Myrtee.] LXVIL. MYRTACEJE. n 
6o, oc-seriata, libera, filamentis filiformibus; anthers versatiles, loculis parallelis longi- 
tudinaliter debiscentibus. Ovarium 2-3-, rarissime 4-loculare; stylus filiformis, stigmate 
parvo; ovula in loeulis 2, collateralia. Bacca calycis limbo coronata v. subnuda. Sexilia 
sepius 1-2, subglobosa; embryonis radicula longiuscula, incurva; cotyledones contortu- 
plieatze. —A rbores fruticesve, habitu Myrcie. 
Species enumeratze ultra 50, plurimce tamen reducend:», ommes Ameries tropiés v. subtropice 
incole. JBerg im Linncea, xxvii. 12; xxix. 209; xxx. 600, et in Mart. Fi. Bras. Myrt. 31. t. 14, 
15 (sp. 30). 
Genus hine Myrcíie hine Calyptranthi valde affine, nec nisi ealyce differt. 
RunacHia, Berg in Linnea, xxvii. 11; xxix. 209, et in. Mart, F7. Bras. Myrt. 28. t. 18, species 
8, et EvaxxioPsis, Berg in. Linnea, xxvii. 80; xxix. 219; xxx. 6600; xxxi. 249; et in Mart. Fl, 
Bras. Myrt. 143. £. 21, 22, species 19 includens a Marlieria non differunt nisi calyce non omnino 
clauso sed jam in alabastro apice brevissime 4—5-lobo. 
55. Calyptranthes, Swartz, Prod. Fl. Ind. Occ. 80. et FT. 917. t. 15.— Calycis tubus 
turbinatus, supra ovarium productus; limbus in alabastro clausus, per anthesin circüum-: 
scissus calyptratimque deciduus. Petala 2-5 minima v. 0. Stamina oo, oc-seriata, libera, 
filamentis filiformibus; antherz breves, loculis parallelis longitudinaliter deh'scentibus. 
Ovarium 2-3-loculare; stylus filiformis, stigmate parvo; ovula in loculis 2, collateralia, 
rarius oo. DBacca calycis tuho truncato brevior. Semina ssepius 1-2, subglobosa, testa 
membranacea; embryonis radicula longiuscula, incurva ; cotyledones majusculw, contor- 
- tuplicatze.— A rbores fruticesve, habitu et inflorescentia Myrcic. 
Species enumeratz 73, omnes Americe tropiez ineole. Berg im Linnea, xxvii. 18; xxix. 211; 
xxx. 652; xxxi. 247, et in Mart. Fl. Bras. Myrt. 38. &. 16, 17 ; St. Hil. Pl. Us. Bras. t. 14, et 
Fl. Bras. Mer. t. 155. 
Genus nune a Myrcia nune a Myrto calyce petalisque differt. 
MrirnawTHES, De/g in Linnea, xxvii. 316 ; xxix. 248; xxx. 700, et in Mart. F/. Bras Myrt. 
854. t. 33, a Calypytranthe separatur et inter Eugenieas collocatur ob ovarii loeulos oo-ovulatos, 
Semina matura ignota, in M. Gardneriana, Berg, immatura vidi iis Myrtoidearum potius quam 
Kugenie similia, Species enumeratze 8. 
56. Pimenta, L;ndl. Collect. Bot. sub n. 19.—Calycis tubus turbinatus v. campanula- 
tus, supra ovarium non v. plus minus productus; limbi lobi v. segmenta 4—5, patentia, per- 
sistentia. Petala 4—5, patentia. Stamina oo, oc-seriata, libera, filamentis filiformibus ; 
anthere  versatiles, breves, loculis parallelis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. ^ Ovarium 
2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmate parvo v. subcapitato; ovula in loculis 1—4 (rarius 6 ?), 
placenta ab apice anguli interioris pendula. Bacca calycis limbo coronata. Semina 
pauca, globosa v. subreniformia, testa membranacea v. crustacea; embryo plus minus 
involuto-spiralis, radicula crassa longissima, cotyledonibus brevissimis.—A rbores fragran- 
tissimi. Folia ampla, coriacea, pennivenia. Flores parvi, in cymas trichotomas multifloras 
in axilla superiore dispositi, 
|. Species ex Bergio 5, Amerieze tropicze incole, quarum una in India orientali ssepe colitur, 
Genus a Bergio in duo dividitur: 1. PrwENTA, Zerg im Limnnea, xxvii. 422, species 1, floribus 
4-meris, embryone 2-3-spirali, et 2. Awowis, Berg, /. c. 416, floribus 5-meris, embryone 1-cyclieo. 
Nos tamen certe in 4. acri, Berg (Myreia, DC.; Bot. Mag. t. 3153), embryonem interdum 2-cycli- 
cum inrenimus, etsi szepius minus involutus sit quam in P. communi, Lindl. (P. officinali, Berg ; 
Myrti sp., Linn. ; Bot. Mag. 1236). 
57. Mtyrrhinium, Schott in Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 404. (Feliciana, Cambess. in St. 
Hil. Fl. Bras. Mer. ii. 975. t. 157. — Tetrastemon, Jook. .Eot. Misc. iij. 817.)— Calycis 
tubus ovoideus, supra ovarium haud productus; limbi segmenta 4, Petala 4, patentia, 
Stamina 4-8, inordinate inserta, libera, filamentis longissimis reetis, in alabastro biplicutis ; 
anthere versatiles, loculis parallelis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus; glandule nonnullwe 
breves, lineares (staminodia ?), cum staminibus disco inserts. Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus 
elongatus, stigmate parvo; ovula in loculis oo, ad margines placent: 2-lamellatze inserta. 
Bacca ovoidea, calycis limbo coronata. Semina 1-2, reniformia v. cochleata, testa dura; 
