Astartea.] XLVIII. MYRTACEÆ. 91- 
Petals above 1 line diameter. Strinsi in 5 distiuct clusters of 6 to 8 each ; 
anther-cells distinct, globular, opening in transverse slits, the widest 
E my as large. as each cell. Ovary with numerous ovules in each 
N. Australia. YE of the sandstone table-land at the head of the Roper and Lim- 
ne iiit rivers, F. Mueller 
15. HYPOCALYMMA, Endl. 
Denn, broadly turbinate or almost flat, adnate to the ovary at the 
base ; 5, broad an more or ee scarious, shorter than the 
"a v 5, litmdiy obovate or orbicular, spreading, often persistent. 
Stamens numerous, not rene the petals, very shortly united in a single 
pitate s 
calyx-tube, opening loculicidally at the top or in the whole free portion. 
or few in ea ch cell, ovoid- oblong, with an oblong lateral hilum ; tes 
X . ryo, whe 
tire, with a d Beef slightly incarved es at Ki smallest upper 
Dech is limited to Western Adi, ps connects, in some measure, Beæckea and 
as kuown, $ th tospermum, but differs from both in the staminal grapes and, as sd 
Paucifloy ìn the embryo. The H. Wierm has sometimes almost the aspect of Kun. 
“distinguish which moreover has ver ry frequently many of the leaves pees but is readily 
hed by the 5-celled ovary and capsule. 
on XI. Bu calymma.— Ova ary 2- or 3- celled, with 2 or 3 ovules in each cell, s 
pai aoia with Dr Steng ridges, se any central depression, Flowers 
y short common tt fe 
| ` Sé pubescent. bibi oblong- 
ES Glabrous, SCH tint slightly eege à cis . 1. H. zanthopetalum. 
Leaves |; “celled, wers not yellow. 
— Lees eege 2. H. robustu 
| 'es tri te, rigi pees Zoe scarcely prominent 
Te quetons, uu M di oug. Capsule very convex . 3. H. berg 
P sulcate, un Y D Ov mi- 
Dent, free, except the es m. Jong. e very pro i it 
ue eae — Ovary Ta with | ovule in each cell, prom iban 
^ e style inserted in a central depression. Flowers ger sessile, in pairs. 
diy pe very obtuse. (F bei white or pink?) 5. H tetrapterum. 
obtuse or rather acute. Flowers yellowish e H. linifolium. 
riquetrous, 3 or 4 times as long as . H. angustifolium 
angusti ; 
de la SC or triquetrous, not exceeding the large ier. 9. H. ericifolium. 
end.—Shrubs, either glabrous or with pubescent branches. Leaves opposite, ` 
