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GENERA 
I. MYRTEÆ. 
1. Myrtus T. — Flores hermaphroditi regulares; receptaculo con- 
Cavo, turbinato v. subcampanulato, ultra germen intus adnatum vix v. 
leviter producto. Sepala 4, 5, margini inserta, nunc late foliacea, non- 
nihil imbricata v. nequidem contigua apertaque. Petala 4, 5, alterna, 
imbricata, patentia. Stamina æ, cum perianthio inserta, & -seriata ; 
flamentis lineari-filiformibus, nune basi complanatis ; antheris brevibus 
introrsis, 2-rimosis, aut basifixis, aut versatilibus. Gernien inferum ; 
stylo filiformi simplici, ad apicem stigmatosum haud incrassato v. rarius 
capitellato ; loculis in germine 2-5, complelis y. ad apicem incomplets. 
Ovula in singulis © , angulo interno placeutæ simplicis v. 2-lamellatæ 
© -Seriatim inserta, parva, anatropa. Fructus baccatus, calyce persistente 
Y. ejus cicatrice coronatus, 1- -spermus. Semina subreniformia; testa 
membranacea v. ossea ; embryonis hippocrepici v. nonnihil involuti ra- 
dicula tereti longissima ; cotyledonibus brevioribus v. minimis. — Arba- 
res v, sæpius frutices, odorati, glabri v. pubescentes ; folis oppositis 
exslipulatis penninerviis pellacido-punctulatis, parvis v. majusCulis, sub- 
membranaceis v. coriaceis; floribus axillaribus peduneulatis, solitariis v. 
Cymosis 3-7, rarius æ ; lateralibus sæpius longius pedicellatis ; bracteolis 
sub flore parvis BEI PRRER arius latis foliaceis. (Europa austr., Asia 
OCC., Oceania, America austro-occ. et extratrop.) — Vid. p. 505. 
2. Rhodomyrtus DC. ! — Flores Myrt ; germinis loculis 2-4, ple- 
rumque septis spuriis verticalibns in locellos 2 divisis ; locellis singulis 
inter ovula æ , septulis transversis? e placenta ortis divisis. Fructus bac- 
1. Mém. re us gr ke ver 1 Gen., n. 6316, 6. —B. H., Gen., 713, n. 48. 
uns es 2. "In fructu induratis 
