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MYRTACE^. XXVIII. Myrcia. 



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85 M. r.^\is ; branched; leaves oblong, acuminated, gla- mul6sa, Mart. herb. Leaves 3-4 lines long, and 3 lines broad, 



brous on both surfaces ; racemes panicled, terminal, and axillary. 

 ^2 . S- Native of Maranham, in Brazil. 



Smooth Myrcia. Shrub 6 to 8 ft. ' 



86 M. FERRUGiNEA ; branched ; leaves oblong, acuminated, 

 coriaceous, canescent above, rusty beneath ; racemes panicled, 

 axillary, and terminal. Pj • ^* Native of Maranham, in Brazil. 



Rusty Myrcia. Shrub 6 to 8 ft. 



margined by a nerve. Flowers small, glabrous. Calycine lobes 

 short, broad, blunt, glandular. A very distinct species, with the 

 habit of Bce'ckea. Inflorescence nearly as in M. ramulosa. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Racemulose'^ov^eredi Myrcia. Shrub 2 to 3 ft. 

 ' 93 M. scuTULiFERA (D. C. 1. c.) pcdunclcs axillary and 

 nearly terminal, panicled, glabrous, many-flowered, 4 times the 



87 M. pube'scens ; branched ; leaves oblong, acuminated, length of the leaves ; leaves sessile, cordate-ovate, reticulately 

 pubescent above, and silky beneath; racemes panicled, axil- veined, coriaceous, opaque, glabrous; branchlets rather hairy. 



lary and terminal, pubescent. T2 • S. Native of Maranham, in 

 Brazil. 



Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in fields in the provinces of the Mines. 

 Myrtus scutulifera, Mart. herb. . Very like M. racemulosa^ but 

 the flowers are more numerous but similar, the leaves are also 



Pubescent Myrcia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 

 88 M. ANGu'sTA ; leaves narrow, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous similar, but longer, and the branchlets less hairy. It is probably 

 on both surfaces ; racemes panicled, axillary and terminal. ^ . S. only a variety of it. 



Native of Maranham, in Brazil. 



NarrowAe^\edi Myrcia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



b. Leaves sessile^ cordate at the base, 



89 M. suBcoRDA^TA (D. C. 1. c.) pedunclcs com^ 

 lary, nearly terminal, panicled, disposed in a kind of corymb, 



Saucer- bearing Myrcia. Shrub. 



94 M. ALBo-TOMENTosA (D. C. 1. c.) pcdunclcs axillary and 

 terminal, panicled, longer than the leaves, and are, as well as 

 branches and bracteas, hairy ; calyxes very hairy ; leaves ses- 

 sile, cordate, ovate, bluntish, coriaceous, opaque, glabrous above, 

 densely clothed with velvety tomentum beneath. ^ . S. Native 

 of Brazil, at the river St. Francisco, in the provinces of the Mines. 



glabrous, as well as the calyxes ; leaves sessile, bluntly cordate, Myrtus albo-tomentosa. Mart. herb. Leaves 8-10 lines long, 

 broadly ovate, obtuse, coriaceous, opaque, glabrous on both sur- 

 faces in the adult state, but when young covered with deciduous 

 down beneath. --'-• 



and 7-9 lines broad, Avhen young villous beneath. Calycine lobes 

 blunt. Fruit unknown. 



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Native of Brazil, in the provinces of White-tomentose Myrcia. Shrub. 



the Mines. Calycine lobes broad, obtuse, short. Fruit globose, 

 crowned by the circular calyx. Seeds shining, very aromatic. 

 Cotyledons contortuplicate. Leaves 12-15 lines long, and 10-12 

 lines broad. Flowers unknown. 



SubcordateAesLved Myrcia. Shrub 3 to 4 ft. 



90 M. varia'bilis (D. C. prod. 3. p. 254.) peduncles axillary 

 and nearly terminal, longer than the leaves, panicled, and are, as 

 well as the branches, glabrous and somewhat compressed; leaves 

 sessile, half stem- clasping, cordate, coriaceous, dotless, glabrous, 

 reticulately veined, with the veins elevated on the upper^ sur- 

 face. 



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Calycine lobes broad, obtuse, 



glabrous. 



Tj. S. 



Myrtus variabilis. Mart. 



