88 XLVIII. MYRTACE. [ Beeckea. 
winged ; lobes short, broad, with scarious margins. Petals not above lline | 
diameter, Stamens 15 to 20, n none opposite the centres of the petals; an- 
ther-cells united, globular, opening in terminal pores or short slits, connec- 
tive-gland globular and prominent. Ovary flat or concave at the top - 
A celled; with 8 to 10 ovules in each cell round a peltate placenta ; style not 
ery deeply immersed.— Babingtonia pentagonantha, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 74. 
pm Murchison river, CES, and apparently the same vue i the | 
pecimens nof h kah Ge i ' Bay ham ; Dirk Hartog's island, Milne. 
minent ze f the d more v conspicuons in this than in B. ES and ` 
kon: distinguish the bf Tim all others 
B. robusta, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 12. A straggling shrub of 3 to 
6 k Leaves linear or oblong, semiterete or concave, thick, very obtuse, - 
mostly 2 to 4 lines long. Flowers solitary on a pedicel of 2 to 4 lines, arti- 
3 
ther on a short common peduncle. Calyx-tube nearly 2 lines long, turbinate, 
smooth or obscurely angled, with short broad rather thick lobes. Petals not 
large. Stamens 10 to 20, none opposite the centre of the petals; filaments 
ig Zeta Sandy plains, Murchison river, Oldfield, Drummond, 6th Coll. n. 61. ` 
valifolia, F. Muell Fragm. iv. 72. Erect, attaining about 
3 E d rather short virgate E ches, Leaves erect or s iis eading. ovate, 
owers 
or even more, those opposite the centre of the petals often wanting ; filaments | 
filiform or slightly flattened, the inflated summit continuous with the thick ` 1 
the depth of the ovary. Capsule very convex.—Harmogia ovalifolia, F. Muell. | 
Fragm. ii. 32 ; lesu: omi F. "iru Fragm. iv. 74. 1 
W. Australi ond, 5th Coll. n. 124; E. Mount Barren, Maxwell. Drom- 
mond’s specimens rs longer leaves and lega flowers than d single one of Maxwell’ 
41. B. s cuneata, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 73. Erect, attaining 4 to. P 
6 ft., A nenn branches. Leaves erect or slightly spreadin 1 
obovate-euneate, concave or fol lded, obtuse or the midrib slightly gr 
rather thick, mostly 1} to 2 lines long. ` Flowers solitary on short thick D: 
dicels, with a pair of very deciduous bracteoles below the middle, Calye | 
broad, thick, ii. more or Hee e rious margins, Petals about 1} li 
