XLVIII. MYRTACER. 163 
wary 3 lines long, the claws exceeding the petals, each with 5 to 9 filaments 
tthe end. Stigma dilated. Fruiting calyxes truncate, in some specimens 
iot 1} lines diameter, in not very compact globular heads, in others 2 lines 
ameter, in very dense oblong spikes, in others again still larger and only 2 
com Cotyledons very broad and folded.— M. cupressina, F. Muell. 
m. lll. » 
Australia, Drummond, 3rd Coll. n. 48, also n. 57, and n. 169 ; Phillips Ranges, 
j Seashore, Sharks’ Bay, Milne (doubtful, the specimens in leaf only). 
` M. tamariscina, Hook. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 262. Branchlets 
tous, slender and excavated for each leaf as in M. Joliolosa, but in a 
ess Leaves scarcely opposite, scale-like, peltate and half stem- 
D 
: egree. 
be closely appressed and half immersed in the excavations, ovate, con- 
"pper ones often acuminate. Flowers not seen. ruiting-spikes oblong 
2 to 1 in.' long, the calyxes often densely packed, globular, 
ter. 
Openin 
villous, 3-celled 
“Yale or obovate (not seen ripe).—Shrubs, with the habit of Melaleuca. 
Opposite, small, 1- or 3-nerved, rigid. Flowers in terminal globular 
iy se. is limited to Western Australia, and only differs from Melaleuca in the ovules * 
each cell, as in Beaufortia, whilst the anthers are those of Melaleuca. 
3-nerved. Petals 5. Stamens united in 5 
e Et leur dans 
3 " D d 5 
EE ee lm o ae 
ege Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 9. A very rigid spreading 
v. 
. OS or oblanceolate, very rigid, pungent-pointed, narrow at 
prominently 3-nerved, 3 to 1 in. long. Flowers rather large dei », 
l. C. trinervis. 
