392 MYRSINE.E. 



2-1-flowered, flaccid, devoid of scales • bracts sheathing, subtruncate, single, auricled at the 

 base; calyx-segments ovate, rounded; corolla pink: upper lip entire, inferior 3-lobed, 

 nearly as long as the conical-cylindrical, bluntish, straight spur. — Mart. Fl. Bras. 9. t. 20. 

 /. 2, t. 22./. 1.— U. palatina, Web.— Scape 5"-2", corolla 6"'-4"' long.— Hab. Trinidad !, 

 Pd., Cr., in ditches of savannahs, Aripo ; [Guiana, Brazil]. 



8. 17. coccinea, Benjam. Leaves alternate along the immersed floating stem : blad- 

 ders obliquely subglobose, scattered on their capillary segments ; scapes short, 1-2-flowered, 

 devoid of scales : bracts sheathing, blunt, single, exauriculate ; calyx-segment3 roundish ; 

 corolla small, "crimson :" lips entire, nearly as long as the straightish blunt spur. — Scapes 

 l"-2", corolla 1£'" long.— Hab. Trinidad !, Pd. ; [Venezuela]. 



9. XJ. foliosa, L. Leaves alternate along the immersed floating branches : bladders on 

 their capillary segments, scarce, minutely globose ; scapes stout, many-flowered, bearing 

 1-2 scales below the lax raceme : bracts sheathing, blunt, single, exauriculate ; calyx-seg- 

 ments roundish ; corolla yellow : lips subentire, a little longer than the conical-cylindrical, 

 pointed spur. — XJ. oligosperma, St. Sil. — Scape S"-10' 7 long ; corolla 4"'-6'" diam. — Hab. 

 Trinidad !, Pd. ; [Venezuela to Brazil !]. 



2. PINGUICULA, L. 



Calyx 2-lipped : the superior lip 3-, the inferior 2-fid or -partite. Corolla spurred. — 

 Leaves rosulale ; scapes \-flowered. 



10. P. elongata, Benjam. Pilose; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate; calyx-lobes 

 oblong-lanceolate ; corolla violet : tube broadly cylindrical, lobes broadly ovate, blunt : spur 

 very short, bluntly cylindrical. — Leaves 4"-12" long, l£'"-3'" broad, about as long as the 

 scape; corolla 8"'-10"', spur l'"-2'" long.— Hab. Jamaica!, Pd. 



CIII. MYRSINE^. 



Character of Primulacew, but stem woody and pericarp fleshy. — Fruit globose, usually 

 small. 



Resinous, oblong or roundish spots occur frequently on the drupes, leaves, and flowers. 

 The orange-coloured berries of Jacquinia armillaris, used as a toy, are said to be poisonous. 



1. MYRSINE, L. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx 4-5-fid. Corolla 4-5-partite: segments imbricative or 

 valvate. Anthers ovate-oblong, longitudinally dehiscent : filaments short. Stigma lobed. 

 Drupe 1-seeded by abortion. — Leaves alternate ; flowers clustered : clusters in the axils or 

 lateral. 



Sect. 1. Mangliixa, Jacq. — Corolla valvate. 



1. M. lseta, A. DC. Branches rusty-puberulous, at length glabrate ; leaves chartaceous, 

 lanceolate or lanceolate-elliptical, usually bluntish, quite entire, subrevolute at the margin, 

 glabrous or glabrescent, dotted beneath, devoid of pellucid dots ; clusters subsessile: flowers 

 shortly pedicellate or subsessile ; calyx 5-4-fid. — Samara, L. {excites, synon.), Sw. Obs. M. 

 salicifolia, Berterii, floridana, trinitatis, A. DC. M. coriacea, Sieb. Trin. 50 ! (non B. Br.) 

 M. myricoides, Schlecht. : a form with the young leaves rusty-downy beneath. M. floccu- 

 losa, Mart. Fl. Bras. 16. t. 58 (M. rnfescens, A. DC). — A tree ; leaves variable, 3"- 

 H"(-4") long, 8"'-6'"(14'") broad; pedicels usually much shorter than the drupe; drupe 

 1'"— 14'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, all coll., in the mountains ; Dominica!, Imr. ; Trinidad I, 

 Sieb. ; [Cuba !, Guadeloupe !, Florida and Mexico !, to Brazil ! and Peru !]. 



Sect. 2. Eumtrsine. — Corolla imbricative. 



2. M. coriacea, R. Br. Glabrous ; leaves leathery, lanceolate, lanceolate-oblong, or 

 ohovate-oblong, usually bluntish, quite entire, polished, subrevolute at the margin, dotted 

 with pellucid points and numerous lines; clusters stalked, usually lateral : stalk (or abor- 



