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5. Myrtus nliginosa : ramulis petiolisque birtcllo -pube- 

 ris, foliis parvis brevissitne petiolatis ellipticis vel ovato- 

 ellipticis submucronato -aculis utrinque glanduloso-puuctatis, 

 snbtus versus basin in rosta prominula puboris, florihus axil- 

 larilius solitariis gracilinseiile pcdunculatis, calycis turbinati 

 basi bibracteolati limbi lobis 4 ovatis acntinsculis glabris , pe- 

 talis rnbellis?, stylo stainina superaute, ovario biloculari, 

 baccis globosis calycis limbo coronatis, violacco- purpureis, 

 biloeularibus, loculis mouosperinis, scininibus reniformi-com- 

 pressis. — In uliginosis prope Valdiviam, m. Dec. n. 448. — 

 Foüa densissima 2 — 3 lin. longa. Pedunciili glabri 2 lin. 

 circitcr longi. Calycis lobi ciliolati. Baccae pisi magn. 



Forma major, foliis scmipollice vulgo majoribus mar- 

 gine ciliolatis. In Prov. Valdivia n. 609a. 



6. IVIyrtobiuiii , genus Lorantbacearum: FJorcs dioici. 



Masc Feminei axillares solitarii. Verigonii tubus 



adhaerens, litnbus 4-lobus patens, praeflorationc valvatus, 

 deciduus. Ovarium iiniloculare. Stigma in disco epigyno 

 subsessile depresso- capitellatum. Colum/ia ovullfera e basi 

 Civitatis orta , apice pluriovulafa. Frvchts carnosus ? disco 

 cpigyno stigmateque coronatus, ovoidens. 



Myrtobium microphyllum. In fruticis Myrtacci ramis 

 parasiticnm , in sylvis prope urbem Valdiviam, in. Dcc. et Jan. 

 n. 461. — Fruticulns pede quidquam altior, iuferne penna au- 

 serina tenuior, e Myrti vel Eugeniae ramo ejusdera fere cras- 

 sitiei egressus, inferne simplex nudns teretinscnlus cortice rn- 

 gnloso obdiictns, eicatricibus liic illic manifestis, superne dense 

 vulgo opposite ramosus; rami juniores ramulique tetragoni, ru- 

 biginoso-hirtelli, omnes dense foliati , decussato -dispositi, hi 

 breviusculi patentes aequilöngi. Folia brevissime petiolala 

 (basi contracla ima petiolum sistente) coriacea, rainorum ma- 

 jora, conformia tarnen, obovato- elliptica vel elliptica, apice 



