393 



Etf genta Selktrkn Hook, et Arn. in Hook. Bot. Mise. lll. 

 p 318. - Banieoud in Gay. Hisf. Chil. Bot. II. p. 392. — 

 Myrius Ugni Bert, 



Frntex ereetns. Braeteolao hypanthae linear! -obloiigae, 

 genuine longiores. "f. 



Habitat in insula Jtfan t'ernandez (Bertero). 



^XXlf. Myrteola Berji. 

 Mijrli species anctor. 

 Hjpanthiitni (laiyris tubus anct.) supra gerinen uou pro- 

 dnctum, bractoolis %. persistentibns stipalnni. Germen iii- 

 complete tri-, rarins bilocnlare, sporophoris bilainellatis, pa- 

 rietalibns} a\i conniventibns, secl «iiseretis, panciovnlalis. Se- 

 paJa 1, subaeqnalia, persistentia. Petala 4. sepalis panio 

 longiora. Slaniina petalis *2 — 3-pla, iinf^ cum sepalis peta- 

 lisque niargini bypantbii inserta: Qlameuta in aiabastru parnm 

 curvata; aulherae bilocnlarcs, snpra basin lixae, glaudula 

 termiuatae , utrinque longitndinaliter dohiscentes, deranm mar- 

 ginibus explanatis; granula pollinis 3-goiia, 3-pora. Sty- 

 lus 1, Stigma poltatnm. Bacca calyeo coronala, pleiosper- 

 ma. Semiua hippocrepica, parva, testa dura obtecta. Em- 

 bryo arciiatus; radicnla elongata : cotylis 2, parvis, obtnsis. 



Fruticuli foliosi ; l'oliis parvis, oppositis, glandnlosis; pe- 

 dnncnlis axilJaribns, solitariis, l-floris. 



1. M. microphijlla Berg; raninlis deuse t'oliosis foliisque 

 subtus , pednucnlis et alabastris canescenti-hirsutis j foliis 

 breviter petiolatis, coriaceis, margine revoliitis, liuearibus, 

 iiovellis snpra pilosis, adnitis ibidem glaljris, nitidis, im- 

 presso - pnnctatis, aveniis; pednucnlis axillaribns, l-floris, 

 folio brcvioribns; germine 2 — 3-lofnlari; sepalis lanceolalis, 

 acutis; stamiuibns circiter 12; bacca depresso-globosa, bra- 

 cteolis stipata, calyce coronata. "t). 



