162 XLVIII. MYRTACES. [Molala 
W. Australia, Drummond, 5th Coll. n. 151; Phillips Range, Maxwell, in Herb. : 
oia s 
nutifolia, F. Muell. in Trans. Phil. Soc. Vict. iii. 45. Nearly 
Ge eg Ge nhieu, but the branchlets are much more sl lender and no - 
excava Leaves opposite, scale- oe" appressed and imbricate, almost stem- - 
rends and peltately attached near the he base, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acutely 
acuminate, 4 to nearly 1 line long. Flowers small, in small ovoid terminal 
heads, the rhachis woolly. Calyx-tube broad, about 4 line long; lobes about | 
as long, broad, striate. Petals ‘nearly 1 line long. Staminal bundles about 
3 lines long, the claws narrow, nearly twice as long as the petals, each wi 
7 to 11 filaments at the end; anthers very small. Fruiting-spikes short, the 
€— — truncate, about 12 lines long. 
. Aus Victoria river, F. Mueller. 
anere TO F odis river, Bowman, 
94. M. foliolosa, 4. Cunn. Herb. oceh very numerous, "i 
and Slender, excavated for the deti the margins of the excavations forming 
a fringe round them. Leaves opposite, sid iibi, broad, thick, obtuse, trie 
quetrous, peltately attached, gece appressed and — jn the ex 
tions, scarcely 1 line long. Flowers only seen in very young bud, 
terminal heads. Calyx campanulate, with short broad Bat lobes. 
striate. Stamens in bundles of 15 to 20, the claws already as long 8 
etals. Stigma rather broad. _Fruiting-eal xes few in the head or soliti 
globular, about 2 lines diamete 
Queensland. Cape Flinders, a Cunningham. 
M ra, Schau. in Pl. Preiss. i. 146. tall shrub, w 
very numerous short slender branches covered with a short em: white tomet: 
tum, often concealed by the e leaves. Leaves mostly in whorls of 
closely appressed, ovate, selbe "but thick, peltately attached, rarely. 
3 line long. Flowers, at least the mates, small, in globula r terminal 
the axis soon growing out se a leafy s shoot. Calyx-tube camp: 
ee 
long. Sans 1 line long or rathe er tat, in bundles ‘of 5 to 9. 
stigma. Seeds rather numerous in each SH erect 
V/. Australia, d 
district, Se Preiss, n . 183 a. eth Ded. Goll, #. Ai gravelly dne Wariup hills, 
M. thyoides, Turcz. in Bull. Teu 1847, i 
growing out into a leafy shoot. : 
Snin. pred n line long or shorter aud Fa in the males, 
short and broad lobes. Petals } to 3 line diameter. Stamin nal b 
