34 XLVIII. MYRTACER. [Ferticordia, 
at the base into a broad tube; anther-cells parallel, vp E ER 
adnate to a thick connective; staminodia subulate. Style exserted, slightly 
bearded above the middle. Ovules 8 to 10 UE e in Journ. Le Soc. i. 42, 
m" Australia. Lagrange Bay, N.W. Coast, Mar 
W. Australia. Sandy eid Hill river, rd 6th Coll. n. 44; Irwin river, 
Oldfield. » 
5. PILEANTHUS, der d 
10 ovules in 2 rows, on au erect free excentrice basal placenta. Style filiform, 
glabrous, with a small terminal stigma. Fruit usually 1- seeded, formed. by 
the hardened base of the persistent calyx, but not seen ripe.—Hea th-like 
shrubs, — except = flowers. Leaves mostly opposite, linear-terete | 
or triquetrous. Flowers in the upper axils forming terminal leafy corymbs. | 
eee scarious, tN and See the bud, cireumseiss at or below | 
the middle, and falling off toget 
The genus is limited to West aei : 
Anther-cells contiguous on the clavate end of Ge are eo. 1, P. peduncularis: 
age d ked, each branch bearing one anth 
near- clavate, thick, 2 to 3 lines lon e Nd, short. . 2. P. Limacis. 
"is ebe linear-terete or triquetrous, 3 to 6 lines long . . 3. P. filifolius. 
eduncularis, Endl. in Ann, Wien. Mus. ii. 196, An. erect 
shrub, m ore or less corymbosely branched. Leaves ide: terete or trique- 
trous, obtuse, mostly 2 to 3 lines Jong and rather thick. Flowers in the 
upper axils on pedicels of 4 to 1 line long. Bracteoles cireumsciss about the 
middle, leaving a turbinate truncate persistent base, 2 to 3 lines long, almost 
eovering the calyx-tube. Calyx silky-pubescent, tube 2 to 3 lines long; 
lobes broadly ovate, very obtuse, 1 to 13 lines long. Petals obovate, exceeding - 
the calyx. Stamens shorter than the petals ; filaments slightly clavate at the 
end; anther-cells deed and adnate. CEDE Myrt. Xeroc. 29. t. 5 Bi 
P. vernicosus, F. Mue : 
NW. Australia, J. Ge ‘Drummond, 4th Coll. n. 48. Owing to the badness of the 
“ie E the ‘petals were by mistake deseribed by Endlicher as shorter than the 
omi PL Nov. Holl. ii. ade > 149. wii X 
forked at the end, each branch bearin E e el 
» saring one of the anther-cells.— Desf. in Ann. 
. Mus. Pu: zt 3; DC. Prod. iii. 209; Sohan. Myrt. ‘si “int ebe: : 
