Plate 867 - Icosandria Monogynia

11ULL subfcription 1.rary N.867 syd Edwards del Pub. by T.Curtis st Geo Crefcent Sep 1180 [ 867] MYRTUS DIsTICHA. ***** GLOBE-BERRIED MYRTLE. ** Class and Order.

ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-fidus fuperus.

Petala 5.

Bacca 2 feu 3-locularis polysperma. specific Character and synonyms.

MYRTUS difticha; pedunculis axillaribus multifloris foliis brevioribus, foliis diftichis deflexis ovato-lanceo- latis, ramis patentibus. swartz Prod. 78.

Flor.

Ind.

Occid. 2. p. 894.

DEsC.

A low shrub with a depreffed stem.

Petioles very short.

Leaves oppofite, thick-fet, hanging down, oblong- oval, acuminate, fhining, veined and dotted underneath with lucid points: younger ones reddish.

Peduncles axillary, 3-5- flowered, many times shorter than the leaf.

Calyx superior four-leaved, leaflets roundifh, concave, perfiftent.

Corolla four-petaled: petals fmall, concave, orbicular, deciduous.

Flowers sometimes do not expand, yet the fruit is neverthe- less perfected. stamens many, longer than corolla, and some- times confiderably longer than in our figure.

Berry fpherical, purple, juicy, for the size of the flower very large; both in the ripe and unripe state appearing to us one-celled. three in the ripe fruit, but rudiments of more in the germen, covered with a thick fkin, and filled with a greenish, fubcarti- laginous substance, in which we could not difcover any embryo.

Receptacle of the seed central, sixed above, and loose below.

Seeds The The flowers of this Myrtle have very little beauty, but the fine large globular berries, which exift at the fame time, make ample amends.

A native of the mountains in the north part of Jamaica, and appears to be far from tender, for although it was removed from the ftove and ftood in a north window, in the month of May, when the weather was cold for the feafon, it did not feem at all injured, but continued to produce both flowers and fruit; the former indeed never perfectly expanded.

May be propagated by cuttings.

Our drawing was made from a plant received from Mr.

LODDIGES

11ULL subfcription 1.rary N.867 syd Edwards del Pub. by T.Curtis st Geo Crefcent Sep 1180 [ 867] MYRTUS DIsTICHA. ***** GLOBE-BERRIED MYRTLE. ** Class and Order. ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus fuperus. Petala 5. Bacca 2 feu 3-locularis polysperma. specific Character and synonyms. MYRTUS difticha; pedunculis axillaribus multifloris foliis brevioribus, foliis diftichis deflexis ovato-lanceo- latis, ramis patentibus. swartz Prod. 78. Flor. Ind. Occid. 2. p. 894. DEsC. A low shrub with a depreffed stem. Petioles very short. Leaves oppofite, thick-fet, hanging down, oblong- oval, acuminate, fhining, veined and dotted underneath with lucid points: younger ones reddish. Peduncles axillary, 3-5- flowered, many times shorter than the leaf. Calyx superior four-leaved, leaflets roundifh, concave, perfiftent. Corolla four-petaled: petals fmall, concave, orbicular, deciduous. Flowers sometimes do not expand, yet the fruit is neverthe- less perfected. stamens many, longer than corolla, and some- times confiderably longer than in our figure. Berry fpherical, purple, juicy, for the size of the flower very large; both in the ripe and unripe state appearing to us one-celled. three in the ripe fruit, but rudiments of more in the germen, covered with a thick fkin, and filled with a greenish, fubcarti- laginous substance, in which we could not difcover any embryo. Receptacle of the seed central, sixed above, and loose below. Seeds The The flowers of this Myrtle have very little beauty, but the fine large globular berries, which exift at the fame time, make ample amends. A native of the mountains in the north part of Jamaica, and appears to be far from tender, for although it was removed from the ftove and ftood in a north window, in the month of May, when the weather was cold for the feafon, it did not feem at all injured, but continued to produce both flowers and fruit; the former indeed never perfectly expanded. May be propagated by cuttings. Our drawing was made from a plant received from Mr. LODDIGES.