MYRTACEiE. 833 



glabrous, with minute pellucid dots, or at length opaque : veins delicate, running into arches ; 

 ctjmes glabrous^ peduncled, once to thrice S-fid; flowers pedicellate, single; calyx ovoid, 

 mncronate, glabrous; petals 0; "berry sub^lobose." — ^Br. Jam. t. 7./. 3. — Myrtus, L. 

 C. rigida, Macf. I (jion Sw.). — A shrub ; leaves 24"-2", calyx 2'" long ; cymes usually 

 shorter than the leaves, a little exserted in Swartz's specimens : the pedicels, being 2"'-3''' 

 long, give an excellent character.— Hab. Jamaica I, Stii., Al., on limestone, from the sea- 

 shore to the interior districts ; [Haiti] . 



3. C. sericea, Gr. [tl. sp.). Branchlets pubescent, cylindrical ; leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, protracted into a narrow bluntish point, shining-glabrous above, sericeous 

 beneath, obsoletely pellucid-dotted, at length opaque : veins approximate, delicate, joined 

 near the margin ; cymes rusty -sericeous, fascicled, subsessile or shortly peduncled, simple, 

 reduced to bracteolate clusters, equalling or shortly exceeding the petiole ; calyx ovoid-sub- 

 globose, obsoletely mucronulate, rusty-pubescent ; petals ; berry globose. — A tree, afford- 

 ing walking-sticks (called Debasse : Gr) : branchlets sericeous ; leaves 6"-3" long, li"-l" 

 broad : down ferrugiueous or hoary, persistent : petiole 8'" long ; hracteoles linear-oblong ; 

 calyx I'" long; berry 3'" diam., 1-seeded. — Hab. Dominical, Imr.; Trinidad !, Cr., Savo- 

 netta woods. 



'* Branchlets %-edged, bearing interpetiolar points. 



4. C. pallens, Gr. Branchlets glabrous, slightly 2-edged, with an interpetiolar point ; 

 leaves elliptical or elliptical-lanceolate, pointleted, bluntish at the top, sericeous beneath, (or 

 at length glabrate,) nearly devoid of pellncid dots : veins delicate, joined near the margin ; 

 cymes rusty -sericeous, compound, spreading, trichotomous, nearly as high as broad, pedun- 

 cled : flowers sessile, ternate ; calyx obovoid-globose, rounded at the blunt top, sericeous ; 

 petals ; berry globose. — C. Chytraculia, S grandiflora. Berg. — A shrub ; leaves 2i''-li", 

 calyx 1"' long. — Hab. Jamaica !, AL, near Kingston ; [Cuba I, Guadeloupe !]. 



5. C. rigida, iSw. Glabrous; branchlets 3-edged,bearinganinterpetiolarpoint; leavesovate- 

 lanceolate, blunt, subacute at the petioled base, opaque : veins inconspicuous ; pedicels 3 (-1), 

 as long as thefiower, spreading on the top of a lateral, usually elongated peduncle; calyx 

 subglobose, minutely mucronate ; petals 0; berry " subglobose." — A low tree; 12'— 15' high: 

 branchlets dichotomous ; leaves 10"'-12"' long, 5"'-4"' broad, rigid-chartaceous : petiole 1"' 

 long ; peduncles opposite, inserted 1'" above the axils, 8'" (-2'") long ; calyx 1'" diam. — Hab. 

 Jamaica {Sw), on the highest peaks, Catherine Hill, S. Andrews ; [Cuba !]. 



6. C. 'U^ilsoni, Gr. (». sp). Glabrous; branchlets flat-2-edged, with longitudinal 

 vrings, bearing an interpetiolar point , leaves elliptical, bluntish, acute at the subsessile, or 

 shortly petioled base, pellucid-dotted : veins inconspicuous ; pedicels hair-shaped, much 

 longer than the flower, geminate or solitary in the axils ; calyx ellipsoidal-linear, acuminate ; 

 petals ; berry . . . . — Allied to C. uniflora. Spring, which is said to have opaque leaves and 

 longer bracts. — A small tree; leaves 16"'-10"' long, 8'''-5"' broad, chartaceous; pedicels 

 8"'-4"', calyx li'" long, the latter scarcely i'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wils., Eastern peak 

 of John Crow HiU, near Bath, at 3000' alt., very rare. 



C. Tassaceana, Berg (<7. rigida, Tuss. El. 3. t. 26), stated to growinthe hills of Jamaica, 

 is unknown to me. Erom its rough figure it would exhibit the large leaves and clustered 

 flowers of 0. Chytraculia, the simple cymes of C. Syzigyiun, and the calyx of C. pallens. 



2. MAKLIERIA, Camh. 



Calyx closed, bursting above into irregular lobes. Petals 0-5. Ovary 2-3-ceIled : cells 

 2-ovulate. Berry crowned with the lacerate calyx-limb. Embryo of Calyptranthes. — Elowers 



7. M. elliptica, Gr. (». sp). Branchlets rusty-tomentose ; leaves elliptical, bluntly 

 poinlleted, opaque, shining-glabrous above, rusty-pubescent and tomentose on the midrib 

 beneath: principal veins prominulous beneath, costate, joined near the margin by a con- 

 tinuous arch ; cymes peduncled, rusty-tomentose, trichotomous, one-third as long as the 

 leaves : flowers clustered, sessile ; calyx ovoid, villous-tomentose : lobes 2-4, one larger ; 

 petals ; berry globose, glabrate.— Leaves rigid, 4"-6" long, 2"-3" broad : petiole 3"'-4"' 

 long ; calyx l^"' long ; ovary 2-celled : cells 2-ovulate : berry " fragrant," 3'" diam., 1-2- 

 seeded -. cotyledons contortuplicate. — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr., at S. Anus. 



