MYRTACEdS. XXVIII. MYRCIA. 



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with rufous villi. F; . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of 

 Minns Geraes, in the desert called (lie Certao. Myrtus Schrank- 

 iana, Mart. herb. Leaves 10-1 '-2 lines long, and 4-5 broad. A 

 shrub 3-4 feet high, with dense branches. Peduncles 2 inches 

 long. Lobes of calyx obtuse. Fruit unknown. 

 Schrank's Myrcia. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



39 M. EXSU'CCA (D. C. I.e.) peduncles axillary and terminal, 

 panicled, longer than the leaves ; bracteas and calyxes ciliated 

 while young; leaves elliptic or obovate, obtuse, membranous, 

 full of pellucid dots, glabrous except on the nerves, margins, 

 and petioles, which are rather puberulous ; branchlets puberu- 

 lous. tj . S. Native of Brazil, in fields. Myrtus Dudrti and 

 M. exsucca, Mart. herb. Leaves pale, an inch and a half long, 

 8-10 lines broad. Fruit unknown. 



Dry Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



40 M. ? i.Ercopni,.y.\\ (D. C. 1. c.) leaves oval, acute, with a 

 tew pellucid dots, glabrous; peduncles axillary, and nearly ter- 

 minal, racemosely panicled, shorter than the leaves, and are as 

 well as the buds clothed with rufous velvety down ; flower-buds 

 obovate, small, glabrous; lobes of calyx 5, very short. J; . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia, in woods. Myrtus 

 leucophke'a, Mart. herb. Branches white, separating from the 

 epidermis. Leaves 3 inches long, and half an inch broad. Pe- 

 tioles 2-3 lines long. Racemes 15 lines long. Fruit small. 



II /itte-juiccd Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



41 M. LINKIA V NA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 248.) peduncles axillary, 

 nearly terminal, panicled, shorter than the leaves, and are as 

 well as the branches clothed with soft velvety villi ; calyx with 

 a villous tube, and 5 roundish, smoothish lobes ; leaves oblong, 

 acuminated, full of pellucid dots, membranous, narrowed at the 

 base, with the margins revolute, glabrous above, but clothed 

 with soft velvety down beneath. J? . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 woods in the province of Rio Janeiro, near Retiro. Myrtus 

 Linkiana, Mart. herb. Leaves 3-4 inches long and 10-17 lines 

 broad. Flowers small. Bracteas small, deciduous. 



Link's Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



42 M. EXI'MIA (D. C. 1. c.) panicles axillary, a little shorter 

 than the leaves, many-flowered, densely clothed with velvety 

 short tomentum, as well as the calyxes, branchlets, and young 

 leaves ; lobes of calyx 5, obtuse ; leaves oval-oblong, acumin- 

 ated, stiflf, opaque, reticulately veined, in the adult glabrous 

 above, and velvety beneath ; branchlets somewhat compressed. 



t? . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, 

 in the desert. Leaves pale, 4 inches long, and \^ and 2 inches 

 broad, on short velvety petioles. A beautiful tree, about 30 

 feet high. 



Choice Myrcia. Tr. 30 ft. 



43 M. CORDI/EFOLIA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary and nearly 

 terminal, panicled, shorter than the leaves, hairy ; calyx clothed 

 with silky villi, with 5 very blunt lobes ; leaves ovate, obtuse, 

 opaque, stiff, glabrous above, and a little blistered, velvety 

 beneath : with the nerves reticulated, very prominent, and areo- 

 late. f?. S. Native of Brazil, in the province of St. Paul. 

 Myrtus cordiaefolia, Mart. herb. Leaves bluntish at the base, 

 9 inches long and 4-5 inches broad. Petioles 7 lines long. 

 Flower-bud globose, downy. Bark of the branches rufous. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Var. ft, minor ; leaves acutish, one half smaller than those of 

 the species. 



Heart-leaved Myrcia. Shrub. 



44 M. VESTI'TA (D. C. 1. c.) panicle terminal, branched, many- 

 flowered ; branches, bracteas. and calyxes, densely clothed with 

 tomentum ; calycine lobes 5, obtuse ; leaves elliptic, acutish, 

 almost sessile, opaque above, and rather villous, but densely 

 clothed with hoary tomentum beneath, opposite or alternate. 



17 . S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of the mines, in ele- 



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vated fields. Myrtus vestita. Mart. herb. Petals oval-orbicular. 

