356 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



very small or subnil in bud ; limb at antbesis often longitudinally 

 fissus between lobes. Petals 4-6, patent. Stamens oo , go -seriate ; 

 anthers ovate or oblong, sometimes apiculate (Acrandra '). Germen 

 4-10-locular ; ovules oo , inserted on 2 -lamellate or little prominent 

 subpeltate placenta ; style simple, capitate or oftener peltate at stig- 

 matose apex. Berries, etc., of Myrtus ; embryo elongate and spirally 

 involute ; radicle very elongate ; cotyledons rather short. — Trees or 

 shrubs ; leaves opposite penninerved ; flowers axillary, solitary, few 

 or 00 cymose. {Trojp. and suhtrop. America.^) 



12. Psidium L.^ — Flowers nearly of Campomanesia; receptacle 

 campanulate or piriform. Calyx closed in bud, sometimes crowned 

 with foliaceous lobes (Psidiopsis^) ; lobes oftener 4, 5, before anthesis 

 short, wide (or 0) ; at anthesis often fissus or disrupted to the base. 

 Petals 4, 5. Stamens oo ; anthers oblong or narrow linear. Germen 

 2-8-locular ; style at apex peltate or capitate ; ovules oo , inserted on 

 entire, subpeltate or 2 -lamellate placenta. Berry various in form, 

 crowned with persistent calyx or its scar. Seeds oo , reniform ; testa 

 thick hard; embryo curved or hippocrepiform, sometimes cyclical; 

 radicle elongate ; cotyledons small. — Trees or shrubs rarely under- 

 shrubs, glabrous or oftener tomentose ; leaves opposite penninerved ; 

 flowers ^ axillary or lateral, solitary or 3-oo cymose, 2-bracteolate. 

 (Trop. and suhtrop. America.^) 



13. Myrrhinium Schott.^ — Flowers nearly of ilfyr^its, 4-merous; 

 stamens 4, alternipetalous, or 5-8, in pairs ; filaments^ very long, 2- 

 plicate in bud ; anthers introrse. Germen 2-locular, style elongate, 



^ Berg, Zinncsa, xxvii. 435. ■* Berg, Linncea, xxvii. 350, — B. H. Gen. 713, 



2 Spec, atout 60. H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. n. 46. 



150, t. 147.— A. S.-H. Fl. Bras. Mer. ii. t. 139 ^ Rather large showy, or small. 



(Psidium). — Lindl. Collect. 16. — Griseb. Fl. ^ Lamb. Trans, linn. Soc. xi. t. 17. — Bexth 



Brit. W.-Ind. 242.— Berg, Mart. Fl. Bras. Myrt. Fl. EongJc. 120.— Griseb. Fl. Brit. W.-Lid. 241 



430, t. 48 {Abbevillea) ; 438, t. 49, 50; 459, t. — MiQ. Fl. Ind.-Bat. i. p. i. 468.— A. S.-H. I 



51, 52 (Acrandra); 461, t. 53 (Britoa) ; 464 Bras. Mer. n.t.l36-138.—BEnG, Mart. FL Bra 



(Laeerdaa). —WAJ.T. Rep. ii. 170, 932 ; v. 750. Myrt. 381, t. 41, 42.— ^o^. Beg. t. 622, 653, 107'. 



3 Gen. n. 615.— J. Gen. 324, 453.— Lamk. —Bot. Mag. t. 1779, 2501. — Walp. Rep. i 

 Diet. iii. 16 ; Suppl. ii. 824 ; III. t. 416,— DC. 170 ; v. 750 ; Ann. ii. 624 ; iv. 831. 



Prodr. iii. 232.— Spach, Suit, cb Biiffon, iv. 152.— ^ Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 404.— Endl. Geti 



Endl. Gen. n. 6315.— H. Bn. Payer Fam. Nat. n. 6273.— B. H. Gen. 717, n. 51.— Felicia)) 



364.— B. H. Gen. 713, n. 45.— Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. Cambess. A. S.-E. Fl. Bras. Mer. ii. 375, t. lb', 



467.— Guaiava T. Inst. 660, t. 443.— Gjsrtn. —Spach, Suit, a Bufon, iv. ISi.—Tetrastcinoi 



Fruct. i. 185, t. 38. — Burchardia Neck. Flem. n. Hook, et Arn. Bot. Misc. iii. 317. 

 728. — Acca Berg, Linncea, xxvii. 138. — Calyp- * Dense red, very conspicuous. 



tropsidium Berg, loc. cit. 349. 



