Tas. 4809. 
MYRTUS BULLATA. 
blistered-leaved Myrtle. 
Nat. Ord. Myrtacea.—IcosanpRIA MonoGynia. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, TaB. 4558.) 
Myrtvs éullata ; arbuscula, ramulis pedunculis petiolis costaque folii pubescen- 
tibus, foliis brevi-petiolatis late elliptico- v. orbiculari-ovatis bullatis subtus 
discoloribus, pedunculis folio brevioribus, v. equilongis uni-bi-floris, floribus 
tetrameris, bacca (matura) verrucosa 2-loculari oligosperma. 
Myrvrvs bullata. Banks et Sol. Ic. et MS. All. Cunn. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Zel. in 
Ann. of Nat. Hist. v. 3. p.115. Hook. Ic. Plant. p. 557. Hook. fil. Bot. 
of Antarct. Voy. Pars I, Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 10. Gray, Bot. U. 8. Expl. 
Exped. v. 1. p. 543. 
Like most other New Zealand persistent-leaved trees and 
shrubs, the present has a singularly dingy-brown colour in the 
foliage ; and it has a further peculiarity in the very blistered cha- 
racter of all the leaves (whence the specific name), giving them 
an appearance as if they have been scorched by fire. ‘The flowers 
are tolerably numerous, larger than those of our common myrtle ; 
in other respects very similar; the petals are delicately tipped — 
with rose-colour. In our climate we find it necessary to winter 
it in the greenhouse ; but in the extreme south-west of England, — 
and in the Channel Islands, it would probably bear the open 
air throughout the year. Its foliage, when bruised, is very fra- 
grant and aromatic. Flowers at Kew in June and July. It is 
frequent in the Northern Island of New Zealand, where its na- 
tive name is Rama-Rama, according to Mr. Allan Cunningham. 
Descr. An erect shrub, with a somewhat arboreous sfem, at- 
taining a height of from fifteen to twenty feet. Branches terete, 
slightly pubescent, very leafy. Leaves on short downy petioles, 
subrotund, or approaching to ovate or elliptical, firm, between 
coriaceous and membranaceous, more inclining to the latter, 
convex above and singularly bullate, the lateral veins being much 
sunk, and the areoles between them swollen, glabrous; the colour 
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