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bose. Stigma sessile, sub-capitate. Ovula erect, probably 

 numerous. Drupe 1-seeded.? Small trees, natives of Brazil. 

 Leaves scattered, but approximate towards the extremities of 

 the branches, petiolate, beset with gland-like tubercles. Flowers 

 small, unibracteate, disposed in axillary erectish or drooping 

 racemes. Lobes of corolla, but particularly those of the calyx, 

 fringed with hairs. 



1 C. PESDULINCS (Mart. nov. gen. bras. 3. p. 87. t. 236.) 

 leaves oblong, acute at both ends, glabrous ; petioles pilose at 

 the base : racemes loose, pendulous, about equal in length to the 

 leaves, downy ; calycine segments acute. H . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of Rio Negro. Flowers white. 



Drooping Cybianthus. Tree. 



2 C. CUXEIFOLJUS (Mart. 1. c. p. 88.) leaves broad-lanceo- 

 late, acute, tapering much to the base, glabrous ; petioles pilose ; 

 racemes spreading, downy, 3 times shorter than the leaves ; 

 calycine segments blumisb. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, near 

 Sebastionople. Flowers white. 



H'edge-leared Cybianthus. Tree. 



3 C. PRISCIPIS (Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 104) leaves 

 lanceolate, attenuate at the apex and bluntish ; panicles axillary 

 and terminal, shorter than the leaves ; peduncles spreading, an- 

 gular ; flowers somewhat fascicled at the apex ; segments of 

 corolla oblong, reflexed. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, at the river 

 Ilheos, where it was collected by Prince Neuweid. Wallenia 

 angustifolia, Nees. et Mart, beitr. zur. fl. bras, in nov. act. bonn. 

 11. p. 87. Flowers white. 



Prince Neuweid's Cybianthus. Tree. 



4 C. HUMBOLDTII (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) leaves oblong, acumi- 

 nate, undulately ciliated, glabrous, shining above ; panicles ter- 

 minal, simple ; flowers disposed in fascicular umbels ; segments 

 of corolla oblong, obtuse, revolute. Jj . S. Native of New 

 Granada, on the Andes, about Quindiu, at the altitude of about 

 1200 hexapods. Flowers pedicellate, 3-5 in a fascicle. Berries 

 red. Ardisia tetrandra, H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 3. 

 p. 243. Habit of Ardisia crenata. 



Humboldi's Cybianthus. Tree 15-20 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Ardisia, p. 20. 



VI. MY'RSINE (fivpoirri, myrtine, the Greek name of 

 Myrrh). Lin. gen. ed. 1. p. 54. no. 269. Juss. gen. 152. 

 Gaertn. fruct. t. 59. R. Br. prod. p. 533. Alph. D. C. in Lin. 

 trans 17. p. 104. Rapanea, Aubl.guian. 1. p. 121. Caballeria, 

 Ruiz, et Pav. prod. fl. per. p. 141. Manglflla, Juss. gen. 152. 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 237. Athrurophy'llum, Lour. coch. 148. 

 Sideroxylon, Scleroxylon, Samara, Roemeria, Chrysophyllum, 

 species of authors. 



LIK. STST. Tetra-Heidndria Monogynia, or Polygamia 

 Dioecia. Calyx and corolla 4-5-6-lobed (f. 3. a. d.) ; lobes of 

 corolla imbricate in aestivation. Stamens equal in number to 

 the lobes of the cor.illa, free; filaments very short, inserted in 

 the tube of the corolla ; anthers usually almost sessile, erect, 

 acute : having the cells dehiscing lengthwise. Ovarium with an 

 indefinite number of ovula, 4-5, ex R. Br. Style short, usually 

 caducous ; stigma fringed, or lobed, or simple. Drupe, or 

 berry, pea-formed, 1-seeded. Trees, or small shrubs, with 

 alternate leaves. Flowers polygamous or hermaphrodite, sessile, 

 or on very short pedicels, in fascicles ; fascicles axillary, more or 

 less covered by imbricate, obtuse, permanent bracteas. This is 

 a very polymorphous genus, distinguished by its peculiar inflo- 

 rescence readier than by any other character. 



' Stigma fringed or lobed. 



1 M. URVILLEI (Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 105.) gla- 

 brous ; leaves ovate, obtuse, entire, full of pellucid dots ; flowers 

 almost sessile, fascicled, pentandrous, polygamous ; lobes of 



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FIG. 3. 



calyx small, tooth-formed ; anthers sessile, ovoid. ^ . G. 

