74 XXVIII. MYRTACE7E. [Myrtus. 
Leaves obcordate, small 3 . M. obcordata. 
Leaves obovate 4. M. pedunculata. 
1. M. bullata, Banks and Sol.; — FI. N. Z. i. 70. An erect shrub or 
small tree, 10-15 ft. high ; branches terete, tomentose, as are the young leaves, 
peduncles, and calyx. Leaves shortly petioled, 1-2 in. long, broadly elliptic- 
ovate or orbicular-ovate, obtuse acute or apiculate, coriaceous, often red- 
brown when living, the surface tumid between the veins. Peduncles axillary, 
■|-1|- in., 1-flowered. Calyx-tube turbinate, 2-bracteolate at the base; lobes 
4, broadly ovate, obtuse. Petals 4, orbicular, pale pink. Stamens numerous, 
white ; filaments and style slender. Berry urceolate, \ in. long, turgid, 
black, 2-celled, with several flat reniform seeds in each cell ; testa very thick 
and bony; embryo very slender, curved. — Hook. 1c. PI. t. 557. 
Northern Island : frequent in forests, Banks and Solander, etc. 
2. M. Ralphii, Ilook. f. FI. N. Z. ii. 329. Very similar in habit, form of 
the foliage, and flowers to il. bullata, but the leaves are smaller and quite 
plane, the branchlets more slender, scarcely tomentose. 
Northern Island: forests near Wellington, Ralph; east coast, Colenso. This may be 
a variety of M. bullata. I have seen no fruit. 
3. M. obcordata, Hootc.f. FI. N. Z. i. 71. A small, much-branched, 
erect or decumbent shrub, with slender pubescent branches. Leaves small, 
in. long, obcordate, narrowed into a short petiole, coriaceous, glabrous on 
both surfaces. Peduncles solitary, slender, about as long as the leaves, 1- 
flowered, pubescent. Plowers small, about i in. long. Fruit oblong, ^ in. 
long, black or violet, with 1 or 2 bony reniform seeds. — Euyenia obcordata, 
liaoul, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. iii. p. 123. 
Northern Island : mountainous localities in the east coast and interior, Colenso. 
Middle Island : Nelson, Bidwill: Lake Wainaka, Uaast ; Akaroa, Raoul. 
4. M. pedunculata, Hootc.f. in Ic. PI. t. 629 ; — FI. N. Z. i. 71. A 
straggling shrub, 10-12 ft. high, glabrous, much resembling M. obcordata, 
but the branchlets are 4-gonous and perfectly glabrous, the leaves obovate or 
oblong-obovate, and rounded at the tip, rarely acute, and the peduncles and 
calyx perfectly glabrous. Berry small, very few-seeded, orange-yellow. — Eu- 
genia Vitis-Idcea, Baoul, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. iii. 2. p. 122. 
Northern Island : hilly districts on the east coast and interior, Colenso. Middle 
Island: Nelson, Bidwill; Akaroa , Raoul. 
4. EUGENIA, Linn. 
Characters almost identical with those of Myrtus, except that the seeds are 
few, large, with a thick embryo, often presenting no traces of cotyledons. 
The New Zealand species of Myrtus further differ from Eugenia Maire, in 
wanting the corymbose inflorescence. 
A tropical genus, abounding in Asia and America, and extending into New Zealand and 
Chili ; it is absent in Tasmania. 
1. E. Maire, A. Cunn. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 71. A small tree, with the habit 
of a Metrosideros, 30-50 ft. high, everywhere glabrous ; bark white; branches 
slender ; twigs 4-angled. Leaves* petioled, 1-2 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, 
acuminate, membranous, with delicate veius. Flowers almost unisexual, 
