60 S. Kurz — ContrihiUions towards a [No. 2, 



Hab. Frequent in the troj^ical forests of the Pegu Yomah and from 

 Martaban down to Tenasserim and the Andamans. — Fl. Octob. ; Fr. March, 

 Apr. 



Gyrocarpus, Jacq. 



1. G. Ameeicanus, Jacq. Amer. 282. t. 178. f. 80 ; DC. Prod. XV/1. 

 247. (G. Jacquini, Eoxb. Corom. PI. I. 2. t. 1 and Fl. Ind. I. 445 ; Bth. 

 Fl. Austr. II. 506 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylr. t. 196 ; G. Asiaticus, Willd. sp. pi. IV. 

 982 ; DC. 1. e. ; G. aciiminatus^ Meisn, in DC. 1. c. \ G. sphenopterus and 

 G. rugosiis, E. Br. Prod. Nov. HoU. 405 ; DC. 1. c). 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the coast-forests of the Andamans and 

 Tenasserim.— Fl. ES. ; Fr. CS. 



3ITETAGE^. 



Conspectus of Genera. 

 Trih. I. ZUPTOSFUBIfU^. Ovary 2—5- rarely more-celled. 

 Fruit a capsule, either opening at the summit in as many valves as there 

 are cells, or very rarely indehiscent. 



* Stamens in a single row, free. 



B^CKEA. Stamens usually fewer than 20. Flowers small. Leaves opposite, 

 narrow. 



Leptospermum. Stamens numerous, in a continuous row. Flowers solitary or 

 crowded. Leaves alternating. 



* * Stamens tmited into 5 separate bundles. 



Melaleuca. Staminal bundles alternating with the petals. Flowers in heads or 

 spikes. Leaves alternating. 



Teistania. Staminal bundles opposite the petals. Flowers in cymes or corymbs. 

 Leaves broad, alternate, rarely opposite. 



Trih. II. MYBTU^. Ovary 2- or more-celled. Fruit an indehiscent 

 berry or drupe very rarely opening by an apical opercle. 

 Subtr. I. EU-MYRTE^. Leaves opposite, dotted. 



X Stigma peltate or capitate. Testa of seeds hard. Cotyledons small. 

 + Ovules 2 — 6 in each cell. 

 Decaspeemum. Ovary 5- or rarely 4 -celled. Embryo long and narrow, curved, 

 circular or spiral. 



+ + Ovules numerous, in 2 or more series. 

 Rhodamnia. Ovary 1-celled, with 2 parietal placentas. Leaves 3-nerved. 

 Ehodomyrtus. Ovary 1-, 2-, or 3-celled, with 2 rows of superposed ovules in each 

 cell and the ovules separated by transverse septa. Leaves sometimes 3-nerved. 



PsiDiuM. Ovary 2 — 7 (usually 4 — 5)-cellcd, the placentas often 2-lamellate. 

 Leaves penni-nerved. 



X X Stigma simple, minute. Testa of seed membranous. 

 Eugenia. Ovary 2 — 3-cclled, with several ovules in each cell. Embryo thick and 

 fleshy, either indivisible or with 2 thick fleshy cotyledons, the radicle short. Flowers 4- 

 rarely 5-merous, solitary or in cymes or panicles. Leaves ponni-norved. 



Subtr. II. LECYTEIDEJS. Leaves alternate, not dotted. Calyx nearly valvate, 

 rarely imbricate. 



