296 MYRSINACE.E. (MYRSINE FAMILY.) 



5. MIMUSOPS, L. 



Calyx 6 - 8-parted ; the lobes iu two rows. Corolla 6 - 8-cleft, with 2 appen- 

 dages between the lobes. Stamens 6-8, with as many 2-lobed sterile ones 

 interposed. Ovary 6-8-celled, hirsute. Drupe globose, 1-2-celled. Albu- 

 men fleshy. Trees or shrubs. Leaves coriaceous, clustered at the summit 

 of the branches. Flowers axillary, white. 



1. M. Sieberi, A. DC. Branches short, thick, tubercular ; leaves rigid, 

 smooth, oblong, emarginate at the apex, obtuse at the base, on stout petioles: 

 pedicels as long as the petiole, recurved; calyx lobes coriaceous, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, pubescent, as long as the corolla. South Florida. Leaves 2' - 3' long 

 the midrib stout, the lateral veins obscure. 



ORDER 81. MYRSINACE^E. (MYRSINE FAMILY.; 



Trees or shrubs, with simple alternate exstipulate often dotted 

 leaves, and perfect or unisexual 4 6-merous flowers. Stamens op- 

 posite the lobes of the corolla. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary 1-celled, the 

 ovules borne on a free globose central placenta. Style simple. Fruit 

 globose, drupaceous or baccate. 1 - many-seeded. Embryo in copious 

 hard albumen. 



Synopsis. 



TRIBE I. MYRSINE^E. Appendages of the corolla none. Ovules embedded in cavi- 

 ties of the placenta. Fruit 1-seeded. 



1. MYRSINE. Flowers dioecious. Corolla imbricated in the bud. 



2. ARDISIA. Flowers perfect. Corolla convolute in the bud. 



TRIBE II. THEOPHRASTE.E. Corolla appendaged between the lobes. Ovules 

 not embedded in the placenta. Fruit few -many-seeded. 



3. JACQUINIA. Flowers perfect, fleshy. Fruit a 10-seeded berry. 



1. MYRSINE, L. 



Flowers polygamo-dicecious. Calyx 4-5 parted. Corolla 4-5-cleft, im- 

 bricated in the bud. Stamens 4-5, inserted on the base of the corolla: an- 

 thers longer than the filaments, opening from the base upward. Style short : 

 stigma capitate. Ovules 4-5, amphitropous. Drupe globose, 1-seeded. 

 Leaves coriaceous. Flowers small, in axillary clusters, on short pedicels. 



1. M. Rapanea, R. & S. Smooth; leaves obovate-oblong, entire, on 

 short petioles ; clusters few-flowered ; lobes of the calyx and corolla 5 ; drupes 

 small, longer than the pedicels. South Florida. Leaves 2' -3' long. 

 Drupes 1" in diameter. 



2. ARDISIA, Swartz 



Flowers perfect. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 5-cleft, convolute in the bud. 

 Stamens 5 ; the anthers mostly longer than the filaments, opening from the 

 apex downward. Ovary 1-celled, many-ovuled. Style slender : stigma acute. 

 Drupe globular, 1-seeded. Leaves coriaceous. Flowers iu terminal racemes 

 or panicles. 



