Myrsine.| MYRSINACEAE, 279 
longer than the cotyledons. — Trees or shrubs with alternate simple or 
toothed leaves without stipules. Flowers small, generally in axillary 
es or racemes. 
arge Order, widely distributed over the tropical and subtropical regions of both 
ea nearly allied to Primulaceae, and representing that Order within the tropics. 
Flowers in axillary clusters; filaments free. ; 3 : : 1. Myrsine. 
Flowers in racemes; filaments adnate 8 : 2 ; i : 2. Embelia. 
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1. MYRSINE, L. 
Calyx persistent, 4—6-lobed. Corolla deeply 4—6- -parted, the lobes 
generally imbricate in the bud. Anthers longer than the short filaments, 
lanceolate, opening lengthwise. Ovary free. Style short, with a capitate 
or fringed stigma. Ovules many or few, peltately affixed to the swollen 
apex of the placenta. Drupe small globose, with crustaceous putamen, 
the single seed impressed at the base and partly covered by the ha 
of the placenta. Embryo elongate, cylindrical, often curved. — Shru 
or trees. Leaves entire, rarely toothed. Flowers mostly Siar aha. 
small, on short pedicels in dense axillary clusters, bracteate at the base. 
A considerable genus, spread 0 ver the tropical and subtropical regions of the whole 
World and found in most island groups of the Pacific. 
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corolla in the Hawaiian species is deeply divided to Ln base, so that lobes 
i n ; but they are certainly 
. M. Lessertiana. 
Leaves small, 1 or less; "arupes ack . 4, M. Sandwicensis- 
Leaves a er, semitransparent, fone an obtuse base and distinct 
etiole : 
Leaves neechnate corms; with a distinct marginal egies emat- ; 
ginate at the base; drupes globose oveid; corolla ous 2. M. Kauaiensis. 
Leaves elabrous, not dotted, 2 manent nerve; ayes glo- 
bose, dep: ; corolla glabro : 
1. Wide A, DO. acd vut, 96. — A tree, 20—50 ft. high, 
with a rough tuberculate bark. Leaves crowded at the ends of the 
3. M. Lanaiensis. 
continu 
lanceolate or ahiveiis ohio: acute at both ends, quite entire, gradually 
merging in a short — 3—6' X 3/4—2"/2'. 
the oldest leaves and on projecting spurs of the bare branches, in fascicles 
of 3—7, the pedicels 3—5“, supported at the base by short bracts. C 
