MYRTACE^E. XXVIII. MYRCIA. 



839 



Fallacious Myrcia. Shrub 5 to 6 ft. 



14 M. SYI.VA TICA (D. C. 1. c.) racemes panicled, axillary and 

 terminal, solitary ; flowers 5-cleft, pubescent, 1-3 on the 

 branches, middle one sessile ; leaves elliptic-ovate, long-acumi- 

 nated, somewhat ciliated, full of impressed dots above, downy 

 when young, as well as the branches. Tj . S. Native of Guiana, 

 in woods. Myrtus sylvatica, Meyer, esseq. p. 191. Styles said 

 to be 3. Fruit and seeds unknown. 



Wood Myrcia. Shrub 4 to G ft. 



15 M. PLATY'CLADA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary and sub- 

 terminal, panicled, longer than the leaves, and are, as well as the 

 branches, compressed, and consequently 2-edged ; flowers 5- 

 cleft ; leaves obovate, obtuse, somewhat coriaceous, opaque, 

 glabrous, rather cuneated at the base. Tj . S. Native of French 

 Guiana. Leaves 2 and 2j inches long, and 12-15 lines broad. 

 Petioles 3 lines long. Young branches clothed with adpressed 

 down, as well as the petioles, nerves, and peduncles. Fruit and 

 seeds unknown. 



Broad-branched Myrcia. Shrub. 



16 M. DIVF.'RGENS (D. C. prod. 3. p. 245.) panicle terminal, 

 many-flowered, having its branches divaricating; calyx 5-cleft ; 

 leaves oval, acuminated, opaque, and are, as well as the 

 branches, glabrous. fj . S. Native of Cayenne. Leaves 3 

 inches long, and an inch and a half broad. Flowers small. 

 Fruit and seeds unknown. 



Diverging Myrcia. Shrub. 



17 M. GUIANE'NSIS (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, 1-3- 

 flowered, slender, shorter than the leaves ; flowers 5-cleft, bi- 

 bracteolate at the base ; leaves oval, bluntish, on short petioles, 

 glabrous, full of pellucid dots. T^ . S. Native of Guiana, on 

 the Serpent Mountains. Eugenia Guianensis, Aubl. guian. 1. 

 p. 506. t. 201. Myrtus Guianensis, Ham. prod. fl. ind. occ.no. 

 45. Berry roundish, red, 1-seeded, about the size of a red cur- 

 rant. Seeds unknown. 



Guiana Myrcia. Shrub 3 to 4 ft. 



18 M. BRACTEOLA'RIS (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, oppo- 

 site, rather villous, in fascicled racemes ; flowers crowded, brac- 

 teolate, 5-cleft ; leaves ovate-elliptic, long-acuminated, shining 

 above, and are, as well as the branches, glabrous. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Cayenne. Myrtus bracteolaris, Poir. diet. 4. p. 411. 

 Myrtus Stoilpyi, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 484. Cotyledons large, 

 foliaceous, plicately wrinkled, ex Kunth, not. in mem. soc. hist, 

 nat. par. 1824. p. 325. 



Bracteolate-fiowereA Myrcia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



19 M. CA'RNEA (D. C. 1. c.) racemes panicled, axillary and 

 terminal, rather tomentose, twice shorter than the leaves ; flowers 

 1-3 on the tops of the branches of the panicle, middle one sessile ; 

 calyx 5-cleft, tomentose ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated. 

 fj.S. Native of Guiana, near Essequibo. Myrtus carnea, Meyer, 

 esseq. p. 191. Said to be allied to Eugenia virgultosa. Petals 

 pubescent, and the anthers flesh-coloured. Fruit and seeds un- 

 known. Perhaps the same as M. Coumeta according to Sprengel. 



Flesh-colourcd-SLnihcreA Myrcia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



20 M. COUME'TA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary and sub- 

 terminal, racernosely panicled ; branchlets 3-flowered ; flowers 

 5-cleft, all pedicellate ; leaves broad, ovate, acuminated, gla- 

 brous, on short petioles, full of pellucid dots. fj . S. Native 

 of Guiana, in woods at the river Sinemari. Eugenia Coumeta, 

 Aubl. guian. 1. p. 497. t. 195. Myrtus Coumeta, Spreng. syst. 

 append. 2. p. 488. Berry roundish, white, crowned by the 

 teeth of the calyx, which are acute, 1 -celled, 1-seeded. Seed 

 thick, roundish. Cotyledons unknown. Coumete is the Guiana 

 name of the shrub. 



