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edge. Petiole about 1/4 in. Mid-rib
not differentiated above but very
definitely ridge below. Beneath
(20x) if shows darkened dots when
held to light is full pellucid punctate.
Young lvs are fine-bronzy showing
veins beneath & dots plainly.
Inf. terminal at end of twig from
which 3 pairs of buds disposed
In specimen collected under crypta
of 6 buds punctulate: 1 near base
rachis, then 2 oppo, then 3 arriving
from same point at tip. Pedicels
1/4 in. Pedicels v closed calyx at this
stage dark rose-red. 3 pairs of bracts
at base of calyx. Calyx tube top-lobed,
lobes 4, the 2 outer just touching
and, the one inner overlapping
the other. Petals 4, intricate in
rotation (not separately). Petals
orbicular at this stage pink
fringed at edges, on rim of
calyx tube. Calyx lobes & petals
punctate. Stamens very many
in several rows.
In rim of calyx tube just below petals
filaments free. Anthers borne dors.
slice longitudinally. Style simple
rising from a glabrous depression
its apex pointed v showing no definite
stigma. Ovary 2 small cells rather
low in fleshy calyx tube. Ovules
many on surface of somewhat
semi-spherical, parietal axillary
placentae which lift out entire
covered with ovules. Lvs not at all
aromatic when crushed.
This is probably Myrtaceae. Could it
be Jambos jambos, Millsp or
J. malaccensis, DC p 267
See BMGCP 535.
St. slightly flattened but nodes
but not angled nor really square.
4-3-29 Some free Inf terminal
on short lateral twigs which sometimes
bear a few buds infill, few