Ov.MYRSTNE^. 6-19 



Obdo C. MVRSINS^. 



Encll, Gen. 731- LindL Vcg. Kingd. G47, THEOPHttAsrACKi5, G, Don, Gren. Spt, ir, 24, JEqi- 



CRREM, Bhime, Nov. PL i^um. ex Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, ii, 97. 



Flores regulares^ hermaphroditi v. polygamo-dioici. Calyx inferus v. in Mcesa basi 

 calyci adnatus, 4-C-fidus v, -partitus, segmeiitis saapissime ciliatis valvatis contortiav. ini- 

 bricatis srepissimo persistuiitibus. Corolla ut plurimiiin jnonopetala^ rotata, rarius ca?n- 

 panulata v. tubuloaa, segmentis petalisve 4-6 (rarisaime 3 v, 7) contorti.s dextrorsum 

 rarissiiuu sinistrorsuiu obtcgentibus w quincunciathn imbricatia^ rarius valvatis. Sta- 

 mina petalis' opposita et lis isomera ; filamenta brevia rarius elongata, tubo v. disco 

 petalorum adnata, libera v. inter se plus rainusve connataj priefioratione erecta rarissime 



inflexa, AntheT(B dorso prope basin aftixsej sagittatce oblongse v. breviter ovoideee raris- 

 sime lineares, rimis longitudinalibus intrursum v, extrorsuiu v, rarius per totam longitn- 

 dinem rarius apices versus tantum dehiscentes, rarissime uni-porosne, loculis inturdnin . 

 septis transversis in locellos superpositos divisis, connectivo aajpe incrassato apice inter- 

 dxini longe producto ; pollen eUipsoideum v. subglobosuin, Starnkwdia v, sinubus 

 corolla; opposita, additis rarissime totidem lobia oppositis, subulata v, squaniaiformia, 

 Ovarium globoaum V. ovoideumj liberum v. in Miesa calyci adnatum, l-loculare, Sfepis- 

 sime in stylum attenuatum ; stylus brevis v. elongatus ; stigma acutum truncatum 

 discoidenniv, capitatum, rarissime obscure lobatum. Omilu pauca v. numerosa, placenta) 

 central! sfepius globosse inserta v. immersaj ampliitropa v, anatropa, tegumentis nucleo 

 adnatiSj pleraque sfepissime sterilia. Fructns saipissime pisiformis, epicarpio camosuloj 

 endocarpio crustaceo, 1- oligo- rarissime polyapermuSj mmquam deliisceus. Semen in perx>lu- 

 rimis solitarium, globosum, placent:^reliqniis membranaceis indutum, umbilico basilarilento 

 V. profunda excavato ; rarius semina plurima parva v. majuscula turgida obtuse angnlata 

 placentae oblique afiixa ; testa tenuis, albumini dense cainoso v. corneo losvi v. ruminato 

 adba^rens. Embryo in fructibus l-spermis semini transversus^ in oligo- v- polyspermis plus 

 minusve axilis v, excentricus, cylindraceus, curvua sigmoideus v, arcuatus : cotyledones 

 in plerisque radicula elungata vaga a^quilatic, in jjaucis foliace^e, sed -semper parvaj, 



Arbores frutices v. suffrntices habitu varii, stv^pissime glabri. Folia altema v, sparsa, 

 rarissime opposita, interdum subverticillata, integeiTima dentata v, rarius serrata, pleraque 

 punctis lineisve immerais materia resiiiosa farctis trauirlucidis ui>erta, Stipulaj 0. Inflo- 

 .rescontia cymosa unibellata fasciculata racemosa v, paniculata. Flores parvi rariua 

 mediocrcs, sfepissime glandulis resina farctis immersis conspersi, albi v, rosei rarius lutei 

 purpnrascentes v. aurantiaci. 



Species ad 500, regionum calidiorum iitriu^^iqnc orbis incoIa>, fere onmes tropicsp, in Africa 

 rarissimpe, paucae per insulas Atlantieafi extratropica^, Africam australem, Australian), Novam 

 Zeliindiam et Japoiiiani di^persae* 



Ordo a PrimuUiceis parum distinctus habitu fruticoso \. arboreo, fructu indehiscente ssepisHimc 

 l-fipermo, placentarum et seminuni indole et pi-sesertim glandulis parenchymate immerais. Tranij- 

 itus inter hos ordines facilis mediantibus Masa et Samoli spedbus suffnitcscentibus, Sa^oiacm a 

 Myrsiiieis differunt imprimis ovario in loculos di^iso. 



Calycis tubuR ovario adnatus in MfpMi, lobi ssepe insoquales in ^eUsaniho. 



Corollae petala omnino Boluta in Emhdia et in speciebus paucis Myrsinu, 



Filamenta prEefloratione inflexa in Beptonui, AiUlier® locuii^ transvorfcis septatae in 



Fructus magnus depressus in T(7^i»t>5perj;w7/fi, forma valdo abnormis somine oxalbuminoso intra 



pericarpium germinante in JSgiceraie. 



