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128 MYRTUS OBCORDATA. | 
be this species sent from Stewart Island, but hesitate to identify it 
absence of flowers and fruit, as some states of Myrsine divaricata promt 
resemblance. Myrtus obcordata obtains its largest dimensions in deep rive 
valleys, and may be found in great luxuriance on the banks of the Ruama 
It ascends from sea-level to 1,000ft. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Myrtus obcordata, Hook. f. | 
A shrub or small tree with terete pubescent branchlets. IJ.eaves op 
or fascicled, less than jin. long, narrowed into a very short petiole, glal 
slightly coriaceous, obcordate. “Blowers axillary, solitary, on slender pedi 1c 
equalling the leaves; peduncles and calyx pubescent. Calyx ieee 
lobed, lobes acute ; Pete four, spreading; stamens very numerous. 
wholly immersed in the calyx-tube, two-celled: style exceeding the ste amens. 
Fruit, a crimson berry; sceds two, bony. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXX. 
Myrtus obcordata, Hook. f. Fruiting specimen, natural size. 
2. Flower with petals and stamens removed. Both magnified. 
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