Sliimyrmtea.] .0. MYRSINE^. 643 



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et crasse pedicellati, albi v. rosei, stepius bracteia amplia concavis coriaceis caducis 

 primum tecti. 



Species ad 10, Andium Pcruvise et Nov^^ Grenada', una Veiiezuolse meoU^^ (FendU-r^ Ko. 759), 



4 Wallenia, 8waHz, Frod. 31 ; FL hid. Occ. i. 247, t 6.— Flores dioici. Calyx ^ 

 liemisphaTicus v. cyliiidraceus, inaaqualiter 3-4-lubu3, lobia rotundatia iiubricatis ; 5 

 brevis, cupularis. Corolla ^^ tubulosa, calycem longe superan-s, 3-4-loba, lobis brevibus 

 erectia rotundatia imbricatis ; J brevis, calycem brevem vix siiperans- Stamina 4, baai 

 corolLx affixa, in fl, ^ filamentis clongatia baai liberis v. connatis exaertis ; antheree doi'so 

 basin vei-aus affixfe, lineariH^blonga;, recurve, riniis introrsum dehiscentea ; ataminodia in 

 floribus $ parva, iiiclnaa, filamentis brevibnSj antheriscaasia. Ovarium in fl, ^ effetum, 

 stylo elongato ; infl, J ovoideum, in atylumbroveui attenuatum, stigmata exsertotrunca- 

 tulo ; ovula pauca, placentae globosse immersa, Fructus globoaus, stylo apiculatiis, endo- 

 carpio cmstaceo, 1-spermus, Semen globosum, delapsiim placenta membranacea indutum, 

 albuinine corneo ; embryo cyliiidraceusj curvus, transversus. — Frutioes v, arbuactdce 

 gUibri. Folia alterna, br.eviter petiolata, coriacea, punctata, ulliptico- v, obovato-oblonga, 

 integerrima, nervis tenuibus, Flores inter minorea, terminales v. apices verana ramu- 

 lorum paniculati corymboai v, umbellati, albi v. flavescentes, ^ duplo majores ; bractete 

 dociduaj. . 



Species 3 v. 4, insulanim Indiae occidcntalis iucolse- A. DC. Prod. viii» 118, Griseb. FL BHL 

 W. Lid. 39i. Jac^. lIorL Schmihr. t. 30. Mart Hov, Gen. et ^p. iii. L 237, / 2. 



5, Cybiantlius, iV/ari. _ZV^ov. Qta. iii, 87, t. 236. (Peckia, VelL FL Flum, 51, h\ I 

 i, 134, 135, ex ic. et descr.) — -Flores liermaphroditi v. polyganio- dioici. Calyx parvus, 4- 

 (rarisaime 3-5-) lobus v, -paiiitus. Corolla rotata, 4- (rarissime 3^6-) loba v. -partita, lobis 

 segmontisve stellatim patentibus latis imbricatis rarius fere valvatis v, contortis. Sta- 

 mina 4, rarissime 3-6, fauci coroUee affixa, remota, filamentis brevibus v, rarius elonga- 

 tis ; anthers parvfe, latae, didymee, riraia elongatis v. brevibua et subapicalibus introrsum 

 deliiscentes. Ovarium ininutuiUj in stylum brevem attenuatum, stigmate simplici v. 

 capitellato ; ovula pauca, placenta; globosi;e immersa. Fructus piaiforuiis, endocarpio 

 crustaceo, l-apermus. Semen globosum, basi profunde intrusum, reJiquiis placentae 

 membranacese indutum, albnmine corneo Itevi ; embryo cylindraceus, ti^ansversus- — 

 Arbores et fruticqs, pleritj^ue glabri, ramulis interdum subverticillatis. Folia sa;2>issijuo 

 petiolata, membranacea v, coriacea, integerrima, punctata nunquam lepidota. Flores 

 parvi V. mimiti, in racemos axillarea simplices v, composites siepisaime elongatos et 

 pendulos dispositi, albi v. vireacentes, breviter v. longius pedicuUati, radii tiliformi, 

 pedicellis basi bracteatis, bracteis deciduia v. persistent ibua. 



Species ad 25, pleraequo America meridionalis, una ins. Philippiuarum incolse. A. DC. Prod, \n'u 

 1 15, Miq. in Mart. FL Bras, x. 291, t. 36 ad 46. Grisek FL Brit W. Ind. 393 et 394 {Weigeltuiy 



Field, et Gardn. Sert PL t 24. 



Corolla in C. Boi&mri, A, DC. (Gardn. n. ,3877), manifeste contorU eat ut in icouo Florae Urasi- 

 lieii-sis. C. -phiUpjnnensis, Hook, f, {Badula cyUanfhoides, A. DC), ex ins, Philippinarumj est certe 

 Cyhianthi species, corolla 5^6-nicra, lobis quincunciatim imbricatis. 



AVeigeltiAj a, DC. in Trans. Linn, Soc. xvii. 102, Prod, viii, 114, non nisi antheranim rlmis bre- 

 vibus a Cybiantho (liffert, et rite a Miquelio in Mart- FI. Bras, x 299 ad ejus sectionem reducitur, 



6. Comomyrslne, Hook. /."gen. nov. — Flores dioici. Calyx minutus, 3-5-fidu8. 

 Corolla rotata, 3-5-partita, segmentia obloiigis obtusis glandulosis leviter imbricatis. 

 Stamina 3-5, fauci corollee affixa, filamentis filiforuiibus ; antherse breves, didyniai, ob- 

 tus;t;, iatrorsum dehiscentes. Ovarium in fl. J* r. nidimentum conicum, in fl. ? . . ;, 

 Fructus pisifonnis, endocarpio crustaceo, 1-spermus. Semen depreaso-spliiericum, reli- 

 quiis placentre indutum, umbilico late excavate, albuinine corneo ; embryo transversus, 

 cylinJraceus. curvus. — Fruticuli glabeirimi, caxile simplici v. ramoso, rands apice foliis 

 comutis. Folia maxima, oblanceolata v. elliptica, in petiolum nudum v. alatum elonga- 



