Myrtacem.] 



CHINA. 



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nectivo brevissimo et longissimo. De Cand. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 559. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. 

 p. 145. — M. septemnervium. Lour. Cochin. 1. p. 335. De Cand. 1. c. p. 147. — Pheede, 

 Mai. 4. t. 42.— Bumph. Amb. 4. t. 72. 



The nerves of the leaves are generally five in number; sometimes they are reduced to three, and we have 

 seen, in a specimen we have from Canton, as many as seven, in which state the species forms Loureiro's 

 M. septemnervium. — Mr. Vachell and Mr. Millett find the Melastoma macrocarpum, Don, and a variety of 

 Osbeckia Chinensis, with narrow leaves, (the O. angustifolia, Wall.) and with a glabrous calyx. 



Ord. XXXV. ALANGIEiE. De Cand. 



1. Marlea begoniifolia ; Poxb. Cor. 3. t. 283. Fl. Lid. 2. p. 261. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. 

 p. 267. — Stylidium Chinense. Lour. Cochin. 1. p. 212. — Stylis Chinensis. Poir. Encycl. 

 Meth. Supp. 5. p. 260. — Pautsauvia, Juss. in Diet. Sc. Nat. v. 51. p. \.f. 182. 



We have retained, along- with De Candolle, the generic name given by Roxburgh, but we scarcely know 

 why the older one of Stylis is not retained. 



Ord. XXXVI. MYRTACEM. Juss. 



1. Baeckea frutescens; foliis linearibus muticis, pedicellis axillaribus unifloris, dentibus 

 calycinis membranaceis coloratis. De Cand. — Linn. Sp. PL p. 514. Hook, in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 2802. 



1. Syzygium? buxifolium ; arbuscula ? ramis teretibus, ramulis alato-tetragonis, foliis 

 ovatis obtusis coriaceis pellucido-punctatis margine pellucido, corymbis axillaribus termi- 

 nalibusque folio demidio brevioribus 3-5-floris, calyce 4-lobo, tubo obovato. 



The petals appear to be distinct, hence our doubts as to the genus; towhich many species are now referred, 

 of which the petals do not fall off like a calyptra. The tube of the calyx is obovate, with four angles : 

 the limb is four-lobed, the undivided part being lined with the torus; lobes ovate, slightly carinate. Stigma 

 simple. The leaves are from half-an-inch to an inch long; although we have described them as ovate, yet 

 they vary occasionally to oblong, to cuneato-oblong, and even to cuneato-obovate : we have always found 

 them obtuse. 



2. Syzygium odoratum; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis basi acutis apice longe attenuatis subim- 

 punctatis coriaceis supra nitidis, pedunculis terminalibus cymoso-paniculatis, calycis tubo 

 obovato, baccaglobosa monosperma. — De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 260 ? — S. lucidum, G&rtn. ? 

 — Opa odorata. Lour. Cochin, !./>. 377. 



Our plant agrees much better with the description given by Loureiro, than with the character of De Can- 

 dolle. It ranks, as a species, very near to S. Zeylanicurn, and S.politum, Wall., from which two it principally 

 differs by the short, not elongated, tube of the calyx. The berry appears to be white. The specimen in 

 the Collection is destitute of flower and fruit, our character of these being taken from specimens sent by 

 Mr. Millett and Mr. Vachell. We possess, by the liberality of the same gentlemen, some other species, 

 among which, are S. nervosum, De Cand., iS 1 . fruticosum, De Cand., and one or two apparently undescribed. 



1. Myrtus tornentosa; pedunculis 1-3-floris folio brevioribus sub flore bracteolas duas 

 ovatas gerentibus, ramis calycibusque velutinis, foliis ovato-ellipticis superne adultis glabris 

 subtus cano-tomentosis 3-nerviis nervis lateralibus submarginalibus, calyce 5-fido, seminibus 

 compressis in loculo quoque biserialibus. — Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. p. 159. De Cand. Prodr. 



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