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Darwinia.] XLVIII. MYRTACER. " 
WV. Australia, Drummond, 4th Coll. n. 40, 5th Coll. n. 97. Stirling range and E. 
Mount Barren, Maxwell. ; 
Hookeriana, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 179.—Very nearly 
2. D. 
. resembles D. macrostegia, but is usually smaller, more slender, and less 
wiggy. Leaves scattered, linear-oblong, 3 to $ in. long, with recurved en- 
base of the calyx-tube has only 5 or very rarely 6 or 7 prominent ribs, and is 
only slightly tuberculate between them. Stamens, staminodia, and style as 
in D. macrostegia, or the style rather stouter.— Genetyllis macrostegia, Hook. 
ot. Mag. t. 4860, not of Turcz.; G. Hookeriana, Meissn. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. i. 37. 
W. Australia, Drummond, 5th Coll. n. 98; Maxwell. 
3. D. fimbriata, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 179.—A bushy shrub 
of 1 to 2 feet. Leaves scattered, often crowded, blong-elliptical, very ob- 
rg 
Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 49; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5468. 
W. Australia. Stirling range, E. extremity, Drummond, bth Coll. n. 99. 
4. D. speciosa, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 179.—A small shrub 
with numerous short ascending or erect branches, not above 6 in. in our'spe- 
cimeus. Leaves all opposite, erect, narrow-oblong, obtuse, concave, 2 to 3 
lines long, or rather more on the main stems. Involucres ovoid, above 1 in. 
Calyx 2 to 23 lines long, the adnate part prominently 5-ribbed ; lobes 
lanceolate or acuminate, often nearly half as long as the petals. Petals 1 to 
li lines long. — Staminodia small.—Genetyllis speciosa, Meissn. in Journ. 
Linn. Soe. i. 36. 
W. Australia. Between Moore and Murchison rivers, Drummond, 6th Coll. n. 34. 
_5. D. Meissneri, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 179.—An erect heath- ` 
like shrub. Leaves scattered, crowded, linear, mostly 3 to 4 lines long, 
convex underneath, but furrowed. next to the margin. Involueres broadly 
ovate, with green leaf-like points. Flowers about 8 to 10 in the ead. 
Bracteoles narrow, often exceeding the calyx. Calyx about 3 lines long, the 
