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Tribe ii, Ardisiess. 
4, Aegiceras Gaertn. de Fruct, i, 216 (1788). 
majus Gertn. le., t. 46 (A. corniculatum Blanco, Fi. 
Filip. ed. i, 79, 1837) By cee gh eee Wha, ZAI 
Key to the Australian Genera of Myrsinacex. “ 
Sub-order: Myrsinoideae. Ovarium superum; fructus 
monospermus. 
Mn+ 7 ons . : . 
Tribe i: Ardisieae. Ovula pluriseriata multa vel rarius 
pauciora. 
Antherarum locelli transverse septati ; semen delabens exal- 
buminosum. es nA fest iC cae Aegiceras. 
Tribe ii: Myrsineae. Ovula uniseriata, saepissime pauca 
vel perpauca. 
1. Ovula compluria (7-12) infimae placentae aftixa et in ea 
erecta, Stylus elongatus nunc perlongus; albumen ; 
laeve rl es 3 a08 Ay ... Lapeimosperma. 
1.* Ovula pauciora nunc pauca vel perpauca placentae 
medium versus radiatim vel summa in placenta 
discoidee immersa. : 
2, Inflorescentiae elongatae manifeste racemosae V. 
pedunculatim umbellatae vel paniculatae vel sl 
abbreviatae tune non in-ramulorum perabbrevia- . 
torum squamulosorum apice umbellatae sessilisque. Embelia. 
2.* Inflorescentiae quam maxime abbreviatae umbellatae 
in ramulorum abbreviatorum squaniis dense obtec- 
torum apice sessiles. a ns sag, xia Rapanea. 
Tt will be seen from the above key to the genera that Mueller’s Ardisia 
pseudojambosa does not belong even to the Tribe Ardisieae, which is 
distinguished by ovules in several rows, though all genera of the Family, 
except J/aesa, have 1-seeded fruits. 
A true Myrsine does not occur in Australia according to Mez. 
The genera Myrsine aud Rapanea are chiefly distinguished by the following 
characters :— 
Et filamenta et stylus manifesta ; albumen ruminatum. ; 
Stigma magnum, florum ? lobosum... 0# on ay Myrsine. 
Antherae sessiles ct stylus nullus; albumen saepins laeve Rapanea. 
Key to the species of Rapanea from Australia, Lord Howe Island, 
and Norfolk Island. 
1, Petalorum lobi florum et 9 et g per anthesin erecti, 
utrinque persingulariter brevissime densissimeque 
ferrugineo-papillulosi. 
9, Tubus petaleus lobis episepaleis manifestis triangu-  ~ , 
laribus auctus 3 te xe a .. 1. BR. achradn- 
(Myrsine achradifolia F.v.M. Trop. Australia). folra. Mez. 
2.* Lobi episepalei omnino desunt. ; 
3. Petala haud ultra } connata. ‘ 
4, Petalorum lobi apice valde cucullato-inflex1 ; a4 
antherae dorsu prope apice punctulatae 2, R. subsessilis 
(Myrsine subsessilis F.v.M., MU. crassifolia Mez. 
Benth., N.S. Wales). - : 
