MY RT ACE M. 355 



Myrtus or Psidiwrh. Fruit baccate oblong, crowned with persistent 

 calyx ; " seeds angular albuminous ; cotyledons of straight embryo 

 foliaceous flat ; radicle elongate." 1 A shrub ; leaves opposite cori- 

 aceous penninerved, nitid above, cano-tomentose below; flowers 2 

 pedunculate, few at summit of ramules, but " finally growing late- 

 rally from branch." {Brazil?) 



9 ? Marlieria Camb. 4 — Flowers nearly of Myrtus (or Myrcia) ; 

 receptacular tube produced beyond germen adnate within. Calyx 

 closed in bud or slightly open at apex and 4-5-lobed (Rubachia 5 ), 

 oftener at anthesis disruptly 4-5-lobed. Petals 4, 5, or more rarely 

 0. Stamens co , co -seriate ; anthers versatile. Germen 2-4-locular ; 

 ovules in cells 2, ascending. Fruit, sometimes crowned with base of 

 calyx, etc., of Myrtus ; cotyledons of incurved embryo contortuplicate. 

 — Trees or shrubs; leaves and inflorescence of Myrcia. 6 (Trop, and 

 subtrop. America. 1 ) 



10. Calyptrantb.es Sw. 8 — Flowers nearly of Myrtus (or Marlie- 

 ria) ; calyx turbinate, closed in bud, finally at anthesis, circumscissus 

 at base and calyptrately deciduous. Petals 1-5, small, very small 

 (or 0). Ovules in 2, 3 cells of germen 2 or more rarely co (Mitran- 

 thes 9 ). Fruit baccate, seed, etc., of Myrtus ; cotyledons of incurved 

 embryo contortuplicate. — Trees and shrubs ; leaves and inflorescence 

 of Myrcia. (Trop. America. 111 ) 



11. Campomanesia E. & Pav. 11 — Flowers nearly of Calyptran- 

 thes ', calyx 5-lobed or more rarely 4-6-lobed, sometimes patelliformly 

 dilated at base (Pairœa 12 ) ; lobes either conspicuous rather obtuse, or 



1 Character of seed from Berg, loo. cit. Bk. Jam. 239. — Zuzygium P. Br. loc. ait 240 (ex 



2 Rather large showy ; stamens coloured. Endl.). — Chytralia Adans. Fain, des PI. ii. SO. — 



3 Spec. 1. F. Sellowiana Berg. — Orthostemon Calyptranthus J. Diet. Sc. Nat. vi. 274 (not Bl.). 

 ScllowUinus Berg. — 0. oboratiis Berg, lue. cit. 9 Berg, Limites, xxvii. 316 ; xxix. 248; xxx. 



■> A. S.-LT. FI. Bras. Mer. ii. 373, t. 156.— 700. 

 Spach, Suit, à Buffon, iv. 183.— Endl. Gen. n. >" Spec, ahout 70. A. S.-H. PI. TTs. Bras. t. 



6318.— H. Bx. Payer Fam. Nat. 364.— B. H. 14; FI. Bras. Mer. ii. 1. 155.— Seem. PI. fit. 81. 



Gen. 716, n. 54. — Griseb. Fl. Brit. W.-Ind. 232.— Berg, Mart. 



5 Berg, Linncea xxvii. 11 ; xxix. 209.— Eage- Fl. Bras. Myrt. 3S, t. 16, 17; 354, t. 33 {Mi- 

 niopsit Berg, Linnasa. xxvii. 80; xxix. 219; tranthes). — Walp. Rep. ii. 178; v. 752 ; Ann. 

 xxx. 665 ; xxxi. 249. ii. 629. 



6 A genus between Myrcia and Calypfrani/tcs, » Prodi: Fl. Per. 72, t. 13; Syst. 128.— DC. 

 dill, ring only in the calyx. Prodr. iii. 232. — Spach, Suit, à Buffuii, iv. 151. 



7 Spec, about 35. Griseb. Fl. Brit. JJ'.-Ind. —Endl. Gen. n. 6314.— B. H. Gen. 712, n. 43.— 

 233.— Berg, Mart. Fl. Bras. Myrt. 28, t. 13 Britoa Berg, Linncea, xxvii. 435 ; xxix. 257. — 

 (Rubachia) ; 31, t. 14, 15; 143, t. 21, 22 [Euge- Lacerdœa Berg, Linncea, xxx. l\Z.—Abbevillea 

 niopsis). — Walp. Rep. ii. 177. Berg, Linncea, xxvii. 425 ; xxix. 256 ; xxxi. 



8 Prodr. 80; Fl. Ind. Oce. 917, t. 15. — DC. 260 (calyx generally larger and more expanded) . 

 Prodr. iii. 265.— Spach, Suit, à Buffon, iv. 168. 12 Berg, Mart. Fl. Bras. Myrt. 614.— B. H. 

 — Endl. Gen. n. 6319. — B. H. Gen. 717, n. 55. — Gen. 712, n. 44 (spec. 1, according to authors 

 II. Bx. Payer Fam. Nat. 367. — Chytraculia P. cited generieally distinct) . 



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