M. dealbata, and having its leaves and 



branchlets clouded with white as in that species ; and is per- 

 haps merely a variety of it with diflferent formed leaves. 



Far. a, ovatifblia (Mart, herb.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 bluntly acuminated. Tj . S. Leaves an inch and a half long, 

 and 8-9 lines broad. 



d5 M. lasia'ntha (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary and nearly 

 terminal, collected into a panicle, intermixed with leaves, and 

 are, as well as the branchlets and calyxes, very hairy ; leaves 

 sessile, half stem-clasping, cordate, ovate, acutish, coriaceous, 

 opaque, villous beneath, smooth and glabrous above. ^ . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the provinces of the Mines. My^rtus 

 lasiantha. Mart. herb. Leaves 5-6 lines long, and 4-5 broad, 

 crowded, somewhat reticulately veined, and villous on the upper 

 surface. Panicle clothed with soft hairs, many-flowered. Caly- 

 cine lobes broad, bluntish. Fruit unknown. 



Woolly 'flowered Myrcia. Shrub. 



§ 2. Oocdrpce (from wov, oon^ an egg, and /capTroc, harpos^ a 

 fruit ; in reference to the shape of the fruit). D. C. prod. 3. p. 

 254. Fruit ovate or oblong. 



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9Q M. Be'rberis (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles panicled, axillary or 

 terminal, shorter than the leaves; fruit oblong, rather elliptic, 



rar.fi. 

 Leaves an inch long, and 6-7 lines broad. 



\l . S. crowned by the short obtuse calycine lobes ; leaves elliptic, ter- 



Var. y, nummularia (D. C. 1. c.) leaves nearly orbicular, 

 somewhat emarginate at the apex. ^ . S. Leaves nearly an 

 inch broad, and about the same in length. 



Variable Myrcia. Shrub. 



91 M. dealba'ta (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary and termi- 

 nal, panicled, longer than the leaves, and are, as well as the 

 bracteas, glabrous, but sprinkled with white powder ; leaves ses- 

 sile, cordate, half stem-clasping, coriaceous, stiff, reticulately 

 veined, glabrous, pale. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 

 vince of Minas Geraes. Myrtus dealbata. Mart. herb. Leaves 



minated in a long abrupt acumen each, coriaceous, when young 

 full of pellucid dots, but in the adult state opaque, and shining 

 above, quite glabrous on both surfaces, as well as the branchlets 

 and panicles. Fj . S. Native of Brazil, at the river Tapura ; 

 and of French Guiana. Myrtus Berberis, Mart. herb. Leaves 

 4 inches long, and hardly an inch and a half broad. Petioles 2-3 

 lines long. Panicle 2-3 inches long. Bracteoles small, de- 

 ciduous. Fruit 3 lines long, 1 -seeded. Cotyledons corru- 



gated. 



Berberry-like Myrcia. Shrub. 



97 M. Formosia^na (D. C. prod. 3. p. 255.) peduncles pa- 



an inch long, and 5 lines broad, dotless. Calycine lobes broad, nicled, rather shorter than the leaves, axillary or nearly termi- 



when young rather ciliated when examined by a lens, but at "-^' - ^— "' '^'-*'^ ^ ^" *^" ^'-^-" "^ *^ ^ —^ *---^ - 



length glabrous, acutish. Petals roundish, glandular. In- 

 florescence nearly as in 3/. exsucca. Fruit unknown. 



Whitened Myrcia. Shrub. 



dZ M. RACEMULosA (D. C. 1. c.) pcdunclcs axillary, race- 

 mose, twice the length of the leaves, S-Z^flowered, glabrous ; 

 branchlets hairy; leaves sessile, cordate," obtuse, coriaceous, 

 quite glabrous, reticulately veined, dotted, rather opaque. T2 . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the provinces of the Mines. My'rtus race- 



nal ; fruit ovate, crowned by the lobes of the calyx, which are 

 short and obtuse ; leaves elliptic-oblong, gradually acuminated, 

 coriaceous, opaque above, shining a little on both surfaces, and 

 quite glabrous, as well as the panicles and branchlets, which are 

 compressed. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, In the province of St. Paul, 

 in woods on the mountains. Very nearly allied to Af. Berberis^ 

 but differs in the leaves being gradually, not abruptly acumi- 

 nated, and in the fruit being more ovate. Seed one. Cotyle- 

 dons corrugated. 



