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MYRTACEiE. XXVIIL Myrcia. 



Native of Brazil, in the provinces of the mines. Eugenia Mini tive in fields in the provinces of the Mines. Eugfenia lasiopus, 

 var. ? Mart. herb. Intermediate between M. pseudo-mini and Mart. herb. Allied to M. pubescens on the one hand, and to 



M. multrflora. Inflorescence of 3/» multi/lbray hut rather downy. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Far. (i, paucijldra (D. C. 1. c.) leaves rather narrower ; pa- 

 nicles shorter, few-flowered. Tp . S. Native of Brazil. Per- 

 haps the same as Eugenia Mini ? Mart. herb. 



Ambiguous Myrcia. Shrub. 



M. decorticata on the other. Leaves an inch and a half long. 

 Petioles a line long. Flowers small, crowded. Fruit unknown. 

 There are varieties of this species with very blunt, and acutish 

 leaves, which are obtuse at the base, but hardly cordate. 



Hairy-peduncled Myrcia. Shrub 8 to 10 ft. 



80 M. DURiu'scuLA (Mart. herb, ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 253.) 



74 M. PSEU^DO-MiNi (D. C. 1, c.) peduncles axillary, oppo- peduncles panicled, axillary and nearly terminal, rather shorter 



than the leaves, and are, as well as the bracteas, hispid ; calyxes 

 glandular, glabrous, bluntly 5-lobed ; leaves broad, ovate, ob- 



Bite, panicled, longer than the leaves or shorter ; calyx and buds 



villous; leaves elliptic-oblong, gradually acuminated, shining 



above, hardly reticulated, full of pellucid dots when examined by tuse at both ends, coriaceous, opaque, and are, as well as the 



a lens ; flowers small, 5-cleft. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, at Rio branches, glabrous. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province 



Janeiro. Eugenia Mini, Mart. herb. Very like the plant figured of Bahia. Perhaps merely a variety of Af. lasiopus, but the pa- 



by Aublet, but differs in the flowers being 5-cleft. Leaves hardly nicies are shorter and less hairy. 



reticulated above, at length nearly smooth ; lower ones small, 

 roundish, shorter than the peduncles ; upper ones large, rather 

 longer than the peduncles. Petioles 2 lines long. Fruit 

 ovate-globose, blackish, 2-seeded, crowned by the lobes of the 

 calyx, which are very blunt, and somewhat conniving. Seeds 

 smooth. Cotyledons contortuplicate. 

 False-mini Myrcia. Shrub. 



Hardish Myrcia. Shrub 8 to 10 ft. 



81 M. PRUNiFOLiA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles supra-axillary, 

 equal in length to the leaves or longer, panicled, and are, as 

 well as the branchlets, clothed with soft hairs ; calyx with a vil- 

 lous globose tube, and ovate ciliated spreadingly reflexed lobes ; 

 leaves oval or ovate or obovate, full of pellucid dots, membra- 

 nous, glabrous on the upper surface in the adult state. T2 . S. 



75 M. coRYMBosA (D. C. 1. c.) panicles terminal, oppositely Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes. Myrtus 



branched, subcorymbose ; bracteas and bracteoles almost want- 

 ing ; leaves oval, bluntly acuminated, opaque, quite glabrous, as 

 well as the branches, panicles, and flowers. Tj . S. Native of 



prunifolia. Mart. herb. A very variable species, or many are 

 confused under this name. 



Far. a, angustior (D. C, 1. c.) leaves oval, attenuated at both 



Brazil, at Rio Tapura. Leaves 3 inches long, and 15-18 lines ends; panicle villous, with its branches compressed and diva- 

 broad. Petioles hardly 2 lines long. Flowers small, quinquefid. ricating 

 Fruit unknown. 



Corymhose-ftowered Myrcia. Shrub. 



Far. I3f ohovata (D. C. 1. c.) leaves broadly obovate ; panicle 

 pubescent, sparingly branched, equal in length to the leaves ; 



76 M. LAURiFOLiA (D. C. 1. c.) pauiclcs axillary and nearly fruit globose, irregularly hollowed out into empty cells, but this 

 terminal, shorter than the leaves or longer, glabrous, as well as is probably occasioned by insects. 



the flowers; bracteas linear-oblong; calycine lobes roundish; 



Far. y, ovata (D. C. 1. c.) leaves broadly ovate, rather opaque; 



leaves oval, obtuse, stiflT, opaque, nearly veinless except the panicle hardly pubescent, longer than the leaves ; fruit didy- 

 middle nerve, and are, as well as the branches, glabrous. Vi • 'S* mous, globose. Seeds 2, with a brittle testa. Cotyledons con- 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Para. M. laurifolia, Mart. tortuplicate. 

 herb. Leaves pale, 2 inches long, nearly one inch broad» Pe- 

 tioles 2 lines long. Flowers small. Fruit unknown. 

