Colensoane. N. O. Myrtacez, 
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TAB. DLVIT. 
Myrrus BuLLATA. Sol. 
Foliis ovatis brevi-petiolatis acutis alte bullatis supra glabris- 
subtus ramulisque pubescentibus, pedunculis axillaribus soli- 
tariis unifloris apice bibracteatis, calycibus 4-lobis petalisque 
rotundatis concavis extus verruculatis, bacca globosa verru- 
culata lobis persistentibus coronata. . 
Has. New Zealand, Northern Island. Sir Joseph Bunks, A 
= R. Cunningham, Colenso, Dieffenbach, Dr. Sinclair, Ha 
Diancaity a common and extremely well-marked species 
Myrtle, found in the Northern Island of New Zealand, at once 
distinguishable by its singularly blistered leaves, and its caly: 
and corolla covered externally with minute warts. Reduced as 
genus Myrtus very properly now is, the present seems well 
correspond with the marks given by De Candolle, as charac: 
teristic of it, in his “ Méazoire sur la famille des Myt 
tacées ;” a posthumous work, recently edited by his son. 
seeds are arranged in double rows, in each of the two cells 
the fruit. 
Fig. 1. Flower, expanded. f. 2. Flower-bud, and calyx 
pistil. £3. Section of ovary. f.4. Fruit; nat. size. f. > 
same, cut through transversely. //. 6. euit: J. 7: 
open. f. 8. Embryo :—all but figure 4, more or less mag” 
