64 XLVIII. MYRTACEX. [ Micromyrtus, ` 
Stamens 5. 
Petals very deciduous. Ovules 2 (Western species) . . . . 
Petals often persistent. Ovules 2, 4, or more (Southern and 
astern species). 
Calyx-tube ovate-turbinate, not exceeding 1 line. Ovules 4. 5. Jf. microphylla. 
Calyx-tube narrow, scarcely exceeding } line. Ovules 2 . 6. M. minutiflora. 
Calyx-tube narrow, exceeding 1 line. Ovules 6 to 8 7. U. feptocalyz. 
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Thryptomene elobata, P. Muell. Fragm. iv. 63. 
W. Australia. Sandy plains inland of Israelite Bay, Maxwell. 
emosa, Benth. ` Allied to M. elobata, but the branches more. . 
2. M. rac 
slender, almost filiform, and the calyx different. Leaves oblong or linear, 
erect, thick, concave or semit rete, very obtuse, rarely above 1 line long. 
1 line long, with 10 scarcely prominent ribs; lobes or icular, short an 
broad but distinct, scarious and minutely denticulate. Petals about 4 line 
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long, deciduous. Stamens 10, in 2 rows; filaments very short; anther-cells ` 
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globular, distinct, opening in parallel or divergent slits; connective-gland 
bular. Ovules 2.—Thryptomene racemosa, P. Muell. Herb. 
. Australia. Drummond, 9nd. Coll. n. 935 ; Murchison river, Oldfield. 
: 3. M. imbricata, Benth. Erect, 1 to 2 ft. high, with numerous slender 
virgate branches. Leaves obovate or nearly 
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