 Laurel-leaved Myrcia. Shrub. 



Plum- leaved Myrcia. Shrub. 



Sa M.? cuRATELLiEFOLiA (D. C. L c) pauiclc corymbose, 

 nearly terminal ; peduncles compressed, clothed with canescent 



77 M. pa'llens (D. C. I.e.) peduncles panicled, axillary and velvety down; fruit globose, velvety, crowned by the calycine 

 nearly terminal, a little longer than the leaves, and are, as well as lobes, which are short, broad, and spreading ; leaves obovate, 

 the calyxes and branchlets, glabrous ; leaves exactly oval, obtuse obtuse, somewhat cuneated at the base, membranous, opaque 



at both ends, glabrous, glaucous, full of pellucid dots, as well as 

 being dotted with brown beneath. T2 • S. Native of Brazil, in the 



smoothish above, and clothed with canescent velvety down be- 

 neath. Tj. S. Native of Brazil, in fields at Taubate, in the 

 provinces of the Mines. Myrtus t6rta, Mart. herb. Leaves 9-10 province of St. Paul. Myrtus curatellsef6ha, Mart. herb. Fruit 

 lines long, and 5-6 lines broad, finely veined. Bracteoles small, divided into many empty cells inside. 



setaceous ; lobes of calyx obtuse. Shrub twisted, 10 feet high. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Pale Myrcia. Shrub 10 ft. 



78 M. dec6rticans(D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary and nearly 

 terminal, rather longer than the leaves, panicled, rather hairy ; 



Curatella-leaved Myrcia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



83 M.?^xl6sa (D. C. I.e.) peduncles axillary, twice the 



length of the leaves, racemose or somewhat panicled, and are, as 



well as the branches and calyxes, hairy ; calyx with a globose 



tube, and ovate, acute, ciliated, spreadingly reflexed lobes; 



lobes of calyx orbicular, white, and are, as well as the tube, gla- leaves oblong or somewhat ovate, rather opaque, clothed with 



brous; leaves ovate-elliptic, short-acuminated, full of pellucid 



dots when young, opaque stiffish and glabrous in the adult 



state ; branchlets puberulous, separating from the epidermis. 



Ti? . S, Native of Brazil. Myrtus decorticata. Mart. herb. 



Leaves hardly acute, 8 inches long, and 1^ inch broad, with 



somewhat revolute margins. Petioles 1-2 lines long, at length 



villi when in a young state, but glabrous on the upper surface 

 in the adult state, and velvety beneath, but at length smoothish. 

 I2 -S. Native of Brazil. Myrtus pilosa. Mart. herb. Fruit 

 globose, crowned by the spreading calyx, divided inwardly into 

 15-20 compartments, some of them empty, and some of them 

 filled with seeds. Seed with a hard testa. This species is very 

 transversely subrimose. . Petals 5, orbicular. Seeds 2, accord- doubtful ; it is probably a Myrtus or a Myrcia, or a new genus, 



ing to Martins. 



Decorticated M.yr cm. Tree 10 ft. 



or the fruit is probably deformed by insects. 

 Pilose Myrcia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 

 84 M. seri'cea ; erect, much branched ; leaves oblong, acu- 



79 M. LAsiopus (D. C. prod. 3. p. 253.) peduncles axillary 



and terminal, crowded into a panicle, many-flowered, longer than minated, glabrous above, and clothed with white silky down be- 



the leaves, and are, as well as the bracteas, hairy ; calyxes glan- neath, on short petioles ; racemes panicled, axillary ; peduncles 



dular, bluntly 5-lobed; leaves ovate, obtuse at both ends, cori- and branches toraentose, Tj.S. Native of Maranham, in Brazil. 



aceous, opaque, glabrous, as well as the branches. ^ . S. Na- 



ASi% Myrcia. Shrub 6 to 8 ft. 



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