16 XLVIII. MYRTACEZ. ` ( Homoranthus. 
Fruit . — Shrub. Leaves opposite. Flowers 2 to 4 together at the ends 
of the branches. 
The genus is limited to a single species, only differing from Darwinia in the subulate calyx- 
lobes. : . 
nearly sessile. Bracteoles broad, concave, keeled, scarious, enclosing the young 
ud but falling off long before the flower expands. Calyx-tube 22 lines 
long, prominently 5-ribbed, and the adnate part somewhat rugose between 
the ribs. l inodi i 
Queensland. Islands of Moreton Bay, 4. Cunningham, Fraser, F. Mueller. 
N. S. Wales. Forest lands skirting Liverpool Plains and Mohe’s Rivulet below Wel- 
lington Valley, A. Cunningham ; Cape Brown, C. Moore. 
I can discover no difference whatever between the two Supposed species. 
4. VERTICORDIA, DC. . 
(Chrysorrhoe, Lindl.) 
l-celled, either with 2 or 4 ovules on a small excentric placenta, or about 8 
or 10 on a more or less peltate placenta. Style included or shortly exserted, 
rarely elongated ; stigma terminal, small, or capitate or peltate. Fruit formed 
by the hardened base of the slightly-enlarged persistent calyx. Seed usually 
upper leaves short, broad, and concave, whilst the lower ones are slender and 
triquetrous. Braeteoles thin and scarious, folded over each other or enclosing 
