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terminal panicle, and are, as well as the branches and calyxes, 

 alabrous ; limb of calyx 5-parted, short, deciduous ; fruit globose, 

 2-3-seedcd ; leaves oval, bluntly acuminated, attenuated at the 

 base, coriaceous, opaque, quite glabrous, smooth above. (7 . - 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Maragnon. Myrtus Marag- 

 nana, Mart. herb. Leaves 24-28 lines long and 8-9 hnes broad 

 standing on petioles 1-2 lines long. Panicle hardly longer than 

 the leaves. 



Maragnon Myrcia. Shrub. 



51 M! SEPIARIA (D. C. 1. c.) panicles axillary and terminal, 

 many-flowered ; peduncles compressed, rather pubescent, longer 

 than y the leave;; calycine lobes obtuse; leaves oval-oblong, 

 bluntly acuminated, stiff, with a few scattered, pellucid dots, 

 shining above, and glabrous on both surfaces, as well as the 

 branchlets. Jj . S. Native of Brazil, m the province of Bahia. 

 Mvrtus sepiaria, Mart. herb. Leaves 24-28 lines long, and 8 :> 

 lines broad, standing on petioles 1-2 lines long. Lower pedun- 

 cles 2 inches long, all near together, so as to form a terminal 

 panicle. Bracteas small, obtuse, pubescent as well as the ca- 

 lyxes, when young. 



Hedge Myrcia. Shrub. . 



52 M. LITTOKA'LIS (D. C. 1. c.) panicles axillary and terminal, 

 many-flowered, longer than the leaves, clothed with adpressed 

 pubescence ; calycine tube clothed with white down ; calycine 

 lobes very short, hardly distinct, obtuse, at length spreading ; 

 leaves oval, obtuse, opaque, stiffish, nearly veinless, except the 

 middle nerve, glabrous on both surfaces m the adult state, but 

 rather downy when young, as well as the branchlets. T; b. 



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Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia, among bushes. Myr- 

 tus littoralis, Mart. herb. Leaves nearly 2 inches long, and an 

 inch broad. Petioles hardly a line long. Branches compressed, 

 but in the adult state terete and white. 

 Shore Myrcia. Shrub. 



53 M. PUBIFLORA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary and nearly 

 terminal, compressed, longer than the leaves, disposed in a 

 branched panicle at the apex, downy as well as the flowers ; 

 leaves elliptic, somewhat oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, opaque, 

 glabrous on both surfaces in the adult state, but when young 

 downy beneath ; branches pubescently villous. Jj . S. Native 

 of Brazil, on the mountains in the provinces of the mines, at 

 Serro Frio. Branches naked, in consequence of the epidermis 

 bein" deciduous. Leaves 2| inches long and an inch broad. 

 Bracteas fucescent, concave, deciduous. Flower-bud ha.ry, nearly 

 globose. Calyx 5-cleft in the young state. Fruit unknown. 

 Downy-flowered Myrcia. Shrub. 



54 M. HIRTIFLORA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary or termi- 

 nal, opposite, and disposed in a terminal panicle; bracteas and 

 calyxes very hairy ; calycine lobes short, acute ; petals glabrous ; 

 leaves elliptic-oblong, bluntly and shortly acuminated at the 

 apex, membranous, full of pellucid dots, glabrous on both sur- 

 faces as well as the branches. Jj . S. Native of Brazil, m the 

 province of Bahia, on the high mountain called Serra das Lages. 

 Leaves about 3 inches long and 15-18 lines broad. Petioles 2 

 lines long. Fruit unknown. 



Hairy-flowered Myrcia. Shrub. 



55 M. CASSINOIDES (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary and nearly 

 terminal, racemose, clothed with velvety tomentum, longer than 

 the leaves ; fruit globose, muricated, pubescent, crowned by the 

 lobes of the calyx, which are rather villous, very obtuse and 

 conniving leaves elliptic or oblong, obtuse, stiff, opaque, 

 crowded, clothed with velvety villi on both surfaces when young, 

 as well as the branchlets, but glabrous on the upper surface in tie 

 adult state, ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of the 

 mines. Leaves glabrous, rather rufescent when young, from 1- 

 2 inches long, and 9-10 lines broad. Fruit the size of a pea. 

 Seeds 2-3. Cotyledons corrugated. 



Casshie-like Myrcia. Tr. 10 to IS ft. 



