2. Myrtus.] 63. MYRTACE&. 



2. MYRTUS, L. 



Mystic differs cliirHy from Eugenia in the horseshoe-ski}".! 

 embryo, small cotyled ■■.- d ■ ■ ■ | .a rati very large hypocotyl. The 



, lanceolate leaves l-l'.V long, 

 - ellipsoid berries which finally 



4. PSIDIUM, L. The 

 P. guayava, 1. Syn. P. pyriferum 8 



l large shrub or small tree with oppoa 



Embryo horseshoe--, 



5. EUCALYPTUS, L'Heritier. 



,i verticajy, 



petioled and of a different shape. studded with oil elands , 



frequently glaucous. Flouers -mall in heads or unihels lai 



..■•y. Ifypaiiihima ■-■ -nt i mi- .u< with the pedicel : 



yond the ovary as a truncate "calyx-tul 



without sepals. Petals entirely fu.W int.. a .-alyptra. Stain 



numerous. Ovary 3-6-celled with numerous axile ovules, li 



nd w. ,.,.!>• dehiscing loculicidally at the top. Se 



