94 XLVIII. MYRTACER. [ Hypocalymma, 
W. Australia. ance ap Moore and Murchison rivers, Drummond, 6th Coll. n. 65. 
7. H. angustifoliun, Eu! in Hueg. Enum. 50 (under ra it ` 
An erect, bushy, g sine shrub, from about 1 to 3 ft. high. Leaves narrow- 
linear, rigid, channelled above or semiterete, rarely rather Tinten and con- 
eave, obtuse or abate, d to 1 in. long. owers white or pale pink, in sessile ` 
pairs, but often in the “axil of one only of each pair of leaves. Bracts ovate- — 
cordate, scarious, about 1 line long. Calyx-tube broad and flat, nearly 2 ` 
linés diameter, witha slightly contracted rim ; lobes broad, from 3 to 4 as long ` 
as the petals. Petals SES? 1} lines diameter. Stamens about as long as the — 
petals, in a single row. ary pyramidal at the top, with 3 prominent t angles d 
and a short tubular dejigation round the style, 3-celled, with 1 ovule or very ` 
rarely a second abortive one in each cell; stigma small. Seeds like those of | 
H. tetrapterum, but the embryo not seen pe ii — Schau. in Pl. Preiss. i | 
112; H. suave, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1844, Misc 
W. Austra lia. Swan River Se the S. coast, Ee Drummond, 1st Coll. n. 131, 
M we Satis n. 333, 336, Wé 339, 340, 341, and other 
orum. rosis s shorter, inflorescence erin doti] almost spicate; flowers 
wc er anh short. caf riosum. € in Zeg Preiss. i. 111.—King Georges ` 
Sound, Preiss, n. 330, Ol dfield 1 e of Dru d’s specimens, described as H. suave, "d 
closely connect this variety with ae tote eec peus as H. €— 
icifolium, Benth. Glabrous, with erect virgate bra : 
Leaves linear or linear-clavate, thick, obtusely cape or channelled ver l 
2 to 4 lines long. Flowers in sessile pairs, much larger than in the allied ` 
"e concealing the floral Gem when several together. J 
about as long as the calyx-tube. Calyx- tube very broad and flat, about 2 
lines diameter, the lobes not aboye 4 as long as the petals. Petalsabove? | 
Ges diameter. Kä broadly pyramidal on the top, with 3 prominently | 
. Australia. lingion Bay and Vasse River, Oldfield. ; 
Section II. Carpromyrrus, Schau.—Ovary 3-celled, E 2 ei E 4 
ovules in each cell, without prominent angles or ridges, an a a 
depression in which the style is inserted. “Flowers pedicellate, soli, det? 1 
tered or 2 or more together on a common yc 
9. H. cordifolium, Lehm. ; Schau. in Pl. Preiss. i. 112. A glabrous 
shrub, of 2 or 3 ft., with long, Kies Ka Sc more or less 4-angled, thè | 
3 
angles sometimes dilated ander the leaves into denticulate wings. Leaves E 
closely sessile, very broadly orbicular-cordate or almost triangular, the margins | 1 
recurved and more or less crisped or denticulate, all under 4 in. diameter Ka 
edicel 4 
vex, with a ntral depression Sp the xir but without prominent ridges 
. bësse King See s Sound and to the eastward, R. Brown, Preiss, n. H 
