MYRTACEAE • LYTHRACEAE 215 



* Feijoa Sellowiana. 25. July. E. Young branchlets white-felted. Ls. 

 opposite, ov., 3, blunt-ended, entire, white-felted below. Fls. i, 4-parted, stamens 

 red. Fruit 2, an egg-shaped berry. South America. (Fig. 74 B.) 



LEPTOSPERMUM. South Sea Myrtle, New Zealand Tea Plant. Branchlets 

 slender, twiggy, hairy, dotted with oil glands. Ls. alternate, |, entire. Fls. ^, 

 5-parted, solitary. Fruit round and woody, about size of pea, many-seeded. 



* L. pubescens. 12. May. E. Ls. ov., obov., silky below. Fls. white. Australia, 



Tasmania. 



* L. scoparium. 12. May. E. Ls. linear. Fls. white. Australia, New Zealand. 



(Fig. 51 c.) ^ 



Variety Nichollii. Fls. red. 



* MELALEUCA. Bottle-brush Tree. Like CALLISTEMON, but the stamens 

 are in bundles opposite the petals. Australia. 



* METROSIDEROS. Southern Rata. Summer. E. Like CALLISTEMON 

 and MELALEUCA, except that the fls. are not in cylindrical brushes, but in small 

 terminal clusters. New Zealand. (Fig. 74 D.) 



MYRTUS. Ls. usually opposite (sometimes opposite and alternate on the same 

 plant), ov., lane, entire, short-stalked. Fls. white, 4-5-parted, ovary 3-5-celled, 

 solitary in 1. -axils. Fruit a berry. 



M. biillata. 25. E. Ls. i, upper surface raised between veins. Fls. |. Berry 



blackish red. New Zealand. 

 M. communis. Myrtle. 12. August-September. E. Branchlets downy. Ls. 

 ov., lane, 2, pointed, hairless, dark glossy green above, fragrant when 

 crushed, dotted with oil glands. Berry purplish black. Mediterranean 

 region. (Fig. 74 a.) 



Variety tarentina. Tarentum Myrtle. Ls. f, often alternate. Berry 

 white. 



* M. nummularia. \. E. Prostrate. Young stems reddish, slender, hairy. 



Ls. h, margins recurved. Fls. \, short-stalked. Berry pink. South 

 America. (Fig. 74 K.) 



* M. obcordata. 15. E. Ls. ^, inversely heart-shaped, notched at apex. Fls. ^, 



dull white, slender-stalked. Berry dark red or violet. New Zealand. 

 (Fig. 74 L.) 



* M. Ugni {Eugenia Ugni). Myrtilla. 12. September. E. Ls. 2, margins 



recurved. Fls. \, sepals reflexed. Berry black. Chile. (Fig. 74 j.) 



Family 48. LYTHRACEAE. K (8-12), C4-8, A8-16, G (2-6) 



* Lagerstroemia indica. Crape Myrtle. 20. July-September. D. Young 

 branchlets 4-angled, hairless. Ls. opposite on lower, alternate on upper part of 

 shoot, ov., 3, entire, fringed with fine hairs or nearly hairless. Fls. 2, bright pink, 

 in terminal panicles, petals long-clawed and much curled. Fruit a dry capsule. 

 India and China. (Fig. 73 f.) 



Nesaea (Heimia) salicifolia. 6. July-September. D. Stems erect, leafy, 

 much branched, hairless. Ls. opposite on lower, alternate on upper part of stem. 



