44 XLVIII. MYRTACER. [Calythria. 
lines long. Flowers pink or lilac, on very short pedicels; axillary below the ` 
ends of the branches. Bracteoles free or scarcely united at the base, about 2 
lines long, acuminate or almost awned like those of C. flavescens. Calyx- 
tube about 4 lines long, fusiform below the middle, the slender upper portion 
solid; lobes short, acute, with fine awns slightly dilated at the base and 
exceeding the petals. Petals about 3 lines long, obtuse. Stamens nume- 
rous ; the oa ae small and globular, or in the inner stamens larger and 
more prominent. Style porat on the staminal disk, glabrous. deg 
Myrt. Xeroc. 101, and in Pl. Pre — 
WV. Australia. Swan 
field ; € Albany, Preiss, n. 199, whose péctibéis, however, d itm seen 
tufted stems — " p prd A specific name are by no means c The 
umes the aspect of C. 4 mea, of which it has also the uhr but I deen r find ps 
style penetrating ped de sin. -tube as in that Sg C. simplex is also very near C. 
Jlavescens, differing chiefly in the colour of the flowe 
8. C. empetroides, Schau. Myrt. Xeroc. 102, and in Pl. Preiss. i. 105. 
Low, diffuse or prostrate, much branched, pubescent or hirsute. Leaves 
River, bris ummond, lst Coll. San hills, Tweed river, Old- 
Fides pr 
the middle into a loose involucre, about 14 lines long. alyx-tube about 
23 lines long, slightly hirsute, fusiform below the middle, the slender upper 
portion solid ; lobes broad, almost acute, the hair-like awn minutely ciliate 
and about as long as the petals. Petals (pink or lilac) about 3 lines long. 
Stamens numerous; anthers small, with a gor gland-like connective. 
Style inserted on the staminal disk, deciduo 
- Australia, J. S. Roe ; gravelly em of esi Bakewell, Preiss, n. 195 
C. ciliata, Turez. in Bull. Mosc. 1847, i. 161, which I have enda seen, is probably, from 
the description given, a variety of C. e empetroides with narrower leav 
. C. variabilis, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 5. de seed branches 
usually erect and virgate, sometimes s loosely spreading, Leaves linear- 
axils bien the ends of the branches. Bracteoles 3 to 4 lines long, connate 
from ł to nearly 3. their longis broader upwards, acuminate the midrib 
edin 
acut ta 
numerous; connective- ces? tather large, Style inserted on the slightly 
oru staminal ver —Schau. Myrt. Xeroc. 100, and in Pl. Preiss. i. 105. 
Australia. River, Darii n , 
lst Coll. n. 157; Zeg mm 197, Oldfield gie — pec Mae 
10. C. muricata, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 224, Quite ivi the 
branches erect, rigid, and rather stout. - Leave 3 linear or linear- ‘oblong, thick, 
triquetrous or ‘keeled, obtuse, mostly 3 to 4 tines long, the floral ones and a 
(pink or lilac) on very short pedicels in the upper - 
