26 XLVIII. MYRTACEJE. [Ferticordia. 
which 2 or 3 thicker and longer than the others. Petals ovate, very thin, 
densely Dees? entire or nearlyso. Stamens very shortly united ; anthers 
l orose ; connective thickened, but not exceeding the cells; stami- 
nodia liai subulate, entire. Style rigid, subulate, exceeding the es ` 
or 4 lines, bearded with a few stiff hairs near the point. Ov ules 2 
W. Australia, Drummond, 5th Coll. n. 113; Fitzgerald ranges, Maxwell. The m 
spreading bristles of the calyx, the almost globular pubescent corolla in the centre, with the 
e protruding style give the flowers a peculiar asp 
9. V. humilis, Benth. Apparently a small slender procumbent shrub. 
tai linear, triquetrous, or laterally compressed, distinctly petiolate, 2 to 3 
me Jg. not crowded in our specimen. Flowers rather large, often on very 
dicels in the upper axils. Calyx-tube very broad and short, 10- 
ited pow ite with spreading hairs near the base, otherwise pubescent ; 
primary lobes 5, spreading to about 5 lines diameter, divided at the base into 
anthers globular, 2-porose, with a very small connective. Staminodia lanceo- 
(or sometimes 1? 
W. Australia. J. 8. Roe. 
20. V. penicillaris, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 226. Rigid, diffuse or pro- 
strate and much branched. _ Leavy ves linear, concave, keeled or triquetrous, ob- 
tuse or mucronate, 1 to 2 lines long, crowded. Flowers large for the size of 
the plant, on short cr mp in the upper axils, forming a broad irregular leafy 
corymb. Calyx-tube hemispherical, densely hirsute with long rigid hairs at 
the base, Aches EE primary lobes 5, spreading to'a diameter of 
e 
nearly globular, 2-porose, the conneetive not rominent. Style very us s 
PC e, bearded near the end with remarkably long spreading hairs. . Ovules 
Australia. Table Hill, Champion Bay, Oldfield. 
e Ve ah Turcz. in Bull. Mose. 1847, i. 159. Branches 
AC Zoe eaves linear, thick, semiterete or triquetrous, obtuse, 
rarely exceeding 2 lines, crowded on the short lateral shoots. Flowers 
cilia. Stamens very shortly united; anthers Sieg 3. -porose, the con- 
nective inconspicuous. Staminodia subulate, longer than the spice Style — 
shortly exserted, bearded from below the middle with a few long hairs; ` 
