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O r d . X X X V . M Y R T A C EÆ . Juss.
1. yiyviws communis. L in n .?
This differs slightly from the European forms, by the ends of the young branches being covered witli a
rusty pubescence, and by the larger fruit (5-6 lines in diameter). We have not seen the flower, but so far
as we can judge by the remains of the calyx-limb, the segments are obtuse, and often four or five in number.
The structure of the seed is that of a true Myrtus.
1. E u g en ia? Capuli. Schlecht. in L in n . b .p . 561.
Hab. Acapulco According to Messrs Lay and Collie, this is called by the inhabitants CapoUn.
O r d . X X X V L O N A G R A R IEÆ . Juss.
1. Jussieua salicifolia. H . B . K .?— ai tote p lan ta subpubescens, e t pedicelli atque
fructus ebracteolati.
2. J. peploides. H . B . K .— H a b . Talisco.
3. J . hirta. Vahl. ?— var. pedicellis bracteolas subulatas minutas 1-2 ferentibus.
I . ’Lo'ç>ez\a hirsuta. Jacq H a b . Talisco and Tepic.
SEMEIAND RA . Nov. Gen.
Calyx ovario cohærens, ultra ovarium longe productus, inæqualiter infundibuliformis, ad medium in lacinias
quatuor lanceolato-lineares elongatas péndulas fissus, lacinia posteriore paullo breviore. PeAala quatuor,
angustissime linearia, laciniis calycinis breviora. duo inter lacin. calycis posteriorem et laterales in sinubus
orta ; duo ad basin utrinque anterioris paullum adnata. Stamina duo, una cum stylo in columnam subcarno-
sam longe exsertam tubo calycis toto secus sepalum posterius adnatam connata, superne libera : unurn
(posterius) in ligulam petaloidcam apice expansum; alterum (anteriiis) antheriferum. Anthera oscillatoria,
bilocularis, loculis parallelis. Ovarium quadriloculare, multiovulatum. Stylus apice subulatus. Stigma
capitatum. Capsula globosa, 4-locularis, loculicide quadrivalvis, polysperma: dissepimentis placente
centrali adnatis persistentibus. Semina ovoidea, minuta, muriculata.—Frutex pubescens. Folia apposita
vel alterna, ovata vel oblonga, utrinque pubescentia, basi in petiolum attenuata subintegerrima. Racemi
terminales foliosi : pedicelli graciles folium fiorale superantes, fm c tife r i defiexi, sub fru c tu incurvi.
Flos sanguineus, sesquipollicem longus. *
1. Si. grandiflora. (T a b . L IX . )
Affinis Lopezice ob stamina duo, uno fertili, altero apice petaloideo, at recedit calycis limbo ultra ovarium
producto. Habitus quadammodo Zauschnerioe, at charactere multum differt.
Tab. LIX. Semeiandra grandiflora. Fig. 1. Flower; / ÿ . 2. Capsule ; fig . 8. Capsule laid open, showing
the seeds in tlie inner angles of the cells :—magnified.
D IPLA N D R A . Nov. Gen.
Calyeis limbus alte quadrifidus) paullo curvatus, laciniis duabus superioribus inter se fere ab apice sæpius
cohærentibus. Petala quatuor, rotundato-obovata, inclusa, ad basin laclniarum calycis inserta, inæqualia,
posterius majus. Stamina duo, antherifera, inter se et a stylo libera. Antheræ oblongo-linearcs, oscillatori®.
Ovarium quadriloculare. Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma parvum, capitatum. Capsula nuda, globosa,
quadrilocularis (nunc abortu trilocularis), apice loculicide quadrivalvis, dissepimentis placente centrali adnatis.
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