MYRSINEACEE. 7 
ovate-oblong, acute, nearly entire; flowers octandrous; fruit 
clavate, slightly 4-winged. h.H. Native of Florida. Ker. 
bot. reg. t. 952. Leaves downy, glaucous beneath. Racemes 
panicled. Flowers white, drooping. Calycine teeth ovate. 
pci tavered Snow-drop-tree. Fl. May. Clt.1802. Tree 
10 feet. 
8 H. píerzna (Lin. spec. 636.) leaves ovate, acute, serrated ; 
petioles smooth and even ; pedicels elongated ; fruit with 2 large 
opposite wings and 2 obsolete ones. h. H. Native of Georgia 
and Carolina, in shady places on the banks of rivers. Cav. 
diss. 6. p. 338. t. 187. Lodd. bot. cab. 1172. Flowers oc- 
tandrous. Leaves much larger than those of either of the pre- 
ceding species. i; 
Two-winged-fruited Snow-drop-tree. Fl. April, May. Clt. 
1758. "Tree 10 feet. 
Cult. The species of Snow-drop-tree are well fitted for 
shrubberies and lawns, on account of the profusion of early snow- 
drop-like blossoms which they bear. They will grow in any 
common soil, and are to be increased by slips of the root and 
by seeds. 
Orver CXLIII. MYRSINEA'CE/E (this order contains 
plants agreeing with Myrsine in important characters). Myr- 
sine, R. Br. prod. p. 533. Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 
100. Ardisidceze, Juss. ann. mus. 15. p. 349. Ophiospérme, 
Vent. cels. p. 86. Sapòtæ, part. Juss. gen. p. 168. 
Calyx permanent, 4-5-lobed (f. 3. a. f. 4.a.). Corolla ga- 
mopetalous (f. 4. b. f. 5. b.), rarely polypetalous, regular ; 
lobes or petals equal in number to the lobes of the calyx. Sta- 
mens equal in number to the lobes of the corolla, inserted in 
its base (f. 4. b.), and opposite the lobes, free from each other or 
combined. Pollen ovoid-globose, smooth. Ovarium free or adhe- 
rent, 1-celled ; ovula immersed in the central placenta. Style 1. 
Drupe or berry 1 or many-seeded. Albumen horny, conforming to 
the seed, or deficient. Cotyledons short. Plumule inconspicuous 
or very short.—Trees, shrubs, or subshrubs. Leaves alternate, 
rarely almost opposite or subverticillate, simple, entire, or 
toothed. Flowers axillary, pedunculate, or sessile, with inde- 
finite centripetal floration. All the parts are more or less fur- 
nished with resinous matter, which appears in dots. The hairs 
are simple or stellate, usually rising from cells, generally very 
-~ short; on the peduncles, calyxes, and lower surface of the leaves 
they are most frequent; in most of the species the situation, 
form, and number are variable. 
The plants contained in this order are mostly inhabitants of 
the warmer regions of Asia and America, but never beyond the 
39th degree of latitude. The order is intermediate between 
Sapotee and Primulacee. Sapdtee differs from it in the whorl 
of stamens being alternate with the lobes of the corolla; and 
from Primulàcec in the fruit being indehiscent, and in habit. 
The Myrsinee have more or less a disposition to produce a 
resinous substance, which appears as dots in different parts of 
the plant, chiefly on the leaves, flowers, and berries. It may be 
seen also in the hard wood of Myrsine and ZEgíceras; these 
dots are dark or light brown, reddish, orange, or yellow; they 
vary in size, shape, and position in different species. Alphonse 
de Candolle supposes the styptic taste of the fruit of Embelia 
Ribes to depend very much upon the quantity, and some pecu- 
liar quality, of this resinous substance. 
Synopsis of the genera. 
Trise I. 
JEeicE'Rz;. Flowers pentamerous. Filaments connate at the 
base. Ovarium superior, many-seeded. Stigma simple. Drupe 
long, cylindrical, follicular, 1-seeded. Albumen none. Embryo 
erect. 
1 ZEarYcERas. Characters the same as the tribe. 
Trise II. 
AnpnisiE E. Calyx and corolla 4-5-lobed (f. 3. a. b. f. 4. a. b. 
f.5. a. b.). Stamens usually free. Ovarium superior, many- 
seeded. Drupe or berry globose, l-seeded. Albumen horny. 
Embryo transverse. 
2 Watre'nia. Calyx and corolla tubular, 4-lobed ; filaments 
connate at the base; anthers ovoid. Stigma dot-formed. 
3 Weice’tt14, Calyx and corolla 4-parted. Filaments free ; 
anthers ovoid. Style short. 
4 CowowónPHa. Calyx and corolla 4+cleft, funnel-shaped ; 
filaments free, inserted in the upper part of the corolla; anthers 
ovate-triangular. Stigma simple. 
5 Cypia’ntuus. Calyx and corolla 4-cleft, rotate ; filaments 
very short; anthers oblong, opening by 2 pores at top. Stigma 
sessile, sub-capitate. 
6 My’rsine. Calyx and corolla 4-6-lobed (f. 3. a. d.). Fila- 
ments short, free. Stigma fringed, lobed, or simple (f. 8. 5.). 
7 Ba’puta. Calyx 5-lobed (f. 4. a.). Corolla 5-cleft (f. 4. 
b.). Stigma thick, capitate, or obscurely lobed (f. 4. c.). 
8 Oncoste‘mum. Calyx and corolla 5-cleft. Stamens com- 
bined into a mass, or into a 5-toothed tube. Stigma funnel- 
shaped, nearly entire, or denticulated. 
9 Arprsta. Calyx and corolla 5-cleft (f. 5. a. b.). 
ments free; anthers triangular, free, or combined. 
simple, subulate, or dot-formed. 
10 Empe‘tia. Calyx and corolla 5-parted. Filaments free ; 
anthers ovoid. Stigma capitate. 
11 Cuorire’tatum. Calyx 4-cleft. 
Stamens combined, and with the petals at the base. 
form. 
Fila- 
Stigma 
Corolla 4-petalled. 
Style fili- 
Trise III. 
Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla 5-lobed, induplicate in 
Stamens 5, free. Ovarium adherent, half inferior, 
Style short ; stigma obscurely 3-5-lobed. Seeds 
Embryo 
Mae'sEz, 
cestivalion. 
many -ovulate. 
numerous, small, angular, fixed to the central placenta. 
transverse. 
12 Mz'sa. 
+ A genus doubtful whether belonging to the present order. 
13 ConvwocA'nPus. Calyx of 5 concave sepals. Corolla of 
5 roundish petals, Stamens 5, from the claws of the petals. 
Drupe clavate, containing a 1-seeded nut. 
Tribe I. 
JEGICE REX (this tribe contains only the genus ZEgiceras), 
Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 100. Calyx 5-parted; seg- 
ments obliquely imbricated. Corolla 5-cleft. Filaments con- 
nate at the base; anthers free, sagittate, having the cells burst- 
Character the same as that of the tribe. 
