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MVYRSINE CAPITELLATA. CLUSTER-FLOWERED 
MyrsINgE. 
Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynia. 
7 ( Nat. Ord.—Myrs1neEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Flores polygami, dioici. Cor. 5- raro 4-fida. Anthere 
subsessiles. Ovarium ovulis definitis (4—5). Stigma seepius 
lobatum v. laciniatum. Drupa pisiformis, putamine crus- 
taceo, monospermo.—Frutices vel Arbusculz. Folia alterna 
coriacea. Flores axillares, aggregati, subumbellati. Co- 
rolla in plerisque 5-partita, nunc breviter tubulosa. Mas- 
culi majores stigmate simplici. Foeminei antheris minoribus 
effete? “Bre! BAR erate | 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Myrsine* capitellata; arborea, erecta, foliis oblongo-lan- 
ceolatis integerrimis coriaceis, floribus sessilibus in 
capitulis axillaribus, stylo longo crasso, stigmate ob- 
tuso glabro integro. Wail, 
Myrsine capitellata. Wall. in Fl. Ind. Occ. v. 2. p. 295. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget. cur. post, p. 69. = 
Descr. The plant from which our specimen was taken, 
is a young one, only four years old, aud forms a hand- 
some shrub, four feet in height; but, in its native coun- 
try, it becomes a tree thirty to forty feet high. Leaves 
five to six inches long, oblongo-lanceolate, rather acute, 
coriaceous, shortly petioled, quite entire, dark green above, 
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* A Greek name, synonymous with Myrtle; and applied to this plant from 
the similarity of its foliage. es 
