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Lhotzkya.] XLVIII. MYRTACEJE. ; 55 
fowering attaining 2 lines and exceeding the bracts by about half its length, 
lü-ribbed, more or less contracted at the top into a short slender web; the 
lobes not longer than the breadth of the tube, broad, truncate, and slightly 
emarginate. Petals about 2 lines long. Stamens about 20. 
W. Australia. Swan River, Drummond, lst Coll. n. 163; “Preiss, n. 2638; 
Turner. The small flowers aud slender neck of the calyx-tube distinguish this from all 
others. I have not seen Prciss's specimens, but Schauer's description evidently refers to 
this species. 
calyx-tube. Calyx-tube slender, 2 to 23 lines long, adnate to the top, 10- 
nerved and scarcely contracted above the middle, narrower and scarcely above 
sti at the base; lobes scarcely 3 line long, broad, truncate, emarginate. 
tals above 2 lines long. Stamens numerous 
: Australia, Sandy hills, Champion Bay, Oldfield. Scarcely differs from L. eri- 
^5 except in the broader bracteoles and the larger flowers of a different colour. 
T. L. ericóides, Schau. in Lindl. Introd. Nat. Syst. ed. 2.439. An 
erect heath-like shrub of 2 to 4 ft., glabrous or slightly scabrous-pubescent. 
o "d L. scabra, Turcz. in Bull. Mose. 1862, ii. 324; L. hirta, Regel, 
nfl. 1863, 337. t. 415 (from the description and figure). 
s ù Ki ^S ‘oining districts, R. Brown, A. Cunning- 
ham, Drummond, Zug, ald sina = adjoining districts row: 
oten Is acutifolia, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. T. Erect with virgate branches, 
toute escent, and with the general habit and characters of L. ericoides, but 
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: ‘lyx-tube cylindrical, 5-ribbed, about 2 lines long, wholly adnate and not 
above 3 1 the top; lobes not 3 line long. Petals (white or yellowish 7) 
15; e» long. Stamens numerous.— Arn. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 380. 
> Schau. Myrt. Xeroc. 84, and in PI. Preiss. i. 103. 
ummond, bst Coll. ; Mount Melville, near Albany, . 
y of L. ericoides. 
E n UTRIBE IL. TugrProwENEA.—Stamens 5, 10, or indefinite, free, in 
id , Qn 1 
rm rows, without staminodia, Ovules 2, rarely 4 to 10, attached in 
` 0 à placenta either basal or adnate to the side of the cavity or extend- 
