| 42 XLVIII. MYRTACEA, [ Calythria, 
2. CQ. m Meissn. in Journ. Linn. i.48. Much smaller 
than C. aurea, erect, much branched, softly —€—— or villous. Leaves 
linear, "ther flat, but the midrib very prominent underneath and often above 
also, obtuse or mucronulate, 2 to 3 lines long, the floral ones scarcely e 
awn not twice as long as the S Petals rather obtuse, geg? 3 lines 
long. Stamens numerous; connective-gland . prominent. Style inserted on 
the staminal disk, deciduous. 
WV. Australia. Between Moore and Murchison rivers, Drummond, 6th Coll. n. 51. 
flavescens, A. Cunn. in Bot. Mag. under n. 3323. Rather 
Hir zeg under 1 ^ft. high and simple or nearly so, and from that to 
above 2 ft. and more or less branched, usually glabrous. Leaves linear- 
al 
scarcely mucronulate, mostly 3 to 4 lines long in the normal form. Flowers 
yellow, nearly sessile in the upper axils, forming ovoid or oblong terminal 
leafy spikes, rarely lateral by the elongation of the shoots, or a few short 
hes b.. B 
upper portion solid inside; lobes 1 to là lines long, truncate or shortly | 
acuminate with an awn 2 or 3 times the length of the petals. Petals obtuse, 
r S ous . 
inserted on the staminal disk, deciduous.— Schau. Myrt. Xer S. and in 
Pl. Preiss. i. 106 ; Field. and wx — PL t. 38 (the are? not correct); 
€: luteola, Schau. in Pl, Ie 
. Australia. Swan bann ond, lst ; 2nd Coll. e? 52; Preiss, n. 186, 
Ss 108 Moore river, DER Kojonerup ‘and Tone river, Marwel. 
ar. Drum mondii. Stouter and more rigid in all its parts. Leaves c crowded, 4 to 6 Lo 
do "Flowers rather larger and more numerous below the ends of the br uches 
Drummondii, Meissn. in dem Linn. Soc. i. 47. Between Moore and Murchison rivers, 
Olt, 
Var. tenel, Apparently Pera ‘and regu Flowers smaller and more gegen, 
Bracteoles less pointed.— a, Meisen, iu Journ. Linn. Soc. i 47. Between Moo 
and Marchison rivers à €— "o Col. " n. 55. This appears in me rather an sell 
Var. curtophylla. HM gm bs not very SEH mostly spreading. Flowers rather 
1 nd n yila, A. Cunn. 
small. Bracteoles short a C. curtoph 
à p » Bot. 3 nder n. 
3323, not of Schauer Swan Riven, 4 Fraser, and southern districts, Baxter.—C. tetragono- 
phyla, Hone in Journ. Linn 47, from Moore and Murchison rivers, Drummond, 
6th ag » only differs sit, this ‘forma 1 m a very slight pubescence on the branches and 
per : 
Amongst all the above forms this species is readi ily recognized by the bracteoles always ` ` 
= acuminate, as in C. simplex aud in C. tenuiramea, both of. which have pink or lile 
wers, . 
4. C. asperula, Schau. in Pl. Preiss 8% i. 106. Loosely branched and 
quite glabrous, 1 to 3 ft. high. Leaves more or less itis. linear or 
Uer obtusely triquetrous, rather thick, very obtuse, 1 to 2 lines or 
