Darwinia.] ^ XLVIII. MYRTACER. 15 
ee long. Ovules 2.—Schuermannia homoranthoides, F. Muell. in Linnea, 
xv. 387; Genetyllis Schuermanni, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 12. 
S. Australia. Near Boston Point, Port Lincoln, Wilhelm. 
ch Mr Leaves opposit ear, semiterete or triquetrous, Bez about 
3 lines long. Flowers in the Chien axils of the short branchiets forming a 
dense flat-topped leafy corymb, the pedicels 1 to 2 lines long. Calyx- E 
hemispherical, 13 lines diameter, softly pubescent, more villous at the bas 
with a dense ring of white hairs as in many species of Verticordia ; foit 
ovate, scarious, nearly 2 lines long, very shortly and d denticulate- 
ciliate. Petals ovate-lanceolate, rather shorter than th bes 
tire, scarious with a broad dark-coloured central line. Stamens united for 
near] 1 line above the ealyx-tube ; staminodia lanceclate-subulate, forming 
a tunt outer series. Style v very long. vules 2.—Chamelaucium tarde 
bg F. Muell Fragm. iv. 57; "Ferlicordia integrisepala, F. Muell. 
er 
: warnt SE near Cape le Grand, Marwell, to the eastward of King 
George's Sound, Bar 
Although this get [m as sti by F. Mueller, the a and some other cha- 
racters of. Vérticordia, yet, on the whole, he appears to have referred it more 
his section Schu ma, at first pr Zu as a distinct genus ee reduced to Genetyllis, 
d erwards transferred to Chamela The an an of e 
wn; ok. and not of mr and the affinity ra the bont E is st still 
- Thomasii, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 181. Slender and 
e 
em -lobes, "em? shorter than the ec ; anthers pn the cells 
amd in oblong pores; staminodia rather shorter, adnate the base - 
shorty bearded below the stigma. Ovules 6. —Chamelaucium Thomasii 
Muell. Fragm. iv. 137. t. 30 
Queensland. Sandstone country, head of Cape River, Bowman. 
3. HOMORANTHUS, A. Cunn. 
Calyx-tube narrow, the adnate part 5-ribbed ; lobes 5, subulate, longer 
than the petals. Petals 5, entire. Stamens 10, alterna ating with as many 
Staminodia, and united with them oe shortly at the base in a single ring. 
SE Ee opening in 2 miopie pores near the scarcely prominent 
Ovary l-celled, with about 4 ovules inserted on a short basa 
M" "Style exserted, bearded ete the end ; stigma terminal, minute. 
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