Thryptomene.] XLVIII. MYRTACEA, 61 
dulous, divergent, opening in small terminal pores; connective-gland small. 
Ovary very short in the bottom of the calyx-tube, with 2 ovules attached to 
a lateral placetita.— Beckea micrantha, DC. Prod. iii. 230 ; Mem. Mert. t. 14. 
W. Australia. Rocky places near the Murchison river, Oldfield ; Sharks Bay, Herd. 
Mus. Par. (in Herb. R. Brown and Sonder). 
ing 4 line diameter, the floral ones smaller. Flowers in the upper axils, on 
pedicels of 4 to 2 line, forming little terminal leafy corymbs. Bracteoles ovate, 
small, very deciduous. Calyx-tube broadly turbinate, rugose, not ribbed ; 
lobes petal-like, orbicular, not 2 line diameter. Petals orbicular, about 
twice as long as the calyx-lobes. Stamens 10, short; anther-cells obovoid, 
pendulous, divergent, opening -in small terminal pores. Ovary short, with 
2 ovules on a short basal somewhat lateral placenta. 
W. Australia. Murchison river, Oldfield. 
hyporhytis, Tue, in Bull. Mose. 1862, ii. 324. Apparently 
` i > if d NE 
g, , thick and concave, very ob- 
tuse, 2 to 3 lines long, or those immediately about the flowers often much 
shorter, Flowers small, on slender pedicels of 2 lines or more.  Bracteoles 
short, broad, very concave and keeled. Calyx-tube hemispherical or very 
broadly turbinate, rugose and pitted; lobes petal-like, orbieular, 2 line 
broad. Petals not twice as long as the calyx-lobes. Stamens 10; anther- 
cells obovoid, divergent, pendulous, opening in terminal pores ; connective- 
| oe small. Ovules 2, on a short basal placenta, adnate to one side of the* 
vity. 
W. Australia, Between Moore and Murchison rivers, Drummond, 6th Coll. n. 63. 
12. T isonneuvii, P. Muell. Fragm. iv. 64. Very much branched, 
with the aspect and foliage of T. Johnsonii. Leaves obovate, thic t promi- 
ed, very obtuse, rarely 1.line long. Flowers nearly sessile in the 
ey Very short, thick and triangular, with lateral, divaricate, scarious 
EC Petals orbicular fully 1 line diameter, and apparently spreading. 
thi uc 5, inserted outside the broad thick disk ; anther-cells distinct, on a 
the connective. Overy 1-celled, with 4 to 6 ovules on a lateral placenta in 
_ Upper portion of the cavity, 
d: tralia, Fincke river, M‘Douall Stuart's Expedition. The flowers are very 
de, e I do not feel confident of having exactly Lips some of the details of 
E : E = Mitchelliana, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 11. Tall and bushy, with 
4 Se “irgate branches. Leaves oblong or slightly cuneate, flat, with the 
1 line Off so early as to be rarely seen. Calyx-tube ovate-campanulate, about 
