274 XLVIII. MYRTACEJ. e [Myrtus. 
e Set to other rk? of S. America, to Mexico, and the W. Indies. There are also 4 
ealand species, and one GE spread over S. Europe and W. Asia, besides the Aus- 
ey ones, which a are all endemic. There is n po putes character to separate it from 
Eugenia, except the embryo, and the ]-flowered species of the two genera are not very dis- 
similar in foliage. Generally speaking, however, the Myrtles have smaller leaves, a more 
SEN inflorescence, and more generally 5-merous flowers than the Eugenias of the Od — 
Wor ul 
biet axillary, s pans slender, 1-flowered. 
Calyx-limb shortly and broadly sinuate-lobed. Ovary 3-celled . 1. M.rAytisperma. 
geen bo — gc d to the base into 5 lobes 
or lanceolate, hoary underneath. Ovary 2-celled 2. M. tenuifolia. 
gg zeg or ovate-lanceolate, s, glabrous. 
chlets ne Calyx slightly pepe Ovary 2- 
3. M. gonoclada. 
Branchlets terete. ` Calyx hoary- pubescent. Ovary 2-celled, 
H with many ovules Oey x. ae 
Branchlets oke Calyx glabrous. — 3-celled, with 
few ovules in each cell 5. M. Becklerii. 
Peduncles clustered in Web axil, or "bearing 3 or more flowers. 
vary 2-ce 
Calyx 5-lobed, glabrous. 
Leaves very shining, usually acuminate. Flowers numerous. X $ 
Pedicels usually in pairs in the racemes. Ovules few ` 6. M. Bidwillu. 
Leaves scarcely shining. Veins ae and irregular. Pedi- 
cels slender, enn along the oe Ovules numerous . 7. M. racemulosa. 
Leaves scarcely shining, acum Veins diverging an bd 
regular. Pedicels short, cased on a wee short common K 
peduncle. P ou ARET 8. M. acmenioides. 
Calyx 4-lobed, pubescent y EN ‘ke T fe S 
. M. rhytisperma, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 11. A shrub or small tree, - 
with the habit of the common European Myrtle, the young shoots slightly pe 
ase, A Z to 1} in. long, natrowed: or rounded at the base, finely pen 
eh on both sides. Peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, slender, n 
as the leaves, with minute bracteoles under the calyx. Calyx glabrous of 
nearly so ; tube turbinate, 11 to 2 lines long ; lobes 5, short, broad, vd 
connate into a broad sinuate limb. Petals 5. ony, im petto 3-celled pe A 
dissepiments not reaching the axis in the upper part; 5 or 6 in line d 
s stigma peltate. Berry 4 to 5 lines diameter. Seeds few, above ? 
; testa not hard, slightly granular-rugose. Embryo long, more e 
eer with very short cotyledons. e 
_ een Wide Bay, C. Moore; Moreton Bay, W. Hill; in the interior, Zeit : 
e grandi neg Leaves ovate, horij a MUR. 13 in. long. Flowers larger. 
N.S. Wales. Clarence river, C. M 
2. M. tenuifolia, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 280. A small degit 
spreading shrub, the young shoots more or less silky. Leaves from rel 
lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, obscurely penniveined, flat or with pes 
ry 
Bracteoles small, close under the calyx. Calyx-tube tomentose, Tà e 
about 4 line long; lobes 5,' broad, obtuse, nearly equal, rather lo pa 
