aC 3823-5 
CaLyTuRIX virGATA. Twicey CaLyTurix. 
Leofesakeskeabesobesabesbeebeakclesebesbeadeslete 
Class and Order. 
IcosanpRIA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Myrracez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus basi ovario adherens desinens in tubum 
cylindraceum gracilem ; limbus 5-partitus persistens, lobis 
basi ovatis in setam corolla longiorem abeuntibus. Pet. 
5 decidua. Stam. 10—30 libera, antheris subrotundis. 
Stylus filiformis staminum longitudine. Fructus exsuccus 
indehiscens |-locularis, in ovario biovulatus, maturus mo- 
nospermus. Frutices ericoidei Australasict. Folia sparsa 
conferta tereti-subangulata rigida, sepissimé breviter petio- 
lata et stipulis 2 rigidis minimis filiformibus instructa. 
Flores axillares solitarii subsessiles, bracteis 2 membranaceis 
carinatis persistentibus basi connatis stipati. Petala pur- 
purea aut alba exsiccatione flavescentia. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Carytarix* virgata; foliis petiolatis (stipulatis) sparsis, . 
adultis bracteisque glaberrimis, bracteis tubo calycis 
dimidio subbrevioribus, ramulis tenuiter virgatis gla- 
bellis. All. Cunn. 
Catyrrix ericoides. Cunn. in Field’s N. S. Wales, p. 350. 
(Specific name unsuited, being applicable to the whole 
Genus.) C. = 
Catyrurix, with Darwinia of Ruper, (the character of 
which has been recast by Mr. Davin Don,) and probably 
five other Genera of the Australian Flora, constitute a very 
beautiful group of the Order Myrracez, denominated by 
: De 
* Kaavé, a calyz, and Spé, a hair, from the remarkable hair-like termina- 
tions of the calyx; and not from xaavé, and spigos, treble, as some explain it; 
misled, perhaps, by LABILLARDIERE, the framer of the Genus, having 
spelled the word, calytriz. : 
