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 , oo -seriate ; 

 antbers ovate or oblong, sometimes apieulate (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 ratber sbort. — Trees or 

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

 or oo cymose. (Trop, and subtrop. America. 2 ) 



1.2. Psidium L. 3 — Flowers nearly of Gampomanesia; receptacle 

 campanulate or piriform. Calyx closed in bud, sometimes crowned 

 witb foliaceous lobes (Psidiopsis*) ; lobes oftener 4, 5, before antbesis 

 sbort, wide (or 0) ; at antbesis often fissus or disrupted to tbe base. 

 Petals 4, 5. Stamens oo ; antbers 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 witb persistent calyx or its scar. Seeds oo , reniform ; testa 

 tbick bard ; embryo curved or bippocrepiform, sometimes cyclical ; 

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

 sbrubs, glabrous or oftener tomentose ; leaves opposite penninerved ; 

 flowers 5 axillary or lateral, solitary or 3-oo cymose, 2-bracteolate. 

 ( Trop, and subtrop. America. 6 ) 



13. Myrrhinium Schott. 7 — Flowers nearly of Myrtus, 4-merous; 

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

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



1 Berg, Linnœa, xxvii. 435. 4 Berg, Linnœa, xxvii. 350,— B. H. Gen. 713, 



= Spec, about 60. H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. n. 46. 



150, t. 147.— A. S.-H. Fl. Bras. Mer. ii. t. 139 5 Rather large showy, or small. 



(Psidium). — Lindl. Collect. 16. — Griseb. Fl. 6 Lamb. Trims. Linn. Soc. xi. t. 17. — Benth. 



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



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



51, 52 (Acrandra) ; 461, t. 53 (Britoa) ; 464 Bras. Mer. ii. 1. 136-138.— Berg, Mart. Fl.Bras. 



(Lacerdœa).— Walp. Sep. ii. 170, 932 ; v. 750. Myrt. 381, t. 41, il.— Bot. Reg. t. 622, 653, 1079. 



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



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



Prodr. iii. 232.— Spach, Suit, à Buffon, iv. 152.— 7 Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 404.— Endl. Gin. 



Endl. Gen. n. 6315.— H. Bn. Payer Fam. Nat. n. 6273.— B. H. Gen. 717, n. 57 .—Feliciana 



364.— B. H. Gen. 713, n. 45.— Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. Cambess. A. S.-H. Fl. Bras. Mcr. ii. 375, t. 157. 



i67.—Guaiava T. lust. 660, t. 443.— G^rtn. —Spach, Suit, à Buffon, iv. 184.— Tctrastemon, 



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



728. — Acca Berg, Linnœa, xxvii. 138. — Calyp- 8 Dense red, very conspicuous. 

 tropsidium Berg, loc. cil. 349. 



