G46 V. MYRSIXEJi;. [Eumymneoi. 



Corolla rotata, 5* rarms 4-6-partita, scgmentis brevibus v. olongatia clextrorsum obtegen- 

 tibiis rariasime siniatrorBum contortis. Stamina 5, fauci corolla affixa, filamentis brevi- 

 bus V. aubnullis liberia, rariua aubelongatis ; auther^e sajpiua sagittato-laiiceolatee, acuti^e 

 • acuminati^ v, ai>iculatEe, raria$ime obtusttSj iiitroraum longitudinaliter doliiscentea. 

 Ovariura globosnin ; stylus brevis v. elongatxis, stigmate pnnctiformi tnincatulo v. dis- 

 coideo; ovula pancav. plurima, in placenta globosa immersa. Fructus globosiis, rarissime 

 obovoideuSj apice nndus v. stylo persisitente apicvilatu^, eiidocarpio cruataceo v. osseo, 1- 

 spemnis. Semen globosum, reliquiis placenta membranaceis indutnmj basi rarius 

 intmsumj albnmine comeo leevi v, ruminate ; embryo cylindraceusj transversus* — Frutices 

 at arborea rarissinie huniiles et subherbacei, glabri pubescentea v, rarissime tomentosl. 

 Folia altoi-na, sessilia w petiolataj membranacoa v- coriacea, integemma v. rarius den- 

 tata V. crcnata, luflorescentia varia, terminally v. terminalis et axillaris rarissime solum 

 axillaris, panicnlata cymosa v, paniculatim umbellata. Flores pedicellati, inter minoreSj 

 albi V, roseij pedicellis basi bracteatis v. obracteatis, Fructus fcro semper pisiformis, 

 non raro Cferuleus. 



Species ad 200 per regiones tropicas et subtropicas utriusque orbis latQ dispcrsae, in Brasilia 

 tamcn media et australi rariores et in Africa tropica rarissimte, A. DC. Prod, viii, 120, 670- JValp. 

 Hep. vi, 452 ; Ann. iii, 10, Miq. FL Ind. Bat. iii- 1015, SupjJ, 574, ct in Ann. Mus, Lugd, Bat. 

 iii. 190. Benth. FL Hongk. 206; FL Austral, iv. 276. A. BG, in Trans, Linn, Soo. :sxi\. t. 6 ad 8. 

 Hoxb. Corom. PL t. 27. Wi^hf, lUustr. t, 146; Ic, t. 1212 ad 1215, Miq. in Mart. Fl. Bras, x. 

 281, t, 28 ad 35. (Erst, in VidensJc. Mcddd. 1861, G, t. 2 {excL sect. \). Grisch. FL Brit W. hid. 

 394. CJia^m. FL S, U. JSL 277- Bot Mag. t 1677, 1678, 1950, 2364. Bot. Eeg, L 533, 638, 827> 

 1892. 



Inflorosecntia omnino lateralis est in A. Storckii, Seem, Fl, Vit, 150. Dnse solre species ]inciis(inc 

 in AfricEB terra eontinente nota?, inflorescentiam paj-iter asillarem brovissimam glabram ostendunt, in 

 una flores insigniler bractoati et habitus il/f/r5e?zi5, in altera cym^i decnrvKi; ucutra liabitu Pime- 

 /^j;^rt5 convenit. 



'^ic^^^B.mmA.y J>!'UttAn Joum. Acad,Philad,\n. 95, A. DC. Prod, vii- 733 (Ardisios^^ci. -4. 7>C. Prod. 

 viii. 123), species boreali-Americana, diffort es Candolleo a congencribus segmentis 3 coroUpe destror- 

 fium contortis, xmo exteriorej quinto interiore. In alabastyo tamen a nobis scrutato sogmenta omnia 

 dextrorsum coutorta invenimns. 



IcACOiiE,\, AithL PL GuL il Suppl. \. t. 368, A. BC, Pro(U viii. 119, constat ex speciebus Ardisi(S 

 Americanis corolla 4-partita et antlieris superne tantnm dehiscentibiis. Sttlogynk, A, BC. in Ann. 

 8c, Nat. ser. 2, xvi. 91 ; Prod, viii, 112 ; Beless. Ic. SeL v. t. 34, est species unica Americana iloribus 

 5-nieris, antheris rimis terminalibns dehiseentibns. Monofortjs, A. BC. in Ann. 8c. Nat, ser, 2, 

 xvi, 91 ; Prod. viii. 112, a nobis non vi**us, ex icone et descriptiono ab Ardisia diffurt antheris tan- 

 tum apicc poro unico dehiscentibus. 



CxniACANinu., Miq. in PL Jimgh. i. 199; Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 1029, SitppL 578, constat ex speciebus 

 paucis ludicis, anthcrarum loculis locellati-s, qnod tamcn ex autopsia hand confirmaro possumus. 



Badula, Jitss, Gm, 420 ; A. BC. Prod. viii. 107» ^t in Trans. lAnn. Sac. xvii, t. 5, Beless. Ic. 8eL 

 V, t, 32, nobis nuUo ciiaractere ab Ardisia differr© videtur, B. peruviana^ A. BC, ob Bestivalionem 

 corollpe Talvatam, verisimilitcr ad Parathcsin referenda est. 



PuiuciNJiA, Presly Symh. ii. 17, t. 64, est ox Seemannio Ardisus species insectorum ictn deformata. 



13. Pimelandra, A, DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat ser. 2, xvi. 88; Prod, viii- 106. — Flores 

 hermaphroditi. Calyx 5-lobus v. S-pai-titus, lobis ovatia acutis contortis. Corolla rotata, 

 5-partita, segmentis ovatis acutis contortis dextrorsum obtegentibus. Stamina 5, fauci 

 corollio affixa, filamentis hrevibus nunc brevissimis liheris v, connatif^ ; anthera; erectfe, 

 hastato-lanceolatffi, acuminatfe, primum in tubum approximatse^ introrsum longitudi- 

 naliter dehiscentesj connectivo dorso incrassato. Ovaiium globosuin ; stylus filiformis, 

 stigmate acuminato ; oviila co, in placenta globosa imniersa. Friictus globosus, pisiformis, 

 endocarpio crastaceo-, l-spermus. Semen globosum, basi non intrusunij placenta? re- 

 liqniis membranaceis indutum, albumine laavi ; embryo cylindraceus, transversus. — 

 Frutices v. arbuscula^, plus minuave ferrugineo-pubescentes, ramulis teretibus elongatis. 

 Folia alternaj petiolata, lanccolata, snbcoriacea, iiitegerrima v. dentata, nervis subtua 

 prominulis. Flores albi (v, rosei?), in ramiilos abbreviatos axillarcs ct lateralcs fascicu- 



