712 LVIII. MYRTACE.E, [BiSCkeU. 



Order LVIII. MYRTACE^. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, rarely alternate {Tristania, 

 BarringtoniecB), simple, usually with an intramarginal nerve, cori- 

 aceous. Flowers regular, bisexual,- axillary solitary to corymbose, 

 white or pink. Calyx superior; limb 4- to 5-lobed. Petals on 

 the edge of the calyx-tube as many as sepals. Disc lining the tube. 

 Stamens numerous, on edge of disc ; filaments long. Ovary 

 inferior, i-celled, ovules i or more, or 2-celled with many ovules. 

 Fruit capsular or drupaceous. Species 2000, tropics and sub- 

 tropics {King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixx. ii. 66). 



(a) Fruit capsular. 

 Leaves narrow. 



Flowers few or solitary. 



Stamens 10 or less; leaves very narrow, 



opposite . . . . . .1. B-ECKEA 



Stamens many ; leaves broader, alternate . 2. Leptospermum 



Flowers in spikes or heads ; stamens numerous 3. Melaleuca 



Leaves broad, alternate ; flowers cymose . . 4. Tristania 



(b) Fruit a berry ; leaves opposite. 



Ovary I -celled; flowers small; leaves 3-nerved . 5. Rhodamnia 

 Ovary i- to 3-celled; flowers large; leaves 3- to 



5-nerved ...... 6. Rhodomyrtus 



Ovary 5- (or 4-) celled; seeds few; flowers small ; 



leaves not 3-nerved . . . •7- Decaspermum 



(c) Fruit a drupe ; leaves opposite ; seed i, rarely 2. 

 Stamens numerous ; flowers cymose usually 



many; fruit green, fleshy ... 8. Eugenia 

 Stamens 8 ; flowers few, small axillary ; druj-c 



red pulpy . .• . . . • 9- Pseudo-eugenia 



(d) Fruit a drupe, fleshy ; leaves alternate. 



Flowers large; fruit oblong; seed i . . .10. Barringtonia 



(e) Fruit globose ; seeds several. 



Inner stamens without anthers . . .11. Planchonia 



Outer stamens without anthers . . . 12. Careya 



1. BiECKEA, Linn. 



Aromatic glabrous shrubs with narrow linear, glandular leaves. 

 Flowers 5-merous, axillary, small, white. Calyx-tube campanulate; 

 lobes 5. Petals 5, sub-orbicular. Stamens 10, shorter. Ovary 

 half inferior, 2- to 3-celled. Capsule bursting loculicidally. Species 

 about 50, Australian and New Caledonian, i Malayan. 



(i) B. frutescens Linn. Sp. PL 358; King, Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. Ixx. (2), 68 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2802. 



A heath-like shrub from a few inches high to 20 ft. tall, and i ft. 

 through the stem. Branches wiry. Leaves -25 to "5 in. long, very 

 narrow, terete acute. Flowers "oS in. wide, on short pedicels, white 

 with a green ring in the centre, becoming red. Hob. On all moun- 

 tains where dry enough above 3000 ft. altitude, common. Pahang, 

 Gunong Tahan, to 7000 ft. altitude; Lambak Camp, Kwantan 



