642 '. ^ C. MYRSINE-.E. [Eumyrsinem. 



TbIBCS II. EUMVESIXE.^, 



2. Myrslne. Linn. Gen. n. 269. (Rapanea, Anhl, PL (hil i, 121, t 4G, Manglilla, 

 Jnss. Gen, 151- Samara, SivatiZy Prod. i. 261 nmi Linn. Caballeriaj Puiz et Pav, 

 Prod. FL Per. et Chll 141, L 30. Athruphyllum, Lour, FL Cochinch. 120. Scleroxylon, 

 WiUd. PJmim, HoH. Berol 249,)— Florespolygamo-dioici. Calyx parvus, 4-5-fidxis, per- 

 sistens- Corolla 4^5-partita v. 4-5-petala, rarhis brevius 4-5-fida, laciniis patentibiis 

 recurvisve, imbricatis rarius valvatis. Stamina 4-5, filamentis brevibus v, subelongatis, 

 basi petaloruin insertis ; antherae breves. Ovarium globosum v. ovoideum, in stylum 

 brevem v- elongatura t, fere obsoletum atteiiuatum, stigmate simplici capitate insequaliter 

 lobulato V. dilatato fimbriato v. lobato ; ovula numerosa v. pauca, placenta immersa. 

 Fructus pisifoji^mis, siccus v. subcarnoaus, 1-apernms. Semen globosum, sessile, basi 

 iutrusum, reliquiis placentae indutum, albumiue corneo Irevi v. leviter ruminato ; 

 embryo elongatus, cylindraceu^, s;epius arcuatns v. sigmoidetis, Frutices v, arbores 

 glabri, rarius pubescentes v, tomentosi, ramiilis s^pe crassiusculis. Folia coriacea, in- 

 tegerrima, rai'ius serrulata, Flores parvi, in fascicules axillares sessiles. v, pedunculatos 

 dispositi, sessiles v. breviter rarius longius pedicellatij bracteati, bracteia sajpe imbri- 

 catis deciduis. Flores rarissime 5-7-meri. 



Specie-s ad 80, plerseque Asise, Africa; v. Americse tropicEe incolje, paucse in Japonia, Africa extra* 

 tropicaj Australia, ins. Atlanticis et Nova Zelandia indigence. A. DC. Prod. viii. 92 ci 669. Walp, 

 Pep. vi. 449 ; Ann. i. 495, iii. 10, v. 472. Mig. Fl. Ind. Sat iii. 1014, Suppl 574. Bentk FL 

 Hongk, 205; FL AmtniL \\\ 274. IlooJc.f. Handh, K Zeal. FL 183. (Erst, in Vidensk. Meddth 

 1861, 17. G^rhu FrucL i. t 59. Lam. Illustr. t 122. Jacq. Uort. Schmibr. t. 424 ; HorL Vind. t. 

 71 {Sideroxylmi). Vent. Jard. Ckh, t 86. HooJc. Ic. PL t. 825, 877.. WalL Tent. FL Nip. t 24, 

 25. WiffhL Ic. t. 1211. F, MiteU. PL Vict. Lithogr. ii, t. 53 ; Veg. Chatham IsL t. 'J. H. B. et K. 

 Nov. Gen. it Sp. L 245. Miq. in Mart. FL Bras. s. /. 51 ad 59. BoL Mag. L 3222. 



SuTTOxjA, A. Rich. FL Nov. Zel. 349, t, 38, a Mvrdne non differt nisi potalis ad basin usfjiio 

 liberie, stif^mateque subsessili. Species panc^is ineludit Novse Zelandiae et ins. Sandviconsinm 

 incolas. Walp. Sip. vi, 449, Hook.f. FL Aniarct. i. 51, t. 34 ; FL Noi\ ZeL i. 172, L 44, 45. 



Ro'iMKRiA, Thunh, FL Cap.i. 194, fide DC. constat ex specielms 3 ad totidem genera referendls, 

 qtiarum iinaj P. melanoph^lla, Thnnb., est Mt/rsinis species, altera ad Ithoem relata supra i, 419. 



Pleiomerip, a. PC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. i^er. 2, xvi. 87. Prod. viii. 105, species Canariensis, a Myr- 

 sine non differt nisi floribus interdum 5-7-meris. Characteres cyeteri, ovula numerosa, stigma 

 aeutum, flores sessiles, in spedebusperplurimis Myrsinis occurrunt, Wcbh. Phyfogr. Canar. iii. 167, 



^.187. 



Heberdenia, Banks, A. PC, in Ann. Sc, Nat. ser. ^, svi. 79, t. 8 P- Prod. viii. 105; Webb. 



Pkytogr. Ca7iar. iii. 168, t. 188, Gtertii. Fruct. i. t, 77 {AngitiUaria), nuUo cliaraclere a Myrsine 



recedit. Flores 5-meri descripti, *^x icone interdiini 6-meri evadunt. 



Myrsine urceolaia^ llr., Benth. Ft. Austral, iv. 274. et M. canqjanulata, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 235 



(a nobis non visa^), a ca^teris speciebus differunt corolla? lobis tubo a^quilongis v. brevioribus, vix 



tameUj flore J et fructu ignotis, pro genere proprio habendai vidcntur. 



3. Geissanthus, Jfuo^, /. gen. nov. — Flores polygamo-dioici. Calyx hemispliiericns v. 

 turbinatus, icqualiter v. insequaliter 3-5-lobus, lobis rotundatis imbricatis. Corollse tubus 

 late infundibularis ; limbi lobi 5, late ovato-oblongi, recurvo-patentes, glabri, imbricati, 1 v, 

 2 esteriores. Stamina 5, fauci corolliie afiixa, in floribus 5 parva brevia antlieria cassis, 

 filamentis subelongatis filiformibus v. crassis ; anthenx) lineari-oblongae v. ovat;e, obtusse 

 V. subacutse, recurvse, exsertoe, introrsum longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium sub- 

 globosum, in stylum robustum attenuatum, stigmate discoideo truncato ; ovula pauca, 

 placentre globosa3 immersa. Fructus immaturus pisiformis. — Arbores et frutices ramulis 

 robustis, glabri v. s^pius plus minusve lepidoti. Folia subsessilia v, petiolata, obo- 

 vata V- elliptica, crasse coriacea, integerrima v. dentata, subtus nervosa. Flores pro 

 ordino niajuaculi, secus lumul^s robustos panicuUe umpla; terminalis .spicati, v. breviter 