5G M. VENULOSA (B.C. prod. 3. p. 250.) peduncles axillary 

 or terminal, panicled, velvety, longer than the leaves ; fruit 

 globose, glabrous, rather muricated ; calycine lobes broad, ob- 

 tuse, short ; leaves oblong, bluntish, somewhat cuneated at the 

 base, opaque, reticulately veined on both surfaces, glabrous, and 

 shinino- above, but clothed with dense, short, velvety tomentum 

 beneath, as well as on the branchlets. fj . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the province of St. Paul. Myrtus venulosa, Mart. herb. 

 Leaves an inch and a half long and 5-6 lines broad. Peduncles 

 2 inches long. Fruit the size of a pea, within the bearded limb 

 of the calyx. Seeds 2. Cotyledons corrugated. 



Var. ft, Capoehcnsls (D. C. 1. c.) leaves elliptic-oblong, less 

 reticulated than in the species, and the fruit is less muricated. 

 Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in Capoeira. Perhaps a proper 

 species. 



Fein?/-leaved Myrcia. Shrub. 



57 M. EL/EODE'NDRA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, and 

 nearly terminal, racemosely panicled, pubescent when young, 

 about equal in length to the leaves ; calycine lobes 5, very blunt, 

 smoothish; leaves oblong- lanceolate, obtuse, full of pellucic 

 dots, rather stiffish, glabrous on both surfaces ; petioles and 

 branches densely clothed with soft rufescent down. fj . S. 

 live of Brazil. A tree 15-20 feet high, with loose, spreading 

 branches. Leaves pale, rather glaucous, 2 inches long, and 

 lines broad. Flowers distant on the racemes. Lower branches 

 of peduncle 3-flowered, upper ones 1-flowered. Fruit unknown. 

 Elceodendran-like Myrcia. Tr. 15 to 20 ft. 

 58 M. TORTA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, racemose, 7-a 

 flowered, length of leaves, nearly bractless ; fruit globose, 

 crowned by the lobes of the calyx, which are short and rounds 

 leaves oblong, obtuse, full of pellucid dots, somewhat attenuated 

 at the base, and glabrous on both surfaces, as well as the branch 

 lets. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, on Serra Branca. Myrtus 

 torta, Mart. herb. Leaves 2 inches long, and 9 lines broad, 

 standing on petioles 1-2 lines long. Racemes an inch and 

 half long. Fruit glabrous, dark purple, shining. A tree 

 12 feet high, with twisted branches. Bark thick, greyish, chmky. 

 Twisted Myrcia. Tr. 10 to 12 ft. 



59 M. SUBALPE'STRIS (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary and nearly 

 terminal, racemosely panicled, longer than the leaves glabrous ; 

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

 obtuse, and connivent ; leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse at both 

 ends, opaque, stiffish, glabrous above, but velvety from short 

 tomentum beneath. ^ . S. Native of Brazil m the provinces 

 of the mines. Myrtus subalpestris, Mart. herb. Shrub 3 

 Branches erect, terete. Fruit black, glabrous. Seeds 2, with 

 a smooth testa. Cotyledons corrugated. Fruit unknown. 

 Alp Myrcia. Shrub 3 feet. 



60 M. MYRTILLIFOLIA (D. C. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, longer 

 than the leaves, paniculately corymbose, few-flowered, and are 

 as well as the calyxes glabrous; bracteoles nearly wanting; 

 branchlets rather pubescent; leaves oval, coriaceous, pale, gla 

 brous, full of pellucid dots when young, reticulately veined te 

 neath, smoothish in the adult state, opaque, and therefore dotless. 

 Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia. Myrtus 

 myrtillifolia, Mart. herb. Very like M. mmultea, but d,r 

 in the leaves being more coriaceous, pale ; in the racemes being 

 more crowded and corymbose, with hardly any bracteoles. 

 Myrtle-leaved Myrcia. Tr. 20 to 30 ft. 

 6 1 M. ? RAMULOSA (D. C. 1. c.) racemes axillary, 3-5-flowered, 

 about the length of the leaves ; bracteoles setaceous, under the 

 pedicels, and shorter than them; calycine lobes short ; leaves 

 oval, full of pellucid dots, membranous, reticulately veined, 

 alabrous, but rather villous on the nerve beneath, and on the mar- 

 gins and petioles ; branches compressed, clothed with velvety 



