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free or half- inferior, 1-eelled ; ovules sunk in a fleshy, central 

 placenta. Fruit indehiscent, usually drupaceous, with a thin 

 flesh. — Trees or shrubs, with alternate, simple, mostly entire, 

 petioled, exstipulate leaves. Often resiniferous. 

 Ovary lialf or wholly inferior. Corolla 5-lobed .... 1. M^SA. 

 Ovary quite free. 



Petals 5, separate 2. Embelia. 



Corolla 4-5-lobed 3. Myusine. 



1. MJESA, Eorsk. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx adnate, 2-bracted at base, 5- 

 lobed. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed, the lobes short, blunt, twisted 

 or imbricate in bud. Stamens 5, included ; anthers cordate- 

 Ovary inferior or half- inferior ; style short ; stigma capitate. 

 Berry concrete with the calyx, ovoid. Seeds numerous. — 

 DC. Frod. viii. p. 77 ; Tlies. Gap. t. 129. 



Asiatic or African shrubs or trees. — 2 Cape species, both from Caffraria 

 and Natal. 



2. EMBELIA, Burm. 



Calyx 5-parted or coarsely 5-toothed. Petals 5, imbricate 

 or twisted. Stamens 5, each connate with the base of the op- 

 posing petal ; anthers much shorter than the filament, ovoid. 

 Ovary ovoid or depressed ; style short ; stigma obtuse or ca- 

 pitellate ; ovules 4-1, often abortive, attached to the bottom of 

 the ovarian cavity. Drupe globose, 1-seeded. — DC. Prod. viii. 

 p. 83 ; Thes. Cap. t. 127. 



Shrubs or small trees, often climbing. Flowers racemose or panicled, 

 small. Leaves entire. — E. Kraussii., the only Cape species, occurs near 

 Natal. 



3. MYRSINE, Linn. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx 4-5-fid. Corolla subrotate, 

 4 -5-parted. Stamens 4-5 ; filaments very short, inserted at 

 the base of the corolla ; anthers erect, lanceolate, longer than 

 the filament. Ovary globose ; style short ; stigma capitate ; 

 ovules 4-5, imbedded in a spherical placenta, peltate. Drupe 

 globose, with a hard seed. — DO. Prod. viii. p. 92. 



Small shrubs or trees. — 3 or more Cape species, dispersed. M. Africana, 

 a small twiggy sh'ub, with myrtle-like leaves, is common everywhere. 



N\ 



Order LXXVI. PEIMULACE^. 



Flowers bisexual. Calyx 4-5-lobed, persistent, free or half- 

 adnate. Corolla regular, 4-5-lobed (or rarely 5-petaled), 

 rarely 0. Stamens 4-5, inserted on the tube of corolla, 1 oppo- 



