EN XLVIII. MYRTACES. 165 
- formed by the growing out of the central axis. Bracts membranous, usually 
very deciduous ; bracteoles small. 
This genus is confined to Wes stralia. It is closely allied to Melaleuca, with the 
` habit and m a A smaller cred sper of that genus, and only differs in the anthers 
garde, A , the are often more or less unisexual, the males usually 
in i blong. 
ndles above A in. long, the claw much longer than the free 
Staminal ba 
de of iwi ^ 
l. B. sparsa 
Ma. gelt site. 
vmm ovate or sse usually recurved or spreading. 
Petals not exe g the narrow calyx-lobes. Outer valve of 
the an foils pom 2. B. decussata. 
P arrow, tw se as long as the calyx-lobes.. Anther- 
valves orbicular, ciliat . B. squarrosa. 
« Petals broad, shortly SE the calyx- lobes, unequal. An- 
ther-valves orbicu 
Leaves small, e Staminal bundles not very un- 
ual 2. €: vnm cde die AMA 
Leaves ovate or Gratelancedinte.. Inner staminal bundles 
half the size of the outer ones. . . . . . . + + Be B. anisandra. 
B Calyx-lobes narrow, as lo Ong as or longer than the tube... . 6. B. macrost 
hee biter i h shorter than the tube. ve B. ide 
: bundles under $ in. Senes the claw iiiter or scarcely longer 
, than e filaments. 
Jee lanceolate linear or tri iquetrous, mostly 3: lines long or more, 
x ves ame linear, i lobes Daer se shorter than the : 
. B. Schauert. 
e. mostly lanceolate. Calyx-lobes narrow, much h loger d than 
ln the tube and exceeding the petals. : 9. B. purpurea. 
m ovate obovate or orbicular, under 3 lines lon 
ie? mostly obovate or orbicular, Dee fie 9 to 3 
um diameter, sped nd only 2 or 3 together MS ee 
es recurved or spreading E be A ines long. Fruits about 1 
com ne diameter, in Dis lx pikes . 11. B. elegans. 
"To erect, arum i ^ line mé Fruits of B. elegans. 12. B. micrantha. 
» R. Br. o Hort. Kew. ed. 9. iv. 419. Glabrous, 
` y growin 
ty pubescent, the flowers rather s mal without the stamens. E 
. Dot 1 line long; lobes scarcely so long, broad and very obtuse. 
, twice as long as the calyx-lobes. Staminal bundles sare 
the claws slender, each vith about 5 filaments at the e 
as long as the claw ; anther-valves small, orbicular. Stamin pal 
peos solitary in each cell, the imperfect ones wanting or 
Fruit-spikes: about 1 in. long, the calyxes but slightly en- 
persi Seeds obo ; 
I  hano-convex.— €. . iii, 211; Schau. in Nov. Act. Nat. 
Lm eld (by misprint 18), and in Pl. Preiss. i. 149; B. splendens, Paxt. 
^ Gard. ‘xiii. 145, with a fig. 
