Beckea.] XLVIII. MYRTACE. 87 
nearly globular, the cells connate and opening at the top in short pores. 
Ovary 3-ce E with several ovules in each cell; style deeply immer 
W. Aus King George’s Sc R. Brown. Near R. pulchella, but with very 
much idis tow iiu and fewer stamen 
5. B. corymbulosa, Benih. Small, with numerous slender branchlets. 
es oblong or almost linear -euneate, rather thick, concave, obtuse, mostly 
d E ie ong. Flowers ver d small, in little ter Se leafy c wory be, soli- 
Calyx-tube ovoid, about 3 line long; lobes very ies and obtuse. em 
about J line diameter. Shine 10 ‘to 15, none opposite the centre of the 
petals; anthers nearly globular, the cells united nearly to the top and opening 
in oblong pores or short slits. Ovary nearly flat-topped, 3-celled, with nume- 
Tous ovules in each cell round a peltate gene style deeply immersed. 
W. Australia, Drummond, 5th Coll. Suppl. n 
ribunda, Benth. Nearly allied to B. pentandra, and perhaps 
petals." Ovary 
Peltate “nat SE deeply äer? 
» Australia, Drummond, n. 9, 138, and 3rd Coll. n. 31. 
37. B. pentandra, x Muell. Fragm. iv. 12. Erect, with rather slender 
rie icis of 1 to 2 ft, and numerous small branchlets. Leaves 
‘the » semiterete or "ee very obtuse, to 1j lines long, decussate on 
smaller branches.* Peduncles short, bearing 1 to 3 flowers on pedicels of 
ea ? lines, with small linear deciduous bracteoles at their base. Calyx- 
“thick short, about 3 line diameter; lobes broad, very obtuse, scarious with 
ened centres, Petals at least 1 line diameter. Stamens 5 or some- 
8, not opposite the petals; filaments short; anthers nearly globular, 
nearly to the top and slightly furrowed, opening in terminal 
tach, 7^5 connective thick. Ovary flat-topped, 3-celled, with 4 to 6 ovules in 
Ss ^s Tound a small placenta; style deeply imu ersed in a Weër? a 
: © ovary.— Harmogia pentandra, F. Muell. Fragm. ii. 31; Zetrapora 
: eg na, Schau. in ane xvii. 283, and in Pl. Preiss i. 107; Babing- 
SS ee and B. Preissiana, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 
- Drummond, - Coll. n. 117, Preiss..n. 345 ; Gardiner’s River, Plan- 
and E ranges, Mazwe geg 
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B. pentagonan F. Muell. Fragm. iv. o 3. A large bushy 
imi of 6 to 8 ft., with numerous small a branches. Leaves decussate 
Smaller branchlets, broadly ovate or orbicular, rather thick, concave 
E very obtuse, rarely exceeding 1 line. Flowers solitary in the 
di axils on very short rt pedicels, articulate with linear bracteoles about the 
Calyx-tube lj lines long, very prominently 5- augled or almost 
