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Myrtus Disticha. Globe-Berried 

 Myrtle. 



C/ij/} j»^/ Order. 



ICOSANDRIA MONOCYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. 5-fidus fuperus. Petala 5. ifarta 2 feu 3-locularis 

 polyfperma. 



Specific Cbaracler and Synonyms. 



MYRTUS dijlichaj pedunculis axillaribus multifloris foliis 

 brevioribus, foliis diftichis deflexis ovato-lanceo- 

 latis, ramis patentibus. Swartz Prod. 78. Flor. 

 Ind. Occid. 2. p. 894. 



Desc. A low fhrub with a depreffed ftem. Petioles very 

 ftiort. Leaves oppofite, thick-fet, hanging down, oblong- 

 oval, acuminate, mining, veined and dotted underneath with 

 lucid points : younger ones reddifh. Peduncles axillary, 3 — 5- 

 flowered, many times fhorter than the leaf. Calyx fuperior, 

 four-leaved, leaflets roundifh, concave, perfiftent. Corolla 

 four-petaled : petals fmall, concave, orbicular, deciduous. 

 Flowers fometimes do not expand, yet the fruit is neverthe- 

 lefs perfected. Stamens many, longer than corolla, and fome- 

 times confiderably longer than in our figure. Berry fpherical, 

 purple, juicy, for the fize of the flower very large ; both in 

 the ripe and unripe ftate appearing to us one-celled. Seeds 

 three in the ripe fruit, but rudiments of more in the germen, 

 covered with a thick Ikin, and filled with a greenifh, fubcarti- 

 laginous fubftance, in which we could not difcoverany embryo. 

 Receptacle of the feed central, fixed above, and looie below. 



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