Beckea.} XLVIII. MYRTACEÆ. 11 
W. Australia. Limestone cliffs towards the Great Australian Bight, Mazwe//.— 
Notwithstanding the difference in foliage and habit, it is possible that these specimens may 
be a form rather of B. ericca than of B. crassifolia. 
e linear-leaved specimens of B. crassifolia are from the Botanical Garden of Melbourne. 
9. B. tetragona, F. Muell. Herb. Branchlets small, numerous, erect. 
Leaves imbricate and decussate, ovate or oblong, thick, concave or keeled, 
obtuse, £ to nearly 1 line long. Flowers solitary, almost sessile, with 2 con- 
cave very deciduous bracts under the calyx. Calyx-tube turbinate, 5-angled, 
above 1 line long; lobes broadly ovate and petal-like, or 2 outer ones 
narrower and greener, half as long as the tube. Petals larger than the calyx- 
lo Stamens 10; filaments filiform or slightly dilated at the base; 
anther-eells parallel; opening longitudinally; connective-gland globular. 
Ova flat-topped, 3-celled, with 2 or rarely 3 ovules in each cell Style 
shortly immersed. Seeds nearly as in B. diffusa. 
— W. Australia. E. of King George's Sound, Baxter ; Middle Mount Barren, Maz- 
well; Lucky Bay, R. Brown. M 
Scirious margins. Petals twice as long as the calyx-lobes. Stamens 15, of 
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; opening longitudinally ; connective rather thick. Ovary very convex, 
l ; 3 
: ge he centre of the petals; filaments filiform; anther-cells parallel, 
celled s longitudinally ; connective-gland rather large. Ovary eonvex, 3- - 
“St, With about, 8 ovules in each cell ; style shortly immersed. 
"Ustralia. Brindley’s Bluff, M‘Do , ition. Descri E 
single " D y's Bluf, M‘Douall Stuarts Expedition. c from 
we die specimen in Herb. F. Muell. The more numerous ovules and indefinite sta- 
opposite the refer fe the following section, but ec) there appears always to be a stamen 
Ee centre of each petal as in Euryomyrtu 
oe Storioy JI, Scurpiomyrtus.—Stamens few or numerous, but none 
` belle the centres of the petals; filaments filiform ; anther-cells distinct, 
ae » d opening longitudinally to the base. Ovary 2-celled, or in 7 
or EE: 8-celled, with several ovules in each cell Flowers solitary in 
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