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Baeckea (§ Oa-ymyrrliine) EXSERTA, sp. nov, Fruticulus parvulus crebro 

 raniosus glaber ; ramulis permultis attenuatis bene foliosis ; foliis parvis 

 sessilibus decussatis seuiiteretibus (facie aliquaDto excavatis tlorso rotundatis) 

 apice obtusis j pedicellis ^o\iU\v\\^ io\i\\ plane excedeiitibus ; hradeolis juxta 

 medium petkmculum ovatis scariosis fugaeeis ; calycis tube bemisphserico 

 in siceo ruguloso qnam lobi ?ubr(ni formes rosei margine albi paullulum 

 longiore ; petalis orbicniaribiis calycis lobos facile excedentibus ; stam'Diibus 

 circa 20 filamentis certe etsi breviter exsertis crassiusculis aliquanto com- 

 planatis ssepe basi raro hac atque iliac altius connatis antlieris 4-l()bis 

 longitudinaliter debiscentibus ; ot^ano seniisupero 3-loculo loculls in placenta 

 peltata pluriovulatis ; stfjlo satis alto iinmorso filamentis fere fequialto. 



Bruce Rock ; Stoward^ 427. 



Folia l'5-2 mm, long., circa '5 mm. lat. Pedicelli 5 mm, long., borum 



bractea3 I'ubicunda^, vix 1 mm. lono;* Calvcis tubus fere 2 nun, lonp;, : lobi 

 r5 mm. Petala 3'5 mm, diam. Filamenta 3 mm. long.; aiitberDe circa 

 '5 mm. diam. Stylus 2'5 mm. long. 



The exserted stamens serve at once to distinguish this species, a character 

 sliowing a tendency towards Kunzea, 



Bakckea (§ OS y fuy rrMne) tenuiramea, sp. nov. Glabra ; ramis sub- 

 teretibus cortieo cinereo obdnctis ramulos breves plures crebro follosos 

 emittontibus ; foliis ramuli partem superiorem omnino obtegentibus oxi^'-uis 

 obovatis apice rotundatis dorso carinatis margine ciliolatis ; florilms in axillis 

 superioribus solitariis pedicellis quam folia plerumque longioribus fultis 

 juxta basin bibracleolatis bracteolis oblongis obtusis concavis pedicello plane 

 brcAaoribus; calycis tube turhinato quam lobi rotundati mnrgine scariosi 

 longiore ; petalis suborbicularibus ; sfaminibus 10 nullis medio petalo oppo>itis 

 filamentis filiformibus antlieris globosis sulcatis ; ovario 3-loculari loculis 

 Qo - ovulatia. 



Nungarin; St ourn^d. i07. 



Hamuli rigidi. Folia pleraque 1-2x1 mm, Pedicelli 2-3 mm., ovarium 

 9 mm. J calycis lobi 1 mm. long, Petala 3x3 mm. Filamenta •75 mm. 

 long.; anthera^ '5 mm. diam. 



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I^ , 2yachyp7i7/lla J Benth. and B. crispi/li 



differing from both, inter alia^ in the foliage and decandrous flowers. 

 B. corymhidosa^ Bentb, Kauring ; G, W, Brown (Hb, Steward^ 652). 



Baeckea {^ BaUngtonia) thymoides^ sp. nov. Glabra; ramis ramulisque 

 subteretibus bis saltem supernc bene foliosis ; Joliis sessilibus decussatis 

 ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis obtusis vel obtusissimis basi obtu£^is nisi rotundi^iis 

 levissimeve cordatis planatis membranaceis glandulis fuscis satis perspicuis 

 inspersis ; florihus solitariis pedicellis supra medium bibractcobitis ioliis 

 circiter sequilongis insidentibus ; calycis tubo campanulato 5-striato qnam lobi 



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