L1V. MYRTACEiE. 



I. MYRTLE SERIES. 



The best known plant of the Myrtle genus ' is doubtless the common 

 Myrtle (fig. 277-283), so frequently cultivated in our gardens. Its 



Myrtus communis. 



Fig. 279. Diagram. 



Fig. 277. Floriferous branch (i). 



Fig. 280. Long. sect, of flower (f). 



flowers are hermaphrodite and regular, with a receptacle in the form 

 of a deep cut in the cavity of which is lodged the adnate ovary, 

 whilst the perianth and andrœcium are inserted in its margin. The 



1 Myrtus T. Inst. 640, t. 409.— L. Gen. n. 617 Spach, Suit, à Suffon, iv. 157.— Endl. Gen. n. 



(part).— Adans. Fain, des PL ii. 88.— J. Gen. 6316 (part).— Payer, Organog. 459, t. 98.— H. 



324.— Lamk. III. t. 419.— Poir. Diet. iv. 404 ; Bn. layer Fam. Nat. 363.— Bero, Linnaa xxvii. 



Supp). iv. 49.— DC. Prod?: iii. 238 (part).— 397; xxix. 253; xxx. 710.— B. H. Gen. 714, n. 



