. The families of flowering plants. Plants; Phanerogams. SUPPLEMENT. THE FAMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS. By Chari,es Louis Poi,i,ard. Chapter XXVI.—Contmued. FAMILY Myrtaceae. Myrtle Family. A vast and important family of nearly 100 genera and some 1700 species. They are trees or shrubs with entire, usually opposite and dotted leaves, these often haying an intra-marginal vein. The flowers are borne in terminal or axillary racemes, panicles or rarely cymes, the individual flowers being perfect and regular, with the tubular calyx somewhat cohering at the apex and bearing the petals alternating wit
. The families of flowering plants. Plants; Phanerogams. SUPPLEMENT. THE FAMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS. By Chari,es Louis Poi,i,ard. Chapter XXVI.—Contmued. FAMILY Myrtaceae. Myrtle Family. A vast and important family of nearly 100 genera and some 1700 species. They are trees or shrubs with entire, usually opposite and dotted leaves, these often haying an intra-marginal vein. The flowers are borne in terminal or axillary racemes, panicles or rarely cymes, the individual flowers being perfect and regular, with the tubular calyx somewhat cohering at the apex and bearing the petals alternating with its lobes. The stamens are also inserted with the petals and are twice as oftener indefinite in number. The 1-6 celled ovary is adherent to the calyx and in fruit becomes dry or fleshy. This family is widely distributed throughout the world, mainly in. Fig. 173. Flowering Branch of Eucalyptus Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pollard, Charles Louis, 1872-. Washington, D. C. , The Plant World Co
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