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9. MYRCIA Gestasiana. f 



M. ramis apice rufescenti-tomentosis ; foliis breviter petiolatis , oblongis , breviter acu- 

 minatis, subglabratis 5 paniculis folio multo brevioribus, paucifloris; floribus rufescenti- 

 tomentosis; calycinis lobis acutis. 



Rami inferne teretiusculi , subglabrati, cortice griseo vestiti; superne angulosi, rufescenti-tomentosi. 

 Folia 3-5 poll. longa, i-y poll. lata, breviter petiolata, oblonga, basi et apice gradatim angustata, 

 brcviter acuminata, integerrima, obsolete pellucido-punctata , novella rufescenti-tomentosa, adulta 

 subglabrata ; nervo medio subtiis prominente; lateralibus subtiis prominulis, anastomosantibus, apice 

 innervum margini parallelum confluentibus : petiolus 2 1. longus, supra profunde sulcatus, subtiis 

 convexus, rufescenti-tomentosus vel subglabratus. Pakiculje axillares terminalesque, oppositee, folio 

 raulto breviores , 1-2-pollicares, ramosae, pauciflorse; rachi ramulisque angulosis, rufescenti-tomen- 

 tosis. Flores in ramulis sessiles, subfasciculati, basi bracteis duabus lanceolatis, acutiusculis, 2 1 

 longis, rufescenti-tomentosis suffulti. Calyx 2 l. longus, campanulatus, rufescenti-tomentosus, bre- 

 viter 5-fidus ; lobis acutis. Petala 5, i\ 1. longa, concava, ovato-rotundata , denticulata, extiis rufes- 

 centi-tomentosa , interiore pagina glabra, pellucido-punctata. Stamina creberrima, calyce triente lon- 

 eiora, glabra : filamenta filiformia : antherse dorso aflixae, ellipsoidese • Stylus petala longitudine 

 sequans , subulatus , glandulosus, glaber. Stigma parvulum. Ovarium apice tomentosum, 2-loculare , 

 loculis 2-ovulatis. Ovula ascendentia, obovoidea. Fructus non suppetiit. 



In monte Tijuca prope Rio de Janeiro. Ab amico Gestas communicata. 



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10. MYRCIA CORDLEFOLIA. 



M. caule fruticoso \ ramis rufescenti-tomentosis ; foliis petiolatis, ovatis ellipticisve , 

 acutis , reticulato-nervosis ; subtiis rufescenti-tomentosis ; paniculis folio brevioribus, mul- 

 tifloris; floribus rufescenti-tomentosis; lobis calycinis obtusis, reflexis. 



Myrcia cordiaefolia. Var. /3. minor. DC. Prodr. 3, p. 2/\8. 



Myrtus cordiaefolia. Mart. Herb. . 



Frutex 8-9-pedalis. Rami angulosi, rufescenti-tomentosi.' Folia 3-4t poll. longa, i5-2{ 1. lata, pe- 



tiolata, ovata vel elliptica, basi saepius rotundata, acuta, integerrima, margine subtus revoluta , supra 



puberula, subtiis rufescenti-tomentosa , pellucido-punctata; nervis venisque supra manifeste impres- 



I sis, subtiis valde prominentibus , reticulatis; nervis lateralibus apice anastomosantibus et in nervum 



margini parallelum confluentibus : petiolus 3 1. longus, supra profunde sulcatus, subtus convexus , 



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