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Folia floralia interiora seu bractesze, et bracteole scarioss breves. Flores exteriores capi- 
tuli sepius steriles, bracteis bracteolis calycis segmentis petalisque elongatis petaloideis 
radium simulantes. 
: Species 1, Australie ineola. Benth. Fl. Austral. iii. ined.—Genus a Darwinia imprimis floribus 
4-meris differt, 
. 9. Darwinia, Ztudge in Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. 999. t. 99,  (Genetyllis DC. Prod. iii. 209, 
et. Mem. Myrt. t. 9.  Hedaroma, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 7.1. 2 B. Polyzone, Eudl. in 
nn. Wien. Mus. ii. 191.)—Calycis tubus 5- v. rarius lO-costatus, basi ovario adnatus; 
limbi segmenta 5, squamiformia v. petaloidea, integra. . Petala 5, integra v. minute ciliolata. 
Stamina 10, cum staminodiis totidem alternantia et simplici serie disci margini inserta v. 
staminodia rarius subexteriora, et supra calycem in annulum brevissimum subconnata, 
filamentis ezterum liberis; antherz subgloboss, poris 2 parvis subdorsalibus dehiscentes, 
connectivo parvo. Ovarium 1l-loculare; stylus exsertus, scepius elongatus, subulatus, sub 
stigmate parvo v. capitellato barbatus v. rarius imberbis; ovula 1, 2, v. rarius 4, placentze 
parve basilari excentrics aílixa, erecta, anatropa. Fructus inferus, calyce parum aucto 
petalisque persistentibus coronatus, indehiscens, l-spermus. Semen obovoideo-globosum, 
apice truncatum, testa membranacea; embryo (in spp. paucis observatus) massa homo- 
genea (radicula ?), fructui cavo conformis, cum appendice tenui cylindrica in summitatem 
truncatam incumbente, apice integra (v. in cotyledones 2 minutas divisa ?).—Frutices sepius 
ericoidei. Folia sparsa v. in paucis speciebus opposita, parva, integerrima v. ciliolata. 
Flores sepius parvi nunc ad apices ramorum capitati, bracteis coloratis involuerati, v. 
foliis caulinis eonformibus fulti, nunc in axillis superioribus solitarii.  Dracteole sub 
calyce 2, concavze, scariosw, carinatz,, nunc latz alabastrum swpius includentes, jam ante 
anthesin caducze, nunc angustiores et persistentes. 
Species 23, omnes Australienses, —Zenth. im Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. ined. et Fl. Austral. ii. ined.— 
Genus in sectiones 2 sequentes facile dividitur: ; 
l. Genetyllis. Calyeis segmenta minuta, squamiformia, v. petalis dimidio breviora. Flores eapi- 
tati, nune involuerati involueris coloratis magnis flores omnino includentibus, v. non. superanti- 
bus, nune foliis caulinis conformibus fulti. Schau. Myrt. Xeroc. t. 2 B, C. Bot. Mag. t. 4858, 
4860, 5468 (omnes sub Genetylli). 
2. Schuermannia, F. Muell. Calycis segmenta petaloidea, petalis eequilonga. — Flores axillares v. 
in capitula terminalia composita rarius simplicia dispositi. ScmvERMANNIA, F. Muell. in Linnea, 
xxv. 386. CnuawuLAvcr sp., F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 6. 80. 
. OnvrrosrEMON, F. Muell. ex Miq. in. Nederl, Kruidk. Arch. iv. 114, ex charactere dato videtur 
D. fascicularis, Rudge. FnANcrsiA, Endl. Gen. 1226, monente amiciss. Fenzl in litt., est etiam 
D. fascicularis, ad iconem Bauerianam n. 1824 descripta, staminibus (mendo typographico?) 20 loco 
10 dietis. 
3. Homoranthus, 4. Cunn.; Schauer in Linnea, x. 910, et. Myrt. Xeroc. 89. t£. 8.— 
Calycis tubus angustus, basi ovario adnatus et 5-costatus; limbi segmenta 5, subulata, pe- 
talis longiora, Petala 5, integra. Stamina 10, cum MEUS totidem alternantia, sim- 
plicique serie disci margini inserta, basique $ubeonnatà ; anthere globosm, poris 2 minutis 
juxta connectivum parvum dehiscentes. Ovarium THcdtad ; Stylus exsertus, superne 
barbatus, stigmate minuto; ovula pauca (4—8), placentze basilari brevi inserta. Fructus 
l-spermus?, calycis tubo persistente inclusus, maturus . . . .—Frutex ericoideus, Folia 
opposita, lineari-triquetra. Flores parvi, ad apices ramorum 2-4, singuli ad axillam bractesze 
v. foli floralis solitarii.  Bracteole late, scarioss, alabastrum includentes, jam ante 
anthesin caducze. 
Species 1, Australis orientalis incola. Benth. Fl. Austral. iii. ined. 
4. Verticordia, DC. Prod. iii. 209.—Calycis tubus hemisphsricus turbinatus v. rarius 
ovoideo-cylindrieus, 5- v. 10-costatus, basi ovario adnatus ; limbi segmenta 5, patentia, pro- 
funde divisa in lobos seu setas simplices v. pectinato-ciliatas. plumosasve, additis in spe- 
ciebus nonnulis segmentis 5 exterioribus, cum primariis alternantibus, in tubum calycis 
arcte reflexis scariosis profunde ciliato-partitis, et interdum adsunt appendiculm herbacec 
