164 XLVIII. MYRTACEJE. [Conothanas. 
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within the tube. Seeds solitary in each cell, oblong-triquetrous, erect, but 
not seen quite ripe.— Schau. in Pl. Preiss. i. 147 ; Melaleuca cuspidata, Tura, ` 
in Bull. Mose. 1862, ii. 327. S 
W. Australia. Swan River, Drummond, lst Coll. ; Preiss, n. 2639; sand plains 
near Cabingong, Murchison river, Oldfield. Gi 
9. C. divaricatus, Benth. A low shrub, with opposite, rigid, divar 
cate, almost spinescent branches, hoary or silky-pubescent, as well as tit | 
foliage. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, rigid, 1-nerved and trus - 
versely veined, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long. Flowers small, in small dene ` 
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long; lobes short, scarious. Petals none. Stamens about 14 lines long | 
quite distinct, but collected in clusters of about 3, alternating with the € : 
lobes. Ovules solitary in each cell and peltate. — Fruiting-calyxes about H 
lines diameter, in dense globular heads; capsule enclosed in the calyx-tubė, 
but readily separable from it. Seeds ovoid, but not seen perfect. 4 
` NW. Australia, Drummond, 5th Coll. n. 147. 
SUBTRIBE III. Bravrortie®.—Leaves opposite or scattered, small í 
narrow and coriaceous, l- or several-nerved. Flowers closely sessile 3 
the base, the dehiscence various. Ovules 1 or more in each 
Embryo straight or slightly curved, the cotyledons 
This subtribe differs from the Zuleptospermea chiefly in the anthers. 
24. BEAUFORTIA, R. Br. E 
(Schizopleura, Lind/.) d 
Calyx-tube ovoid or campanulate, adnate to the ovary at the base, the! 
part erect, contracted or rarely dilated; lobes 5, herbaceous or with sc 
margins, Petals 5, spreading. Stamens indefinite, longer than the p^ 
united in 5 distinct bundles opposite the petals, the filaments oF free p 
filiform ; anthers very small, erect, the cells parallel, opening at the top 
valves, the outer valve of each cell usually larger and often deciduous. QE 
enclosed in the calyx-tube, inferior or half-superior, the convex summ: be 
with a ceutral depression round the style, 3-celled, with 1 perfect ovh 
each cell, peltately attached to the centre of a peltate placenta, with the 305. 
valves. Seeds, where known, solitary in each cell, attached by their inner? 
i ( lano-convex, "` 
