LIY. MYRTACE.E. 



I. MYRTLE SERIES. 



The best known plant of the Myrtle genus ^ is doubtless the common 

 Myrtle (fig. 277-283), so frequently cultivated in our gardens. Its 



MS commvms. 



■Fig. 279. Diagram. 



Fig. 277. Floriferous branch (^). 



Fig. 280. Long. sect, of flower ({). 



flowers are hermaphrodite and regular, with a receptacle in the form 

 of a deep cut in the cavity of which is lodged the adnate ovary, 

 whilst the perianth and andrcecium are inserted in its margin. The 



1 Myrtus T. Inst. 640, t. 409.— L. Gen. n. 617 Space, Suit, a Buffon, iv. 167.— Bnbl. Gen. n. 



(part).— Abans. lam. dea PI. ii. 88.— J. Gen. 6316 (part).— Pater, Orgxmog. 459, t. 98.— H. 



324.— Lamk. m. t. 419.— PoiR. Diet. iv. 404 ; Bn. Payer Fam. Nat. 363.— Berg, Unntea xxvii. 



Suppl. iv. 49.— DC. Prodr. iii. 238 (part). — 397 ; xxix. 263 ; xxx. 710.— B. H. Gen. 714, n. 



