186 | MYRTUS RALPHII. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Myrtus Ralphii, Hook. f. 
A much-branched shrub, or rarely a small tree, 25ft. high. I 
pubescent. Leaves opposite, shortly petioled, broadly ovate or orbicular-ovate 
acute or obtuse, surface plane or rarely slightly tumid between the vei 
Flowers axillary, solitary; peduncles jin. to isin. long. Calyx superior 
turbinate ; sepals four; petals four; style slender; ovary two-celled. Fra 
urceolate, with two or four bony seeds. 
EXPLANATION OF Plate XCIV. 
Myrtus Ralphii, Hook. f. Flowering specimen, natural size. 1. Flowers. 
2. Fruit. 3. Transverse section of fruit. All magnified. a 
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