MYOPORACEJS ( adctok alph. dc. ), 701 
Ordo CXLVIII. MYOPORACKE (1). — Myoporin® Broum 
prodr.Jl. noro.-holi. p. 514 (exci. Avicennia., exejusd. gen. 
rem.p. 34).—Myoporinees Juss. dict.sc. nat. 34 p. 26. 
— Polygale® , b, Myoporine® Reick. consp. p. 120 ( exci. 
Kramerid. — Myoporin® Bartl. ord. p . 176. — Myopora- 
cem Lindi, nat. syst. ed.,2 p. 279 ( exci. Avicennia ).— 
' Myoporine® Endl. gen. p. 642, ic. t. 65, 66, 92. — 
Myoporace® Lindi, veg. hingd. p. 665 ( exci. Avicennia). 
Calyx persistens, 5-partitns vel rarius 5-fidus, lobis interdum 
basi imbricatis, sestivatione 5-uneiali. Corolla gamopetala, 
5-loba, subregularis vel varie bilabiata, lobo uno semper antico 
id est erga axim inflorescenti® exteriore, in sestivatione intimo. 
‘ Stamina 4, seepius exserta, basi corollae inserta, ejus lobis 
inferioribus alterna, absque vestigio quinti superioris ; 2 infe¬ 
rioribus in didynamia majoribus. Antherse lunulat®, apice fila- 
' menti oscillantes , loculis 2 in unum rima unica introrsum dehis¬ 
centem confluentibus. Pollen ( ex Myoporis parvifloro et apicu- 
lato ) ellipsoideum, sulcatum , lseve, tubis ( exHassal ann. nat. 
hist. 9 p. 550 ) tribus. Ovarium toro pingui sine neetario annu¬ 
lari aut glandula insidens , liberum, bi-[in Polyccelio multi-) 
loculare , loculis antice et postice sitis, frequenter carpidiorum 
l marginibus e centro introflexis incomplete vel complete in locel¬ 
los subdi visis. Ovula e superiore parte, rarius e media, loculorum 
pendentia , anatropa, micropyle supera; in Polyccelio 5-8; in 
omnibus fere aliis aut 4, nempe 1 in quaque sudi visione locu¬ 
lorum, aut 2, nempe I in utroque loculo; inBontia 8, nempe 
2 in locellis superposita. Stylus terminalis, apice simplex 
vel rarius bifidus. Drupa parva, baccata vel fere exsucca, puta¬ 
mine (Polyccelio excepto ) biloculari , saepe replis carpidiorum 
incrassatis aut extensis incomplete vel complete 4-locularis , pro 
numero ovulorum 8-4-2-sperma. Semina inversa, oblonga; 
albumine carnoso, parco. EmbFyo in axi albuminis, ejusdem 
fere longitudinis, teres ; radicula supera; cotyledonibus plano- 
convexis, oblongis, radiculam subsequantibus. — Suffrutices, 
frutices , rarissime arbusculae, e Nova Hollandia pleraque mdi- 
gena, etiam ex aliis insulis Oceani Pacifici, umeo genere (Bon- 
tia) ex insulis Americanis Caribaeis! Folia alterna, ranus oppo- 
■ sita, simplicia, integra vel dentata, plerumque glandulis resi¬ 
nosis conspersa. Stipulae null®. Flores axillares, albi, flavi vel 
rubri ..nunquam vero coerulei, pedicellis solitanis, binis plun- 
busve ex eadem axilla, s®pe uno altero m axilla superposito, 