 Native of New Zealand, in Tasman's Bay, and Cook's Strait. 

 Leaves 1-2 inches long, obtuse, and somewhat emarginate, mem- 

 branous, covered with yellow dots. Bracteas a little ciliated. 

 Corolla 5-parted ; glabrous, hardly a line long. Berry ovoid. 

 D'UrviUe's Myrsine. Shrub. 



2 M. AFRICA'NA (Lin. spec. 285) glabrous; leaves elliptic, 

 serrated, acute, dotted ; flowers axillary, by threes, pentandrous, 

 polygamous ; segments of corolla ciliated ; corolla full of testa- 

 ceous dots; calycine segments obovate. fj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. M. glabra, Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 282. 

 Comm. hort. 1. p. 123. t. 164. Pluk. phyt. t. 80. f. 5. Breyn. 

 cent. 9. t. 5. Flowers on short pedicels, pale. Berries blue, 

 dotted. Stigma panicled. 



far. ,3, retu*a (Alph. D. C. 

 in Lin. trans. 17. p. 105.) leaves 

 obovate, obtuse, emarginately 

 toothletted at top. ^ . G. Na- 

 tive of the Azores. M. retusa, 

 Ait. bort. kew. l.p. 271. Vent, 

 eels. t. 86. M. scabra, Gaertn. 

 fruct. 1. p. 182. Berries size 

 of red currants, rugged from 

 small tubercles, with a straw- 

 coloured rind. Cultivated since 

 1788, and flowers in June. 

 (f.3.) 



African Myrsine. Fl. Mar. 

 May. Clt. 1691. Shrub 3-6 

 feet. 



3 M. BIFA'RIA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 296.) branches 

 and petioles villous ; leaves small, lanceolate, cuspidately serrated, 

 cuneated and entire at the base, glabrous, dotted ; flowers almost 

 sessile, tetrandrous, polygamous, in axillary fascicles ; calycine 

 segments lanceolate, ciliated ; filaments very short ; anthers 

 large, exserted. fj . G. Native of Nipaul, from Hetounra to 

 the valley, and on the surrounding mountains. It is also a 

 native of Kamaon and Shreenagur. A large shrub, with hardly 

 any defined stem. Leaves bifarious, coriaceous. Flowers 

 white, tinged with pink, 5 or 6 in a .ascicle, besprinkled with 

 copious brown elevated dots. Stigma waited. Drupe round, 

 and about the size of a coriander seed. 



tfj/ariotw-leaved Myrsine. Fl. Dec. March. Clt. 1822. 

 Tree 20 feet. 



4 M. SCBSPISOSA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 147.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, acuminated, stiff, glabrous, spinulosely serrated ; flowers 

 dioecious, tetrandrous, in sessile axillary umbellate downy 

 fascicles, f; . G. Native of Nepaul, at Narainhetty, where it 

 is called Mina Bocothi by the natives. Samara subspindsa, 

 Hamilt. mss. ex D. Don. 1. c. 



Subspinose-lezved Myrsine. Clt. 1823. Tree 20 feet. 



5 M. SE'SSILIS (D. Don, 1. c. p. 146.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 

 acuminated, glabrous, shining, denticulated at the apex ; flowers 

 hermaphrodite, tetrandrous, in sessile umbellate axillary fasci- 

 cles ; stigma 2-lobed. ^ . G. Native of Nipaul, in woods, at 

 Narainhetty. Samara sessilis, Hamilt. mss. 



SestiU-Qowered Myrsine. Fl. Oct. Shrub. 



6 M. SEJOSEKRA'TA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 293. tent, 

 fl. nep. 1. p. 34, with a figure) leaves dense, linear, or linear lan- 

 ceolate, sharply serrulated from the middle to the apex ; flowers 

 tetrandrous and pentandrous, polygamous, pedicellate, 6-12 in a 

 fascicle ; teeth of calyx lanceolate, acute, ciliated ; stigma uni- 

 lateral, fringed, 3-lobed. fj . G. Native throughout Nipaul, 

 where it is called, in Newar language, Bilsee, Bereste, and Kali- 

 kaiha. A branchy tree. Branches dotted. Leaves besprinkled 

 with reddish resinous dots, coriaceous, from 3 to 5 inches long. 



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