356 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



Yovj small or subnil in bud ; limb at anthesis often longitudinally 

 fissus between lobes. Petals 4-6, patent. Stamens co , qo -seriate ; 

 anthers ovate or oblong, sometimes apiculate (Acrandra '). Germen 

 4-lO-locular ; ovules oo , inserted on 2-lamellate or little prominent 

 subpeltate placenta ; style simple, capitate or oftener peltate at stig- 

 matose apex. Berries, etc., of Myrtus ; embryo elongate and spirally 

 involute ; radicle very elongate ; cotyledons rather short. — Trees or 

 shrubs ; leaves opposite penninerved ; flowers axillary, solitary, few 

 or 00 cymose. (Trop. and subtrop. America.^) 



12. Psidiiiin L.^ — Flowers nearly of Gampomanesia', receptacle 

 campanulate or piriform. Calyx closed in bud, sometimes crowned 

 with foliaceous lobes (Psidiopsis*) ; lobes oftener 4, 5, before anthesis 

 short, wide (or 0} ; at anthesis often fissus or disrupted to the base. 

 Petals 4, 5. Stamens qo ; anthers oblong or narrow linear, Germen 

 2-8-locular ; style at apex peltate or capitate ; ovules qo , inserted on 

 entire, subpeltate or 2-lamellate placenta. Berry various in form, 

 crowned with persistent calyx or its scar. Seeds oo , reniform ; testa 

 thick hard; embryo curved or hippocrepiform, sometimes cyclical; 

 radicle elongate ; cotyledons small. — Trees or shrubs rarely under- 

 shrubs, glabrous or oftener tomentose ; leaves opposite penninerved ; 

 flowers ^ axillary or lateral, solitary or 3-qo cymose, 2-bracteolate. 

 (Trop. and suhtrop. America.^) 



13. Myrrhinium Schott,'' — Elowers nearly of Myrtus, 4-merous; 

 stamens 4, alternipetalous, or 5-8, in pairs ; filaments' very long, 3- 

 plicate in bud ; anthers introrse. Germen 2 -locular, style elongate. 



1 Bebo, Zinnisa, xxvii. 433. " Bekg, Unnaa, xxvii. 350,— B. H. Gm. 713, 



" Spec, atout 60. H. B. K. Nov. Oen. et Sp. vi. n. 46. 



150, t. 147. — ^A. S.-H. Fl. Bras. Mer. ii. t. 139 * Kather large sho-wy, or small. 



')■ — LiNDL. Collect. 16.— Geiseb. Fl. ^ JjAMb. Trans. Zinn. Soe. :n..t. 17. — Benth. 



Brit. W.-Ind. 242.— Berq, Mart. Fl. Bras. Myrt. Fl. JSmgk. 120.— Geiseb. Fl. Brit. W.-Ind. 241. 



430, t. 48 [AbhevUlea) ; 438, t. 49, 50; 459, t. — MiQ. Fl. Ind.-Bat. i. p. i. 468.— A. S.-H. Fl. 



51, 52 (Acrandra); 461, t. 53 (Britoa); 464 Bras. Mer.^.t.l56-\ZS.--B^^aa, Mart. Fl. Bras. 



(Zaeerd<sa).—WAi.F. Sep. ii. 170, 932 ; t. 750. Myrt. 381, t. 41, i2.—Bot. Reg. t. 622, 653, X079. 



3 Gen. n. 615.— J. Gen. 324, 453.— Lamk. —Bot. Mag. t. 1779, 2501. —Walp. Hep. ii. 



Diet. iii. 16 ; Suppl. ii. 824 ; III. %. 416.— DO. 170 ; v. 750 ; Ann. ii. 624 ; iv. 831. 

 Prodr.iu.^Z2.—STLoa,Suit.d,Buffon,br.l5%.— 7 Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 404.— Endl. Gen. 



Enbl. Gen. n. 6315.— H. Bn. Payer Fam. Nat. n. 6273.— B. H. Gen. 717, n. 67.— Felicianit 



364.— B. H. Gen. 713, n. 45.— Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. Cambess. A. S.-S. Fl. Bras. Mer. ii. 375, t. 157. 



i67.—Gmiava T. Inst. 660, t. 443.— Gjeetn. — Spaoh, Suit, a Buffon, iv. Xii.—Tetrastemon, 



Fruct. i. 185, t. Z&.^Burchardia Neck. Flem. u. Hook, et Akn. Bot. Misc. iii. 317. 

 728.— ^«M Bekg, Zinnesa, xxvii. ISS.—Calyp- s Dense red, very conspicuous. 



tropsidimn Bebg, loo. cit. 349. 



