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gustui jucundum. "Testa erubescens, crassa, suberoso-coriacea. 
Nucleus vix 3" metiens. Cotyledones conferruminatz. 
S. odorato similis, brevitate staminum porre S. spatulato con- 
veniens. 
Leptospermum levigatum. 
F. M. Annual Report, 1858, 22; Fabrieia levigata, Gertn. de Fruct. et 
Semin. i. 175; Bot. Mag. t. 1304; F. coriacea, F. M. secund. Miq. in 
Nederl. Kruidk. Archiv. 
Elatum, foliis opacis oblongo- v. obovato- v. rarius angusto- 
lanceolatis planis subtiliter v. indistinete 3-5-nerviis glabris v. 
citissime glabratis, floribus axillaribus, bracteolis fere cymbeis 
ciliatis liberis extus subsericeis, calycum subsessilium tubo glabro 
lobis pxne deltoideis tandem secedentibus conspicue longiore, 
petalis stamina longe superantibus, capsulis subcoriaceis 4—11- 
loculatis vix parum lignescentibus tubo calycis paulo v. triente 
altioribus vertice leniter convexis, loculis pleiospermis, seminibus 
Fertilibus in loculo 1-3 alatis sterilia latitudine insigniter exce- 
dentibus. 
In syrtibus orisque arenosis frequentissimum a litore Great Aus- 
tralian Bight usque ad sinum Moreton Bay; obvium etiam in 
Tasmania et in insula Kangaroo Island et insulis freti Bassii; 
porre dispersum per eremos secus flumina Marray, Darling et 
Murrumbidgee et inde progrediens ad lacum Torrens. — 
Frutex ad litus marinum altior et sepe arborescens, tunc altitu- 
dinem 30' attinens, in eremis humilior sspius tantum paucipe- 
dalis.  Ramuli alterni, mox glabrescentes et angulati. Folia 
coriacea, sepe glauca, 1-14" longa, 1—43" lata, obtusa v. parum 
acuta v. rarius breviter cuspidulata, semper glandulis oleosis im- 
mersis haud pellucentibus punctulata, in petiolum brevem planum- 
que angustata, nervis immersis v. non nisi folii exsiccatione paulo 
prominentibus notata, indistinete venosa. Flores solitarii rarius 
gemini. Bractee circum florem perjuvenilem imbricatim arcte 
concurvz, seariose, rotundatz, glabrz, fuscescentes, inzquales, 
caduczm. Bracteolw scilicet 2, membranes, pallidz, circa 2" longze, 
calycem ante anthesin obvelantes, plus minusve lanceolatze v. 
ovatz v. passim orbiculatzm. | Calycis brevissime pedicellati v. ses- 
silis lobi membranei, 3-1" longi, mox distantes, utrinque imper- 
fecte sericei v. extus glabri, sstivatione imbricati, passim fere 
semilanceolati. Petala 2-33" longa, alba, orbicularia, ad basin 
breviter cuneatam extus parcissime sericea, cetero eglaberrima. 
Stamina 25-30. Filamenta glabra, uniseriata, subulato-filiformia, | 
3-1" longa, basin versus latiora. Anther:w fulvz v. flavescentes, 
dorsifixz, 1-3" longs v. raro longitudine nec autem latitudine 
protracte et tunc 3" metientes ; loculi paralleli, angusto-ellipsoidei, 
antice longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Stylus vix 1" longus, glaber, 
filiformis. Stigma peltatum, depressum, lenissime crenulatum. 
