Myrsine

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Read about Myrsine in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Myrsine (an old Greek name for the myrtle, of no application; the myrtle is Myrtus communis). Myrsinaceae. Shrubs and trees with coriaceous leaves and whitish or yellowish small flowers, of tropical and warm countries. As formerly constituted and accepted by botanists, a genus of about 80 species: glabrous or tomentose: lvs. leathery, mostly entire: fls. small, sessile or peduncled, in axillary or lateral clusters, polygamo-dioecious; floral parts in 4-5's, the corolla-lobes imbricated in the bud; anthers short and usually blunt: fr. a pea-shaped drupe, dry or fleshy, 1-stoned; seed globose. The family has been re-elaborated by Mez (in Das Pflanzenreich, IV: 236 1902) and the genus Myrsine is restricted to 4 species in Asia and Air. The species here described then become Rapanea and Suttonia. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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