 Leaves 2 inches long and an inch broad. Fruit unknown. 



I 'ii>\ ft, o/itiixi/'o/ia (D. C. 1. c.) leaves broader and blunter; 

 panicle rather rufescent. Pj . 8. Native of Brazil. 



Clothed Myrcia. Sh. 5 to 10 ft. 



4.5 M. SPECTA'BILIS (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary and nearly 

 terminal, paniculately corymbose, compressed, a little shorter 

 than the leaves, and are as well as the bracteas and calyxes 

 clothed with somewhat silky velvety down ; leaves oval-oblong, 

 acuminated, full of pellucid dots, rather villous from deciduous 

 down on the upper surface, and rather hairy on the nerves and 

 nervules beneath. Fj . S. Native of Brazil, in woods in the 

 province of Rio Janeiro. Myrtus specn'ibilis, Mart. herb. 

 Leaves 7 inches lone and 2 inches broad, on very short petioles, 

 with the nerves reticulately veined. Flowers in fascicles, on 

 the ultimate branchlets of the panicle. Petals, when in the bud, 

 as well as the calyx, clothed with silky down on the outside. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Sherry Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



46 M. MACROPHY'LLA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, and 

 nearly terminal, one half shorter than the leaves, panicled ; pedi- 

 cels distant, hardly pubescent ; fruit obovate-globose, smoothish, 

 crowned by the calycine lobes, which arc roundish and connivent ; 

 leaves elliptic-oblong, acute, or shortly acuminated, full of pellucid 

 dots, rather membranous, glabrous above and reticulately veined, 

 rather pubescent on the nerves and veins beneath. J; S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil, at Coari. Leaves 9 inches long, and 2^ inches 

 broad, standing on short pubescent petioles. Leaf-buds downy. 

 Branches terete, glabrous. 



Long-leaved Myrcia. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



47 M. MAGNOLI/EFOLIA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary and 

 nearly terminal, panicled, one half shorter than the leaves, com- 

 pressed, downy ; flowers crowded on the ultimate branches ; tube 

 of calyx clothed with white villi, but the calycine lobes are orbi- 

 cular and smoothish ; leaves oval-oblong, acutish, stiff, opaque, 

 shining above, clothed with velvety pubescence on the under 

 surface, as well as the branchlets : with the nerves parallel, and 

 the veins reticulated between them. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, 

 at the Rio Negro. Leaves somewhat downy beneath, 5-6 inches 

 long, 1-J to 2 inches broad, standing on petioles, which are 1-2 

 lines long. Flower-bud nearly globose. Fruit unknown. 



Var. ft ; leaves short-acuminated ; fruit globose, glabrous. 

 Magnolia-leaved Myrcia. Sh. 5 to 10 ft. 



48 M. MACROCA'RPA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 249.) panicle com- 

 pound, terminal, glabrous, longer than the leaves ; fruit glo- 

 bose, depressed, crowned by the short, obtuse lobes of the 

 calyx ; leaves elliptic, acutish, coriaceous, opaque, shining above, 

 and quite glabrous on both surfaces, as well as the branches. 



Jj . S. Native of Brazil, on Mount Formosa, in the province of 

 Rio Janeiro. Allied to M. Neesiana. Branches white. Leaves 

 4 inches long and \\ broad. Fruit 6 lines broad, and 4 lines 

 long, glabrous, 2-seeded. Seeds with a smooth testa. Cotyle- 

 dons corrugated. 



Long-fruited Myrcia. Shrub. 



49 M. NEESIA'NA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, racemose, 

 few- flowered, pubescent, about half the length of the leaves ; 

 fruit ovate-globose, scabrous, crowned by the lobes of the 

 calyx, which are ovate and obtuse ; leaves oval-oblong, ter- 

 minating in a short, blunt acumen each, opaque, glabrous on 

 both surfaces ; branchlets hairy. (7 . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 woods at the river Amazon. Myrtus Neesiana, Mart. herb. 

 Leaves 4-5 inches long, and 1-j broad, standing on petioles, 

 which are 3 lines long. Calyx pubescent when in flower. Fruit 

 size of a large pea, but obovate. Seeds 1-2. 



Nees's Myrcia. Tr. 20 to 30 ft. 



50 M. MARAGNA'NA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles disposed in a 

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