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MYRTACE^:. XXVIII. MYRCIA. 



when young, as well as the branchlets. 17 . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil. My'rtus punctata, Mart. mss. but not of Spreng. A shrub, 

 about 5 or 6 feet high, with erectly spreading branches. Fruit 

 at first scarlet, but at length dark purple. Leaves 15 lines long. 

 Seeds 2-3, smooth. 



Myaporum-likc Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



27 M. SALICIFOUA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, few- 

 flowered, racemose, rather shorter than the leaves, glabrous ; 

 fruit globose, crowned by the lobes of the calyx, which are 5 

 and obtuse ; leaves lanceolate-linear, attenuated at both ends, 

 full of pellucid clots, glabrous in the adult state, but pubescent 

 when young, as well as the branches. Ij . S. Native of Brazil, 

 at Rio Tapura. Myrtus salicif olia, Mart. herb. Leaves 2 inches 

 long and 4 lines broad. Fruit the size of a pea. Seeds not 

 seen. Flowers unknown. 



Willow-leaved Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



28 M. DAPHNOIDES (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, longer 

 than the leaves, panicled, clothed with rufous hairs ; lobes of 

 calyx 5, roundish, ciliated in the young state ; leaves oblong, 

 obtuse, cuneated at the base, opaque, stiff, crowded, rather vil- 

 lous on both surfaces when young, but in the adult state gla- 

 brous above and puberulous beneath ; branchlets clothed with 

 rufous down. V> . S. Native of Brazil, near Camabuao. 

 Branches short, spreading, very leafy, when young sometimes 

 compressed. Leaves an inch and a half long, but hardly half 

 an inch broad, full of impressed dots on the upper surface when 

 old. Racemes nearly 2 inches long. Fruit unknown. 



Daphne- like Myrcia. Sh. 6 to 10 ft. 



29 M. NIGRE'SCEKS (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, nearly 

 terminal, panicled, divaricately branched, longer than the leaves ; 

 branches and flowers quite glabrous ; leaves oval-oblong, at- 

 tenuated at the base, obtuse at the apex, opaque, stiff, almost 

 nerveless, except the middle nerve, quite glabrous on both 

 surfaces. Jj . S. Native of Brazil, at the river Amazon. 

 My'rtus nigrescens, Mart. herb. Leaves 2 inches long, and 

 8-12 lines broad, of an obscure green colour. Petioles 2-3 

 lines long, wrinkled, having the epidermis separating, as if it 

 were transversely. Branches white. Lobes of calyx 5, round- 

 ish, deciduous, rather irregular. Fruit unknown. 



Blackish Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 8 ft. 



30 M. BANISTERI/EFOLIA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, op- 

 posite, twice trifid, a little shorter than the leaves ; leaves ellip- 

 tic, bluntish, membranous, opaque, glabrous above, but villous 

 beneath from aclpressed rufescent down, as well as the branch- 

 lets, peduncles, and flowers. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in fields 

 near Yta, in the province of St. Paul. Myrtus banisteriaefolia, 

 Mart. herb. Leaves an inch and a half long, and 9 lines 

 broad, of an obscure green. Flowers small, 5-cleft. Fruit 

 unknown. 



Banisteria-leaved Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



31 M. PALU'STRIS (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, panicled, 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers crowded at the tops of the 

 branchlets, and are as well as the bracteas downy ; leaves oval, 

 cuneated at the base, obtuse, opaque, glabrous above, paler be- 

 neath and dotted, puberulous on the nerves. V} . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in marshes in the province of St. Paul. My'rtus palus- 

 tris, Mart. herb. Leaves an inch and a half long and an inch 

 broad. Petioles 2 lines long. Panicle 2 inches long, pubescent. 

 Lobes of calyx 5, obtuse. Habit almost of M. banistericefblia. 



Marsh Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



32 M. HEBEPE'TALA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, nearly 

 terminal, racemosely panicled, and are as well as the calyxes 

 and branches hairy ; calyx bluntly S-lobed ; leaves oblong, 

 somewhat acuminated, with a few pellucid dots, clothed with 

 adpressed, silky down in the young state, but glabrous above 

 and rather hairy beneath in the adult state. Tj . S. Native of 



Brazil. My'rtus pseudo-caryophyllus, Gomez ? ex herb. Mart. 

