392 MYRSINU^. 



2-1-flo.wered, flaocid, devoid of scales : bracts sheathing, subtruneate, single, auricled at the 

 base ; calyx-segments ovate, rounded ; corolla pink ; upper lip entire, inferior 3-lobed, 

 nearly as long as the conical-cylindrical, hluntish, straight spar. — Mart. Fl. Bras. 9. t. 20. 

 /. 2, t. 22./. 1. — U. palatini, TTei.— Scape 5"-2", corolla &"-4,"' long. — Hab. Trinidad !, 

 Pd., Cr., in ditches of savannahs, Aripo ; [Guiana, Brazil]. 



8. IT. coccinea, Senjam. leaves alternate along the immersed floating stem : blad- 

 ders obliquely subglobose, scattered on their capillary segments ; scapes short, 1^2-flowered, 

 devoid of scales : bracts sheathing, blunt, single, exauriculate ; calyx-segments roundish ; 

 corolla small, " crimson :" lips entire, nearly as long as the straightish Hunt spur. — Scapes 

 l"-2", corolla li'" long.— Hab. Trinidad I, Pd. ; [Venezuela]. 



9. XT. foliosa, L. Leaves alternate along the immersed floating branches : bladders on 

 their capillary segments, scarce, minutely globose; scapes stout, many-flowered, bearing 

 1-2 scales below the lax raceme : bracts sheathing, blunt, single, exaurioulate ; calyx-seg- 

 ments roundish ; corolla yellow : lips subentire, a little longer than the conical-cylindrical, 

 pointed spur. — IJ. oKgospeima, St. Mil. — Scape 8"-10''' long; corolla 4"'-6"'diam. — Hab, 

 Trinidad I, Pd. ; [Venezuela to Brazil !]. 



2. PINGUICULA, L. 



Calyx 2-lipped : the superior lip 3-, the i:iferior 2-fid or -partite. Corolla spurred. — 

 Leaves resulate; scapes \-fl0toered. 



10. P. elongata, Benjam. Pilose; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate; calyx-lobes 

 oblong-lanceolate ; corolla violet : tube broadly cylindrical, lobes broadly ovate, blunt : spur 

 vei7 short, bluntly cylindrical. — Leaves 4"-12" long, lV'-3"' broad, about as long as the 

 scape; corolla 8"^10"', spur l"'-2"' long. — Hab. Jamaica 1, Pd. 



cm. MYESINE^. 



Character of Primulacea, bat stem woody and pericarp fleshy. — Fruit globose, usually 

 small. 



Kesinous, oblong or roundish spots occur frequently on the drupes, leaves, and flowers. 

 The orange-coloured berries of Jacquinia armillaris, used as a toy, iu:e said to be poisonous. 



1. MYRSINE, L. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx 4-5-fid. Corolla 4-5-partite : segments imbricative or 

 valvate. Anthers pvate-obloug, longitudinally dehiscent : filaments short. Stigma lobed. 

 Drujie 1-seeded by abortion, — ^Leaves alternate ; flowers clustered : clusters in the axUs or 

 lateral. 



Sect. 1, Manglilla, Jacq. — Corolla valvate. 



1. M. Iseta, A. DC. Branches rusty-puberulous, at length glabrate ; leaves chartaceoia, 

 lanceolate or Janceolate-elliptical, usually hluntish, quite entire, subrevolate at the margin, 

 glabrous or glabrescent, dotted beneath, devoid of pellucid dots; clttsters subsessile: flowere 

 shortly pedicellate or subsessile ; calyx 5-4-fid. — Samara, L. {exclua. synon.), Sw. Ots. M. 

 salicifolia, Berterii, floridana, trinitatis, A. DC. M. coriacea, Sieb. Trin. BO I {noa S. Sr.) 

 M. myricoides, Schlecht. : a form with the young leaves rusty-downy beneath, M. floccu- 

 losa. Mart. Fl. Bras. 16. t. 58 (M. rufescens, A. DC.).— A tree ; leaves variable, 3"- 

 li"(-4") long, 8"'-6"'(14"0 broad; pedicels usually much shorter than the drupe; drupe 

 l"'-li"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica 1, all coU., in the mountains ; Dominica I, Imr. ; Trinidad I, 

 Sieb. ; [Cuba !, Guadeloupe !, Florida and Mexico 1, to Brazil 1 and Peru I]. 



Sect. 2. Etjmybsine. — Corolla imbricative. 



2. ra. coriacea, £. £r. Glabrous; leaves leathery, lanceolate, lanceolate-oblong, ov 

 obovate-oblong, usudly hluntish, qivite entire, polished, subrevolute at the margin, doited 

 with pellucid points and numerous lines; clmters stalked, vimsliy hiKttIi : stalk (or abor-: 



