‘70 XLVIII. MYRTACEJ. [Scholtzia. 
-short longitudinal slits. Ovary more or less perfectly 2- celled, with 2 super- 
“posed ovules in ao e? or on est side of the dita style shortly immersed. 
W. Australia. arks’ Bay, Milne, also in Herb. E from Herb, 
Mus. Par. This is, Bai esch the true Backes obovata, A Pro d. ii. 280. 
9. S. parviflora, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 16. A spreading pur of 6 
to 8 ft. Leaves from ege obovate or almost spathulate and much nar- 
searcely above 4 line diameter. Stamens about 5; anther-cells ovoid- 
globular, distinct, opening almost to the base in longitudinal nearly parallel 
slits; connective-gland small. Ovary flat- dede 3-celled, with 1 ascending 
ovule in each ce ell; style immersed in eep tubular central depression. 
bs fruit apparently gg ating into e cocci. 
trali d, Ind Coll. n. 15 (4th Coll.?), n. 56; Murchison river, 
Da eld. da Drummond's erte the leaves are smaller, more spreading, more orbicular, 
and less narrowed at the base than in Oldfield’s. 
. 10. S. oligandra, F. Muell. Herb. A spr Se? Keren ; 
shrub of about 4 or 5 ft. Leaves spreading, decussate on the e 
à short peduncle artieulate at the top, with minute orbieular excee ingly | 
ite bracts. Calyx-tube turbinate, nearly $ line long, lobes short and 
broad, petal-like, entire. Petals nearly 1 line “long. Stamens about 5; 
dck the appearance of 4 globular collateral cells. Ovary nearly flat, with 
e cee ovules in each cell; the — very deeply immersed. Fri : 
separating into 2*hard usually 1- ‘seeded co 
Wee zeien Sec (5th Coll ?), . " Murchison river, Oldfield. Drum 
specimens have numerous flowers, but far adv vanced, and have lost their n j 
in DW, the flowers are very few, but more e vi both appear, Ligure; to belong to 
diameter. Sia ary lowering “convex, 2- 4 
ey 3- SC with à mem atin ovules in each cell. Style very “sa 
co pes Drummond Coll. ?), n. 38. 
12. S. teretifolia, Ben Stems in our specimens numerous, erect, 
6 ‘to 8 in. high. Leaves take terete or channelled above, obtuse, not VE 
ing 2 lines and mostly clustered as in Astartea. Flowers solitary OF * | 
3 together on very short peduncles in the upper axils, Calyx-tube broly : 
