438. 
439. 
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subcapitatis, filamentis sub-senis calyce brevioribus.— 
Valparaiso, Cuming (N. 161.) —This little plant is of a 
cinereous or pale greenish hue. "The petals are white. 
(1.) Rhexia ? heterophylla, (Hook. et Arn.) ; herbacea, 
annua (?), ramis 4-angularibus junioribus hispidis, foliis 
caulinis breve petiolatis lanceolatis acuminatis 3-nervils 
serratis serraturis nervisque subtus setoso-hispidis, rame- 
alibus parvis ovatis acutis sessilibus, ramulis 1-floris, 
calycis tabo ovato setoso laciniis 4 lanceolatis ciliatis 
persistentibus, petalis obovatis lacinias calycinas plus 
duplo excedentibus apice ciliatis.— Banda Oriental, 
Baird.—The tube of the calyx is scarcely narrowed into 
a neck, as ina true Rhexia; the stamens are unequal; 
anthers l-pored, without any auricles or spur at their 
base. Capsule 3-celled, free, not above the length of 
the calyx, and without either scales or bristles at the 
apex. Seeds cochleate and tuberculate.— From this 
analysis it will appear that our plant belongs to De 
Candolle's tribe of Zhexiee, but differs from all the 
known genera. 'The species is remarkable for the small 
and differently shaped leaves of the branches, as com- 
pared with those of the stem. - 
(1.) Myrtus stipularis, (Hook. et Arn.); ramis acute 
tetragonis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis folio brevi- 
oribus apice flores 3 breviter pedicellatos 5-fidos geren- 
tibus, staminibus plurimis longis, foliis ovatis pellucido- 
punctatis margine pellucidis, ramis tetragonis ad angulos 
petiolo utrinque squamis stipulaeformibus inflatis parvis 
instructis.— Chiloe, Cuming, (N. 32, 83.)— The leaves 
are broader in Cuming's N. 33 than in the other, and 
the whole plant more dense; but there is no other dif- 
ference. 
(2.) Myrtus? Fernandeziana, (Hook. et Arn.); foliis 
ovatis vel oblongis obtuse acuminatis glabris submem- 
branaceis sparse punctulatis junioribus conspicue pel- 
