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frequently of forty feet in height, and its wood much valued for the 

 use of the coach-makers. Gay, indeed, asserts that the true Luma 

 (his Myrhis Luma) is a shrub, with ovate-lanceolate leaves, a native 

 of the south of Chili ; but to this, with reason, he cites the synonyme 

 of Molina with a mark of doubt. I have not seen his specimens of 

 the plant in question. Schauer's Myrtus Luma, cited above, is from 

 the vicinity of Valparaiso, and must needs belong to our first variety, 

 although with unusually small leaves. Sprengel's M. Luma answers 

 to our var. (3. 



Plate 66, A. — Luma Cheken, var. a. : branches, in flower and in 

 fruit, of the natural size. Fig. 1. An unexpanded flower. 2. The 

 same, expanded. 3. A stamen. 4. Vertical section of the ovary, &c. 

 5. Transverse section of a three-celled ovary. 6. Similar section of 

 a two-celled ovary. 7. A fruit. 8. Vertical section of the same, 

 showing some of the seeds. 9. A seed. 10. Vertical section of the 

 same and the contained embryo. 11. Transverse section of the same. 

 12. The embryo detached. — The details variously magnified. — B. 

 A branch of var. (3., in fruit, of the natural size. Fig. 13. A seed, 

 magnified. 14. Embryo, from the same, magnified. 



2. Luma Temu. 



L. foliis ovalibus ellipticisve nunc obovatis obtusissimis coriaceis glabris 

 subtus pallid is obsolete penninerviis, novellis ramulisque ferrugineo- 

 puberulis; peduncidis (solitariis terms quatemisve) folia aequantibus 

 apice umbellatim 3—7-floris, flore intermedio sessili, caiteris pedicellatis, 

 pedicellis duobus majoribus sozpe trifloris ; bracteolis subulatis persis- 

 tentibus; calycis lobis rotundatis demum reflexis petal isque 4. 



Eugenia Temu, Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 56, & in Hook. Bot. Misc. 3, p. 322. 

 E. multijlora, Hook. & Arn. in Bot. Misc. 1. c, ex char. (var. foliis apice subat- 

 tenuatis) ; Gay, 1. c. ? 



Hab. Chili, near Valparaiso, &c. ; common. 



Of this pretty well-marked species, as of the following, I have seen 

 no matured fruit : but the seeds and embryo will most likely be found 