 Leaves 3 inches long and an inch broad. Petiole 3 lines long. 

 Flower-bud globose. Petals pubescent on the outside. Fruit 

 unknown. 



Hairy-petalled Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 8 ft. 



33 M. ERIOCA'LYX (D. C. prod. 3. p. 247.) peduncles axillary, 

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

 the panicles clothed with velvety villi ; calyx 5-cleft, very villous; 

 leaves elliptic, oblong, with revolute margins, rather coriaceous, 

 opaque, glabrous above, but velvety beneath. Jj . S. Native 

 of Brazil, in woods in the district of the diamonds. Leaves an 

 inch long and 5-6 lines broad, nerveless above, nerved beneath : 

 with 2 small, nearly abortive ones, produced from the axils of 

 the racemes. Bracteas foliaceous, deciduous. 



Wcolly-calyxed Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



34 M. PUBE'SCENS (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, panicled, 

 rather shorter than the leaves, or longer ; bracteas, calyxes, and 

 young leaves clothed with adpressed, somewhat rufescent down ; 

 leaves oval, obtuse, full of pellucid dots while young : but 

 opaque and glabrous on the upper surface, and clothed with 

 rufescent down on the under surface in the adult state ; lobes 

 of calyx 5, obtuse. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in elevated fields, 

 in the province of Minas Geraes. Leaves 30 lines long, and 

 12 lines broad. Panicle 1-J to 3 inches long. Fruit unknown. 



Pubescent Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



35 M. ? MACRO'CHLAMYS (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, and 

 nearly terminal, few-flowered ; branchlets and bracteas clothed 

 with velvety tomentum ; tube of calyx turbinate, shorter than 

 the lobes, which are oblong ; bracteoles 2, inserted at the base 

 of the calyx ; leaves oval, obtuse, reticulately veined, when 

 young rather villous, full of pellucid dots, but glabrous, stiff, and 

 opaque in the adult state. I? . S. Native of Brazil, in the desert 

 of Bahia. Shrub 10 feet. Leaves pale, 18 lines long and 9 

 broad. Petioles 2-3 lines long. Peduncles 9-10 lines long. 

 Flower-bud globose. Staminiferous torus broad. Fruit un- 

 known. 



Long-cloaked Myrcia. Sh. 10ft. 



36 M. RU V FIPES (D. C. 1. c.) panicles axillary, longer than the 

 leaves, and terminal, many-flowered, clothed with velvety, rufous 

 down as well as the branchlets ; calyx with a glabrous subglobose 

 tube, and 5 ovate lobes, which are clothed with rufescent down ; 

 leaves oval, obtuse, full of pellucid dots when young, clothed 

 with rufous villi on the nerve, but in the adult state glabrous on 

 both surfaces. fj . S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of 

 the mines. Myrtus rufipes, Mart. herb. Leaves 2 inches long, 

 and an inch broad. Petioles 2 lines long. Bracteas and brac- 

 teoles almost wanting. Bark usually separating from the epi- 

 dermis, which is rufous. 



Rufous-pelioled Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



37 M. CAMPE'STRIS (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles panicled, many- 

 flowered, axillary, and terminal, longer than the leaves ; calyx 

 and branchlets densely clothed with rufous down ; bracteoles 

 setaceous ; leaves oval-oblong, with rather revolute margins, 

 opaque, glabrous above, puberulous on the nerve beneath. 

 Jj . S. Native of Brazil, in fields, in the provinces of the mines. 

 Myrtus catnpestris, Mart. herb. Very like M. rvfipes, but 

 differs in the leaves being narrower and in the bracteas being 

 elongated. The leaves are sometimes disposed 3 in a whorl. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Field Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



88 M. SCHRANKIA'NA (D. C. 1. c ) peduncles axillary, twice 

 or thrice longer than the leaves, rather pubescent, panicled, and 

 rather corymbose at the apex ; calyx with a glabrous tube, and 

 5 somewhat ciliated lobes ; leaves oval, nearly sessile, full of 

 pellucid dots when young, with the margin and nerve villous: 

 but opaque and glabrous in the adult state ; branches clothed 



