Myrsinaceae 



von 



Carl Mez. 



(Gedrückt seit October 1901.) 



Wichtigste Litteratur. Endlicher, Gen. (l 836 — 40) 734. — Schnizlein, Ieonogr. 

 H. (1843-70) t. 157. — A. de Gandolle, A Review of the Natural Order Myrsineae, 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. (1834) 95; Memoire sur la famille des Myrsinacees, in Ann. sc. 

 nat. 2. ser. II. (l 834) 291, XVI. (1841) 65 et 129; Myrsinaceae, in DC. Prodr. VIII. (1844) 

 75. — Lindley, Veg. Kingd. (1847) 647. — Miqüel in Fl. brasil. X. (1856) 269 t. 

 24—59; Fl. Ind. bat. II. (1856) 1005; Suppl. I. (1860) 573. — Scheffer, Commentatio 

 de Myrsinaceis Archipelagi indici (1867). — Hooker f. in Bentham et Hooker f. Gen. 

 II. (1876) 639. — C. B. Glarke in Hooker f. Fl. Brit. India III. (1882) 507. — Pax in 

 Engler et Prantl, Pflzfam. IV. 1. (1889) 84. — Baillon, Hist. pl. XI. (1892) 331. — 

 MezinUrban, Symb. antill. II. (1901) 389. 



Morphologie und Entwicklungsgeschichte: Eichler, Blütendiagr. I. 

 (1875) 330. 



Anatomie: Höhnel, Sekretionsorgane, in Sitzber. Akad. Wien LXXXIV. Abth. 1. 

 574, 583. — Bokorny, Durchs. Punkte, in Flora (1882) 373. — Vesque, Gamopetaies, 

 in Ann. sc. nat. 7. ser. I. (1885) 245. — Solereder, Holzstruktur (1885) 165. — Bach- 

 mann, Schildhaare, in Flora (1886) 407. — Radlkofer, Durchs. Punkte, in Sitzber. Akad. 

 München (1886) 321. — Solereder, System. Anat. Dicot. (1899) 572. 



Character. Fl o res hermaphroditi vel saepissime reductione sexus alterius dioeci, typo 

 5-sed saepius 4-meri, reguläres. Galyx inferus vel in Maesa semiinferus segmentis liberis 

 vel rh alte connatis saepissime ciliatis et punctis glandulosis praeditis, valvatis v. imbricatis 

 v. sinistrorsum contortis per anthesin demum saepius apertis, constanter persistentibus. 

 Gorolla nunc regula et saepissime monopetala rotata v. rarius campanulata v. tubulosa 

 nunc raro dialypetala; segmentis sinistrorsum convolutis v. imbricatis v. quincuncialibus 

 v. rarius valvatis, margine saltem saepius papillosis, plerumque glanduloso-punctatis vel 

 lineatis. Stamina petalis opposita et iis isomera; filamentis brevibus rarius elongatis tubo 

 petalorum connatis vel rarius fere omnino liberis, saepius basi arcuatim connexis inferne 

 tubum cum petalis coalitum nectariferum formantibus; antheris dorso vel raro basi affixis 

 sagittatis vel breviter ovatis v. ellipticis, constanter introrsum rimis nunc tota longitudine 

 apertis nunc apicalibus poriformibus inferne clausis vel raro poris subapicalibus dehiscen- 

 tibus, loculis in Aegicerate et in Ardisiae spec. unica septatis. Staminodia vera in speciebus 

 binis anomalis tantum adsunt, spuria e tubi nectariferi lobulis episepaleis formata pluries 

 reperiuntur. Ovarium globosum v. ovoideum v. clavatum, liberum et lata basi sessile vel 

 in Maesa semiinferum, 1 -loculare, saepissime in stylum attenuatum ; stylo nunc perelongato 

 gracillimo nunc brevi crasso nunc rarius deficiente ; stigmate punctiformi, capitato, discoideo, 

 conico, fungi- et morchelliformi, loboso; placenta centrali saepius globosa, apice fere con- 

 stanter apiculata, ovula oo vel pauca nunc perpauca multi- vel uniseriata immersa amphi- 

 tropa v. anatropa gerente. Fructus baccatus v. drupaceus indehiscens, Maesa excepta 

 monospermus, in Aegicerate tantum irregulariter dehiscens. Semina placentae reliquiis 

 vestita testa tenui; albumine copioso laevi vel rarius ruminato vel rarissime (in Aegicerate) 



A. Engl er, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. 236. \ 



