78 , XLVIII. MYRTACEZ. [.Beckea, 
12. B. crenulata, DO. Prod. ii. 230. Branches virgate. ` Lens 
broadly obo me or orbicular, flat or sien ve obtuse or almost acute, usually 
minutely KAES, ofien imbricate, 14 to nearly 3 lines long, the 
floral ones mostly longer than the others. Flowers nearly sessile along the 
branches, wën? in Kerg ech we tag than or scarcely exceeding the leaves 
Bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, ave, deciduous. Calyx-tube about 1 lin 
r duous. 
long, the adnate part iini setts: the free part broad ; lobes ovate, $ line 
à beue scarious on the edges. Petals shortly exceeding the calyx-lobes. 
Sta 0 or fewer, not opposite the centre of the petals ; anthers small, 
didyo, the cells wO Zëss ; connective-gland re eis 
Ovary 2-celled, with 6 ovules in each cell; style shortly imm 
Seeds obovoid, more o ët? eg testa thinly erustaceous; thin en 
the embryo closely folded against the radicle, otherwise straig ht .—R. Br. 
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eng Ha pp. 548; F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 65; Jungia imbri cata, Geri 
Fru 75. t. 35 (incorrect as to the details) ; Mollia imbricata, Gmel. 
in Veg. 420; Imdricaria crenulata, Sm. in Trans, Linn. Soc. iii. 259; 
Stereozylon crenulatum, Poir. Dict. Suppl. v. 246 ; Escallonia donde Rem. 
and Schult. Syst. v v. 329; Backea. diosmoides, Sieb. in DC. Prod. iii. 250; 
Schidiomyrtus uu: and §. Sieberi, Schau. in Linnea, xvii. 237. 
N. S. Wal , R. Brown; Sieber n. 277, and Fl. Mist. n. 611, and 
EE - Ve ES Illawarra, Sh Shepherd. 
enella. Leaves smaller; flowers very much smaller, but not otherwise different. 
Mes gege Giertn, - Früet. i. 175. With the larger variety from most collectors 
flat-topped, 2-celled, with 8 to 10 ovules in each cell; style not very d: 
immersed.— Leptospermum brevifolium, Rudge in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 299. 
t. 14; Beckea carnosula, Sieb. in Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 149. 
N.S. Wales. Port Jackson, R, Brown; Sieber, n. 278, and others. 
Schau. in Walp. Rep. ii. 921. A densely-branched | 
14. B. Gunni 
shrub, either low and prostrate or erect and bushy, attaining 5 or 6 ft. 
spreading, flat or concave, from obovate-oblong and scarcely 1 line long, P 
linear or “linear-cuneate, and 3 or even 4 lines long, ros or scarcely mucro- 
e. soli 
2 lines. Bracteoles under the calyx so deciduous " e be rarely. § seen, 
ce r less an LESS 
testa thinly coriaceous ; slender end of the embryo folded a against the ame ; 
