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DRAWING NUMBER 108.

Artist: A. Poiret. Del.

Notes by Charles Gaudichaud Beaupré.

MYRTAE. Jussieu.

METROSIDEROS, Smith.

1. METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA. Pl 108 et 109.

M. foliis oppositis, formá variis, coriaceis, utrinque glabris, interdum subtùs sericeo-tomentosis ; pedunculis tri-multifloris, terminalibus et axillaribus, corymbosis, calycibus ramulisuque glabris vel sericeo-tomentosis.

Varietas

(Alpha-Α α) Foliis subrotundo-ellipticis, cordatis.

(Beta-Β β) Foliis ovatis vel ovato.ellipticis, basi rotundatis.

(Gamma-Γ γ) Foliis oblongis, basi acutis.

(Delta-Δ δ) Foliis lanceolatis.

In insulis Sandwicensibus. (Alt. 300-600 hex.).

SANDWICH ISLANDS.

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