278 MYRSINACEAE. [Chrysophyllum. 
conspicuous veins, glabrate with age. Flowers on axillary gemmules of 
late and on prominent nodes of older leafless growths, 3—6 ina aes 
on pedicels of 2—3“ which are shortly bracteate at the base. Calyx 
sistent, coriaceous, deeply 4—5- — the pm sete ovate, peor 
with scarious margins, 2 ext. and 2 rolla a little longer 
than the calyx, 2—2!/2, urceolate, at ug penn sali pale 
reddish, “sarin divided to near the base into twice as many lobes as the 
calyx, the lobes ovate- de obtuse, imbricate-convolute in the Pa one 
or two He smaller, the larger ones semi-auriculate. Staminodia - none. 
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bases, extrorsely inflected or geniculate near the apex in the bud; the 
anthers much shorter, sagittate,.with cells confluent at the apex an 
peisnich outside. Ovary hairy, 4- (5-)celled. Style angular, obliquely 
trunca urved, as long as the Paovats. Fruit a rather dry and 
black or sie berry (?) with a thin papery endocarp (?), about 7” 
long, 1-, rarely 2-seeded, the single seed nies with a thick bony and 
shining pale brown testa, ascending from the base, the hilum i 
basal, leaving a broad and roundish eae sear. Embryo axile, the co 
ledons oblong obtuse, age as long and broad as the albumen, ths 
radicle very short, inferi 
n dry fore-hills ai! oe common; Molokai! Kalae = Maunaloa; Oahu 
rey Roma (leaves large oblong, pedicels of fruit 5—6“). Nat. n e: «Keahi». beter 
and fruit abu ndant in neatly every axil, the former on the cueeeat shoots and both 
) less portions. In many corollae one or two of the inner 
~~ are reduced in size and may at first view be mistaken for staminodia, partionany 
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f th seeds were free from each o ther, not separated by Bsa dissepiment. Here _ 
it deserves to be noted that the hilum of the twin seeds is more elongate, Lei lateral. 
As my specimens only hold mature fruit and quite young ponte ie ides buds, I have 
not been able to follow up the early relations between ovary and ovul 
Orper XLIX. MYRSINACEAE. 
Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamo-dioecious. Calyx and corolla divided 
into 4—7 lobes. Stamens as many as lobes of the corolla and opposite 
to them, adnate to the base of the tube, the filaments very short, the 
anthers 2-celled, erect, introrse. Ovary generally free, 1-celled, with 4 
free. mipsel sean Style simple. . Fruit an indehiscent berry or drupe. 
