazil, in the provinces 

 of the mines. Myrtus subalp6stris. Mart. herb. Shrub 3 feet. 

 Branches erect, terete. Fruit black, glabrous. Seeds 2, with 

 a smooth testa. Cotyledons corrugated. Fruit unknown. 

 Alp Myrcia. Shrub 3 feet. 



60 M. MYRTiLLiFOLiA (D. C. 1. c.) pcdunclcs axillary, longer 

 than the leaves, paniculately corymbose, few-flowered, and are 



globose. Calyx 5-cleft in the yoUng state. Fruit unknown. 



Downy-Jlowered Myrcia. Shrub. 



54 M. HiRTiFLOEA (D. C. L c.) pcdunclcs axillary or termi- 

 nal, opposite, and disposed in a terminal panicle; bracteas and 

 calyxes very hairy ; calycine lobes short, acute ; petals glabrous ; 

 leaves elliptic-oblong, bluntly and shortly acuminated at the 

 apex, membranous, fiill of pellucid dots, gkbrous on both sur-^ 

 faces as well as the branches. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the 



province of Bahia, on the high mountain called Serra das Lages. as well as the calyxes glabrous ; bracteoles nearly wanting ; 



Leaves about 3 inches long and 15-18 hues broad. Petioles 2 



lines long. Fruit unknown. 



Hairy-Jhwered My 



Shrub. 



peduncles £^i 



branchlets rather pubescent ; leaves oval, coriaceous, pale, gla- 

 brous, full of pellucid dots when young, reticulately veined be- 

 neath, smoothish in the adult state, opaque, and therefore dotless. 

 Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia. Myrtus 



terminal, racemose, clothed with velvety tomentum, longer than myrtillifolia. Mart. herb. Very like M. ramulosa, but differs 

 the leaves ; fruit globose, muricated, pubescent, crowned by the in the leaves being more coriaceous, pale ; in the racemes being 

 lobes of the calyx, which are rather villous, very obtuse and more crowded and corymbose, with hardly any bracteoles. 

 conniving; leaves elliptic or oblong, obtuse, stiff) opaque, 

 crowded, clothed with velvety villi on both surfaces when young, 

 as well as the branchlets, but glabrous on the upper surface in the 

 adult state. h . S» Native of Brazil, in the nrnvinppfi nf tli*» 



Myrtle-leaved Myrcia. Tr. 20 to 30 ft. 

 61 M. ? RAMULosA (D. C. 1. c.) raccmcs axillary, 3-5-flowered, 

 about the length of the leaves ; bracteoles setaceous, under the 

 pedicels, and shorter than them; calycine lobes short; leaves 

 mines. Leaves glabrous, rather rufescent when young, from 1- oval, full of pellucid dots, membranous, reticulately veined^ 

 2 mches long, and 9-10 lines broad. Fruit the size of a pea. glabrous, but rather villous on the nerve beneath, and on the mar- 

 Seeds 2-3. Cotyledons corrugated. gins and petioles; branches compressed, clothed with velvety 