Coumeta Myrcia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



21 M. ? TOMENTOSA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, longer 

 than the leaves, racemosely panicled ; branches, calyxes, and 



leaves clothed with villous tomentum ; flowers 5-cleft ; leaves 

 ovate, nearly sessile, full of pellucid dots. Tj . S. Native of 

 Guiana, on the banks of the river Sinemari. Eugenia tornen- 

 tosa, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 504. t. 200. Myrtus Aubletii, Spreng. 

 syst. 2. p. 486. Stamens longer than the petals. Fruit and 

 seeds unknown. 



Tomentose Myrcia. Shrub 3 to 4 ft. 



22 M. FERRUGINEA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles terminal, panicu- 

 lately corymbose, bracteolate, clothed with rusty velvety down ; 

 leaves oval-elliptic, acute at the base, and acuminated at the 

 apex, glabrous above, but clothed with rusty velvety down be- 

 neath, but they at length become glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 calyx 5-cleft. ^ . S. Native of French Guiana. Eugenia 

 ferruginea, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 12-1. Myrtus ferruginea, Spreng. 

 exclusive of the synonymes. Leaves nearly like those of Eugenia 

 chrysophylla or E. chrysophy/loldes, but it differs in the inflor- 

 escence. Fruit globose, glabrous, 2- 3-seeded. Seeds large, an- 

 gular, roundish. Cotyledons thickish, corrugated. 



Rusty Myrcia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



23 M. CRASSINE'RVIA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, solitary, 

 or twin, panicled, shorter than the leaves : flowers bluntly 5- 

 lobed ; leaves oval, abruptly acuminated, feather-nerved, and 

 girded by a marginal nerve, coriaceous, opaque, shining above, 

 clothed with rufous velvety down beneath, as well as the panicles 

 and branchlets. I? . S. Native of French Guiana. M. lati- 

 folia, Forsyth in herb. L'Her. Lateral nerves of leaves thick 

 and prominent beneath. Fruit nearly globose, crowned, at 

 length glabrous, 1-seeded. Seed roundish. Cotyledons fo- 

 liaceous, corrugately plicate. 



Thick-nerved-leaved Myrcia. Shrub. 



24 M. BRACTEA'TA (D. C. I.e.) peduncles axillary, 3-flowered, 

 bearing opposite, leafy bracteas in the middle and at the base of 

 the flowers, shorter than the leaves ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 tapering into an elongated acumen, with rather revolute, ciliated 

 margins, having the middle nerve hairy on both surfaces ; 

 branches hispid ; calyxes villous. Pj . S. Native of Cayenne 

 and Brazil. Eugenia bracteata, Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. 

 1792. p. 110. Myrtus bracteata, Mart. herb. Leaves 2 inches 

 long, and 9-10 lines broad, shining. Tube of calyx ovate. 

 Style inflexed. Bracteas coloured, according to Richard. 

 Flowers 5-cleft, rarely 4-cleft. The fruit is that of Myrria, 

 according to the specimen. 



Bracleate Myrcia. Shrub. 



* * Species natives of Brazil. 



j- Fruit nearly globose, l-3-celled. 



a. Leaves on long or short petioles, never cordate at the base. 



25 M. HAYNEA'NA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 246.) peduncles axil- 

 lary, shorter than the leaves, racemose or subpanicled, hairy ; 

 tube of calyx with a short, villous tube, and 5 roundish pubes- 

 cent lobes ; leaves oval-oblong, acuminated, full of pellucid 

 dots, reticulately veined, glabrous in the adult state, except 

 on the nerves beneath as well as the branches, which are rather 

 luiiry ; buds silky. f? . S. Native of Brazil, at Mato-Virga. 

 Myrtus Hayneana, Mart. herb. Leaves 3 inches long and an 

 inch broad. Petioles 1-2 lines long. There are some black 

 bristles at the axils of the leaves, which are almost stipular. 

 Branchlets compressed. Fruit unknown. The shrub agrees 

 with M. sororia on the one hand, and with M. bracteata on the 

 other. 



Haync's Myrcia. Shrub. 



26 M. MYAPORINA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, opposite, 

 racemose, 5-9-flowered, almost bractless, about equal in length 

 to the leaves ; fruit globose, crowned by the lobes of the calyx, 

 which are bluntish ; leaves oblong, obtuse, or nearly obovate, dot- 

 ted on both surfaces, nearly nerveless and almost glabrous, even 



