MYRTACE.E 



537 



Stem woody, erect, acutely quadrangular or almost four-winged, 

 glabrous, pale reddish ; 1st internode 1'4 cm. long ; 2nd 1*9 cm. ; 

 3rd 7'5 mm. 



Leaves entire, opposite, glabrous, deep green above, paler beneath , 

 shining on both surfaces ; petioles very short, glabrous, channelled 

 above. 



First to third pairs small, elliptic, obtuse, minutely cuspidate, or 

 apiculate. 



Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, Wight. 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, glabrous, 5-10 mm. long, light green. 



Cotyledons linear-oblong, obtuse, entire, shortly petiolate, gla- 

 brous, shiny green, pinnatinerved like the leaves. 



Stem erect, somewhat quadrangular, herbaceous, ultimately 

 woody ; 1st internode 3-4 mm. long ; 2nd shorter. 



First leaves simple, entire, cauline, opposite, ovate, obtuse, gla- 

 brous, shiny green, coriaceous with pellucid glands, exstipulate, 

 pinnatinerved ; petioles short, shal- 

 lowly furrowed above. 



Eugenia bracteata, Rausch 

 (fig. 346). 



Hypocotyl subterranean. 



Cotyledons subterrannean and 

 remaining in the seed. 



Stem woody, erect, terete, densely 

 pubescent, pale green, ultimately 

 brown ; 1st internode 1 cm. long ; 

 2nd 1-15 cm.; 3rd 1-5 cm.; 4th 

 8 mm. 



Leaves as in last species, 

 obscurely penninerved, deep green 

 above, pale below, shining on both 

 surfaces, perforated with glands ; 

 petioles very short, channelled above, 

 pubescent. 



First and second pairs reduced to small scales, green, ultimately 

 brown. 



Third pair oval, obtuse, foliaceous. 



Fourth pair elliptic, obtuse, much larger. 



FIG. 346. Eugenia bracteata. 

 Four-fifths nat. size. 



