74 XLVIII. MYRTACER. [ Backea. 
TION I. Rrnz1a.—Stamens 10 or more, of which 5 opposite the 
centres of the petals; filaments all, or at least those opposite the petals, 
much flattened and broad, often notched at the top; anther-cells distinct and 
parallel, opening longitudinally to the base. Ovary 3-celled. Flowers 
per pe , Solitary or ‘rarely 2 or 3 together on an exceedingly short common 
pedunel 
1. B. platystemona, Benth. eens low and diffuse, with the 
habit and foliage of B. crassifolia, but with very different stamens. Leaves 
ovate-oblong, thick, concave, ver di obtuse, 1 to 1j lines long. Flowers 
solitary, on pedicels of 2 to 3 lines, with a pair of small coloured bracts at 
or near the base. Calyx-tube Sen broadly campanulate, almost introrse s 
the base, d 2 lines diameter; lobes semi-orbicular, continuous with t 
tube. Petals twice as long as the ealyx-lobes, about 14 lines diameter, vef 
deciduous. M 10; filaments flat, those opposite the petals very broad, 
almost superio A ec , with 9c lateral ovules in ehh edit ; style a 
W. Australia, Drummond, 4th Coll. n. 148; 5th Coll. n, 199. 
2 Fumana, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 68. A small shrub, with nume- 
rous erect or yon branches, often not above 6 in. high, SC ning 1 ft. in 
our larger specimens. ` Leaves loosely imbricate on the smaller branches, or 
if distant not en linear or linear-oblong, concave or semiterete, ob- 
3 
tuse, 1 to 3 lines long or rarely more. Flow s apparently white, on ` 
pedicels from rather longer thi: to twice as ituri as the floral leaves, with- 
2 minute braets at the base. Calyx x broadly hemispherical, almost introrse at 
the base, about 14 lines diameter, with broad obtuse lobes nearly as long as 
the tube, and slightly scarious at the edges. Petals about 14 lines diameter. 
Stamens 10; filaments flat, those opposite tlie petals very broad, emarginate 
at the end, with the connective-gland in the notch, the others smaller, more 
tapering, and not notched; ant thers in front of the filament, the cells distinct — | 
and parallel, opening longitudinally Ovary nearly globular, adnate by the 
broad base, but otherw superior, 3-celled, with 2 collateral ovules in each 
— Bien Fumana, rt in Sieg xvii. 239, and in Pl. Preiss. i. 108. 
ustralia. 
Set E end Preiss, 
e ca Drummond, ist Coll.; also n. 77 and 140; King 1 
3. B. dimorphandra, F. Muell. Herb. A small shrub of 1tolft, | 
d ar —_— erect — e bran ches. Leaves appressed, linear, . 
lines diamete r. Stamens 10; filaments flat, those Ge the petals broa 
2-lobed at the top, with the connective-gland i in the notch, the others. Bel : 
Ke 
tapering and not notched; anthers in front of the filament ; the cells distinct 4 
