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Myrcia Acris. WiLp Crove-Tree, or 
Bay-Berry Myrtle. 
Class and Order. 
IcosAanpRIA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord—Myrraces. ) | 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus subglobosus, rarissime ovatus, limbus 5- 
itus. Pet. 5. Stam. numerosa, libera. Ovarium 2—3- 
lare, loculis pluriovulatis. Bacca sepius matura 1—2?-— 
locularis, 1—3 ? -sperma. Semen subglobosum testa levi. 
Cotyledones foliacee, corrugato-contortu plicate.—Frutices 
aut arbuscule omnes ex insulis Caribeis aut America aus-— 
trai orte. Folia opposita integerrima pellucido-punctata 
aut opaca, nervatione Myrti donata. Pedunculi axillares 
et subterminales paniculati multiflori. Flores albi. D C. 
| Specific Character and Synonyms. 
| Myrcta * acris ; pedunculis axillaribus et terminalibus tri< 
| chotomis corymbosis folio longioribus compressis, flo- 
ribus 5-fidis, foliis ellipticis obtusis convexis coriacel 
| glaberrimis superne venis elevatis reticulat 
| me pellucido-punctatis. ; 
| Myrera acris. De Cand. Prodr. ». 3. p. 243. 
YRTUs acris. Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. v. 2. p. 909. Willd. Sp. 
“Pl. p. 973. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. p. 190. Spreng. 
M Syst. Veget.v.2.p.487 ; 
YRTUS caryophyllata. Jacq. Obs. 2. p. 1. (non Linn.) 
ARYOPHYLLUS 1. foliis oblongo-ovatis oppositis, racemis 
¢,_ lateralibus et terminalibus. Browne, Jam. p. 247. 
~ARYOPHYLLUs aromaticus Indie occidentalis foliis et fructu 
rotundis. Pluk. Alm. 88. t. 155. f. 3. “ 
is Descr. 
ie. ‘ POPE? 
‘nin, his was fabled to be so named from Myrsrnz, an Athenian damsel, and 
Miyerva, who was changed into a Myrtle. ae 
