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sobtus pronijiiiilisj veunlis intcrjectis tenuiorihus^ ramulosis^ 

 saltus vix promiiitilis. Pediincnli 1—3'" long., coropressi. 

 Gennen «lepresso-carapannlatum , intus glaiidiilis creberrimis 

 impletiira, bracteolis 2, ovate lanceolatis, caiiiiatis, %"' loug. 

 stipatinn, disco piano, orbiculari obtectnin. Sepala 1"' long., 

 1 Va"' lat. (\. s. in hb. Berol. et Vindob,). 



Habitat in Cht'ii (Ad, de Chainisso, coli. no. 55), iii sil- 

 vis ad Talcahuano (Poeppig, coli. uo. 456). 



53. fi. ovalts Berg: glaberrima, nisi geinmis subsericeis; 

 foliis snbsessilibns » rigide coriaceis, ovalibiis v. oblong© -ova- 

 libns, apice obtnsis v, retusis, brevissime apiculatis, basi snb- 

 ciineatis, in petiolnm vix distiuctnm attennatis, discoloribus, 

 snpra impresso -, impeIliicido= pnnctatis, nitidis , reticulato- 

 venosis. (inplicalo linibinerviis; pediiuciilis axillaribns, solita- 

 riis, 1-floris, compressis, folio brevioribnss germine bilocn- 

 lari; sepalis inaequaübns, i^ubrotnndis, firabriafo -ciliatis. t). 



Myrtus ovalis Flor. Periiv. ined. 



Rami tetragoni; ramiili compressi, purpiirei, nitidi. Fo- 

 lia opposita, 1'2— '*20'" long., 8 ™ 12" lat. , supra obscare 

 viridia, subtus« fuscescentia : petiolo alato: nervo raedio snpra 

 impresso, snbtns elevato; venis erecto- p.Uulis, ntriuque pro- 

 minentibns; veniilis interjectis reticnlatis. snbfus prominiilis. 

 PeduncHJi 8™ 10'" long. Alabastra obovata, 5"' long.; 

 bracteolis stipantibns caducis. Germen sporophoris bilamella- 

 tis 5 pluriovulatis. Sepala 4, intns sericea , 2 majora 2'" 

 long. Petala 4, obovato- rotiinda, intns superne sericea, lim- 

 briato-ciliata. 3'" long. Stamiua stylnsqne 4"' long. (v. in 

 hb. Berol. gen.) 



Habitat in Pcruviae audinni nemoribus (Ruiz). 



54. E. (Jumingii Hook, et Arn. ; rarais foliisque ad petio- 

 um et uervum siibtus rufo-villosis; foliis coriaceis, late ovatis, 



