r ^ f;
(1 MY R I C E ; E .
ÍIAMILT. DON) plnra, nno alterovc sa^pe ¡noomplolo, ¡naxlllis
hraclearuiii (loralium insería. Filamenia filiibruiia, brevia,
Siepe in.xqualla, basique moiiadelplia. Anthertx sub-roliiiKla:?,
dklymic, bilociilares, lobis ovalibus extrinsecus longiludinaliter
debisceiilibiis.
FLORES FEMINEI : 0\'arium i, uniloculare, ovulo unico inferne
aíTixo. Stylus lerminalis. brevis, profunde parlilus in stigmata
duo eiongaUi sul)ulala vel lanceolata papillosa palula.
DRUPA globosa vel ovato-globosa, ad basin ssepe bracteis ali(juol
persistentilius munita, pericarpio exsucco aut succulenlo exlus
dense granulato nucem fovens unilocularcm, evalveni, durani,
(;rassinsculam. hcvigatani. Semen unicum, in putaininis {'undo
aifixura, exalbumioosum. Embryo inversus, dicotyledoneus.
Cotyledones earn osai, plano-convexa;. Radícula brevis, leretiuscula,
supera.
VF.GET : Frútices vel arbuscular sub-aromatica;. Folia al lerna,
Simplicia, integra, picrumquc serrata, punctulis resinosis conspersa.
Stipulee nullíc fugacesve. Amenta axillaria aut terminalia,
simplicissima vcl paniculato-ramosa. Flores minimi et
inconspicui, bracteis plerumcjue puberulis. Ovarium ad basin
instruclum squamulis pilisve, persa^pe brevissimis, post fcccundallonem
intumescentibus, et in lubercula carnosa, quibus
drupa vesiilur, abeuntibus.
AFFIN : Genus bocce próxima jungeretur cognatione Comptonia^
BANKS et G.€RTN. [Be Fnict. PL II, p. 58), nisi bece abolenda,
et cnnx Myrica jungenda videretur, uli cl. A. RICHARD
[Diet, class, dliist. nat. JV, p. SGa) rede opinaLur. Discrimen
cnim unicum generis utriusque eo continetur, c[uod
bracLeola} interiores, ovarium circumsedenLes, in Comptonia
intus ad basin appendiculo parvo carnoso muniantur, id quod,
partil)us fructilicantibus reliquis omnibus examussim concordan
tibus, characteribus gencricis baud sufficit.
DISTRIB : Viginti circiter Myricarum species hùcusque pernotuerunl,
quarum p!era?quc in regionibus Lempcratis .^/«e/YCfz^.
(pdnfjue in jdfrica australi, una. in Madagascar, ducp in
monti bus Thihelanis una(\ue in Java, babllant.
MYRICA, 7
MYRICA JAVANICA.
TAB. I.
M. foliis obovatis aut cuneatis obtasis serratis glabris, amentis
dicecis, masculis paniculato-ramosis, femineis ílüíbrmibus, fructibus
ovalo-globosis tuberculosis. BLUME X, p. 517.
MYRICA macrophylla MIRBEL in Mem. du Mus. dliist. nat. X I V ,
p. 473- Tab. 27.
lUniTAt : CI- LESCUENACLT, vir de re licrbariä oplìmc promerilus, aliquot liujus plants specimitia rcpoi'-
tavit ex Java, ubi vcrisimiliter pai le orienlali in quodam moDlium ignivomorum collegcrat. Mihi vr.ro el
ili» RÍISWABDT innoluit copiosa in Java occidentali, fuman tern ci reu mein gens craterem montis ignigeoi Gcdi',
plus toooo ped. supra mare edili. — Nomen , a ci" MIRBEI. propositum , antiquiori nostro ccosuimus postliabeoduni,
ac desciiplionein, licet MIOBELIÍSA quoad cuoctas suas parles egregia sit, parliin repetendam, palliai
obsei'valionibus quibusdain noslris coniplendani. Parilci' novam exhibcrc ieonem baud prailer rem duximus,
qiioniam ct ratio opei'is nostri, univeisx Phr<v Jm^anica; consecrati, id postulare videlur, et el* MiauEU tanlummodo
Oores masculos fruelusque depinxil. — Ad inüorescentiam quod allinei, adliue nolandum est, earn a eel"
MIBIEL utmonfficam signilicari, quia ramulus descriptus parte mediÄ amenta femiuea, fi^nclibus instrucla, in
axillis aulem superioribus amenta masculina paruniper evoluta geslavil. Quire rem sose ita habere, ex obscrvatione
pbytotomi islius oculatissimi dubium non est, eliamsi, speeiminibus ejusmodi iiunquam politi, semper
amciila unisexualia in diversis slii-pibus vidimus segregala. — CEtci-um nullum hujus frulicis, tolo anno
llorentis fruelusque profei-entis, eomperlum babeinus usum , nisi quod COLUMBA pnrphyrra el quidam Tunii
species succulentis vescanlui- drupis, sapore <lulei sub-lerebinthaceo insigiilbgs.
FUOTEX ramosissiinus, io-i5 ped. altus, ramis erecto-palenl ibus, terelibus,
ritlis, verruculosis, glaliris : flovidis sub-angulatis, compressis, lai-vigatis apice\o
adspersis punclis confertis ilavicaiUibus glaiiduloso-rcsinosis.
Fou.^ alterna, bre-siter petiolala, cxstipulata, magniludine diversissima,
2-4 une. longa (iiiterdum rà unciam longa) , i ad fere 2 une. lata, obovala vel
c n n e a t a , superne rotundato-obtusa ac scepe retusa, basi in petiolum angustala
integerrima, cceteroquin margine plus minus serrata, serraLuris remotis oblusiusculis
apice snb-callosis, coriacea, glabra, supra nitida et convexiuscxtla,
i n f r a cano-virescentia, costà magis prominente; novella punctis resinosis fiavic
a n t i a , veterna solà sub lente punctis sparsis impressis resinosis. Vence laterales
t e n e r a ' , sub-alterna;, arcuata;, sm-sum sub-furcato-divisfe. PeLioli T-i-poUicares,
supra plane ecanaliculali, dorso semiteretes.
AMENTA in axillis solitaria, diceca, erecto-patentia, raclii sub-angulatà pube
brevissima vestita. Masada sub-alternatim ramosa, laxam sistentia paniculam,
e ramis conformatam simplicibus, 5-1J poli, longis, horiiontalibus, parvis, basi
minìilis braeteà minuta sessili semiovalà recurvatà pubescente. Bractea; Jlomles
sessilcs, palentes, reniformi-ovata; vcl rolundata^, cxtus resinoso-punctala-, ac—
maxime marginem versus —puberul t r ; . Siamiiia circa l\, in medio anguli interioris
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