MYRTACE^ Z11 



produced beyond germen adnata to cavity within. Calyx inserted on 

 margin cyathifornij at first subentire, finally divided, irregularly 2-4- 

 lobed. Petals 4, or more rarely 6, patent. Stamens x) , inserted on 

 thick subcupular disk ; filaments unequal, oo -seriate ; the interior 

 smaller ; all thick connivent in a globe involute ; anthers small ; cells 

 distinct rimose. Germen inferior, 4-locular; style short, at apex cross- 

 rayed-4-lobed ; ovules in cells 2-4, descending. Fruit fleshy, crowned 

 with calyx ; seed oftener 1, descending ; testa thick ; embryo . . . ? — 

 Lofty trees ; leaves alternate, collected at top of twigs, entire or 

 sinuate penninerved epunctate ; flowers cymose on trunk or branches, 

 shortly pedicellate.'" {Trdp. America}) 



56. Gustavia L.^ — Flowers 4-6-merous ; receptacle turbinate or 

 subhemispherical. Sepals 4-6, connate at base or higher, persistent. 

 Petals 5-8, subequal, imbricate. Stamens oo , regularly go -seriate ; 

 filaments equally urceolately connate at base, inflexed in bud ; an- 

 thers basifixed linear, sub-4-locellate ; cells parallel, dehiscing by 

 longitudinal or sometimes short poriform cleft. Germen inferior, ad- 

 nate within to receptacle, at apex flat or depressed, 4-6-locular ; style 

 central very short, apex stigmatose very shortly lobate or sulcate. 

 Ovules in cells oo , anatropous ; funicle short or 0. Fruit fibrous, 

 crowned with calyx or umbilicate at apex, indehiscent. Seeds co 

 (oftener few), suspended by means of an elongate incrassate plicate 

 arilliform funicle ; testa hard ; cotyledons of exalbuminous embryo 

 thick, sometimes unequal ; radicle short. — Trees or shrubs ; leaves 

 alternate,* entire or serrate penninerved, oftener impunctate ; fiowers 

 solitary or few cymose ; peduncle articulate, sometimes 2-braoteolate 

 to middle. (Trap. America.^) 



57 ? Cariniana Casab.^ — Flowers nearly of Oustavia, 5-6-merous. 

 Stamens oo , unequal, oo -seriate ; filaments connate at base to a more 



1 A genus apparently allied in some respects t. 192, 193. — J. Gen. 326. — Pom. Diet. v. 344. — 

 to Gustavia, in others to Gourataris, but not seen Lamk. III. t. 592. — H. B. K. Nov. Gen: et Spec. 

 ty us. vii. 261. — Spallanzania Neck, JUlem, 79, n. 733. 



2 Spec. 1, 2 (ex Mieks 4). Sloan. Sist. ii. 123, — Teiehmeyera Scop. Introd. n. 1212. 

 1. 127, fig. 1, 2 [Anchovy Pear).— v. Bk. Jam. 245. * Nearly of Dillenice. 



— LuN. Sort. Jam. i. 19. — Seem. Toy. JSerald, ' White or pink or red, showy. 



jBo«.126.— Geiseb. J^. Br. W.-Ind. 242.— Hook. « Spec, about 10. Berg, Mart. M. Bras. Myrt. 



T. Bot. Mag. t. 5622.— Walp. Rep. ii. 193. 469, t. 65, 56.— Miees, Trans. Linn. Sac. xxx. 



» Amcen. viii. 266, t. 5.— L. p. Swppl. 51.— 158, iVS, t. 33 A.— Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 6069, 



PoiT. Ann. Mus. xiii. 156, t. 5-7.— DC. Prodr. 5239, 6151.— Walp. Sep. ii. 193 ; v. 766. 



iii. 289.— Spaoh, iSw*. ^^M#ow, iv. 187.— Bnbl. ^ Nov. Stirp. Bras. Dec. 36.— Mieks, Trans. 



Gen. n. 6327. — Berg, Linntsa, xxvii. 441. — B.H. Linn. Soc. xxx. 169, 284, t. 35 C. 

 Gen. 721, n. 64. — Pirigara Aubl. Guian. i. 487, 



