MYRTACER. 471 
MYRTACE. 
usuall many as calyx-lobes, much imbricate in bud, the outer 
ones sometimes larger in bud than the inner, or rarely all cohering 
and falline off in an entire operculum. ‘Stamens indefinite, usually 
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ported by the calyx-tube, crowned with the persistent calyx-limb or 
its scar, either loculicidally capsular with as many valves as ovary- 
i iscent and 
_ with opposite or rarely alternate usually gland-dotted simple leaves. 
Flowers soli or variously arranged into a or terminal in- © 
florescences. Bracts 1 or more, bractlets 2, often minute and very 
fugaceous. : 
More than 50 species of this order, all woody plants, are found 
in Burma. Astringent principles prevail in the bark, and it is, there- 
fore, often used for tanning purposes. Fragrant, aromatic, or pun- 
gent volatile oil is the prevailing quality of Myrtaceae. The buds of 
Caryophylius aromaticus yield our cloves; all-spice or pimento-pepper 
is deriv om Pimenta. Several furnish good dessert-fruits, like 
guava, jambo, rose-apple. Heavy, usually brown-coloured timber — 
<3 obtained from the various species of Eugenia and Careya. 
x Fruit a dry capsule, opening at the top into as many 
valves as cells to the ovary (very rarely indehiscent). : 
© Stamens free or united into bundles, alternating with 
the ls. Leaves small or narrow. 
: -++ Leaves opposite, narrow; stamens free, usually 
: ' fewer than 20 : Z es . : . Baeckea. 
" ; 
Stamens numerous, in a continuous series ; flowers not in heads . Leptospermum, 
Stamens united into 5 free bundles ; flowers in heads orspikes . Melaleuca. 
- OO Stamens united into bundles, opposite the petals; Ss 
leaves alternate, posite . . -  ~« Lristamia. 
