Monogynia. 88j 
alpina. MYRTVS, pedunculis folitariis ter- 
minalibus unifloris breviflimis; foliig 
ovatis, ramulis quaternis faftigiaris; 
caule arboreo. Prodr. p .77. 
' ' X. 
Provenit in cacumine montium cae- 
ruleorum Jamaicae. (The weft Peak 
of Bluemountain fummit.) 1 
jTLrbufcula 6 . 20 - pedalis. 
Truncus laevis, cortice ferrugineo- fu fco. 
Rami eredi, flridi, oppofiti, fcabrofi, fubdivifl, 
ferruginei. 
Ramuli quaterni , fadigiati, eredi, fubdivifi in 
ramulos iterum quaternos. 
Folia petiolata, oppofita, fparfa, numerofiffima, 
parva, oblonga, integra, patula, enervia, ave- 
nia , rigida, (Taxi inftar,) utrinque glabra, ni- 
tida, atro - viridia. 
Petioli breviffimi. 
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Pedunculi crafli , terminali - axillares folitarii , vi$ 
petiolis longiores. 
Flores minores, albi. 
Calyx 4 - fidus. Foliola ovata , parva , obtufa , 
concava , perfidentia, extus incana. 
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