A XLVIII. MYRTACEJE. 
Anthers obovoid, the cells = to back, opening iu outward , 
der sverse valves. Ovules 2 to 4 in each cell. Leaves 
mall, opposit 26. PHYMATOCARPUS. 
Anthers deg or : linear, the eal parallel, turned inwards 
ening in longitudinal s Ovules several. Lea 
vem alternate. . Flowers la e int: ` an CALOTHAMNUS. 
Anthers geet, the cells back to back, ‘opening in n outward 
longitudinal slits. Ovules several. Leaves small, scattered. 
Flowers 1 to 3, agra terminal . . 28. EREMÆA. 
Stamens numerous, free or obscurely united at the hus. "Poids ak 
tached by a broad eR fie o or consolidated into ap operculum. 
Pun Zb la i rge. Flowers in umbels heads or cymes, rarely 
sessile 
Calyx-teeth Ean, gers Petals fr . 29, ANGOPHORA. 
Calyx tru GG entire or with 4 minute ‘eth. Petals united in an 
operculu . 30, EUCALYPTUS. 
Stamens oder. the petals, indefinite, free, c or rarely ‘united i 
— opposite the petals. Leaves large or myrtle-like, penri: 
d. Flowers in wee € heads cymes or corymbs, 
rarely ps tary and pedice 
(Stamen rech E d ‘petals i in some species of Tristania.) 
Blusen: suited: in 5 bundles. Leaves alternate or in one species 
opposite . - 81. TRISTANTA. 
= stamens with reniform sterile anthers. Leaves opposite, 
. 83. LYsICARPUS. 
Powers in id ‘peduneulate heads. Leaves opposite. Sta- e 
ns of Metrosid S . 92. SYNCARPIA. 
Beete? in cymes. pea free, all pe erfec 
Ovules meii horizontal or seeding covering the placenta. 
Leaves opposite . 94. METROSIDEROS. | 
es in a ring round a club-shaped or peltate placenta. ‘Leaves 3 
— . 85. XANTHOSTEMON. | 
pendulous ‘or “recurved. Calyx-lobes almost Petal- like. 
si 
RHG 
Se oppo 6. BACKHOUSIA. 
Stamens indefinite, free. Fruit dry, jndéiseent. Ovary perfectly or 
imperfectly 2-celled or 1-celled by ion. 
Calyx-lobes eit petal-like, Petals Se shorter than or scarcely 
exceeding the calyx-lobes. Teo n cymes “a s or umbels 36. BACKHOUSIA. 
Calyx-lobes 8. Petals none. Flowers solitary, se: Ae ys RNIA. 
Calyx-lobes 5, narrow. Petals 5. ee rs solitary, d . 4l. FENZLIA 
Trise III. Mertes ae.—Ovary divided into 2 or € os or very rarely 1-celled, | 
with 2 piers placentas. Fruit an niea berry o. l 
Ovary 1-celled -n * parietal placentas. Leaves 3-n As . 40. RHODAMNIA. 
ovules in eac z : aves E Zeen underneath . 4l. FENZzLIA. 
by spurious ze een ves éometimes 3-nerv - . 38. RHODOMYRTUS. ` 
id 2- or 3- elle, Aen several ovules in each cell, without spuri- — 3 
us dissepimen 
Embryo long e narrow, curved, be, or spiral, with small 
eg ns. Flowers 5-merons or rarely A. mein solitary or 
39. MYRTUS. 
Seite thick and fleshy, either indivisible or with 2 thick fleshy 
ois de and a short radicle rs 4-merous or rarely 5- 
solitary or in fcire SE or panicles. . . . 43. EUGENIA. 
