168 XLVIII. MYRTACER. [Beaufortia, 
longest claw of each flower shove à in., and often } in. long, with usually à 
filaments to each claw. The cal lobes hate, not longer than the tube, 
]-nerved, with the petals twice as long, readily distinguish it e . macro- 
stemon.— Melaleuca cyrtodonta, Turez. in Bull. Mosc. 1849, i 
W. Australia, Drummond, 4th Coll. n. 65, 5th Coll. n. 114; d Eden geg, f 
mm 
8. B. Schaueri, EE o Sohan in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xxi. 18 
(by misprint 14), and in Pl. Preiss.i. 150. A handsome bushy shrub, of 2 tof 
., glabrous, except the wë ec or the young shoots slightly pubescent, 
Leaves opposite, sometimes broadly lanceolate, and 3- or 5-nerved on the 
larger branches, but mostly linear, crowded and decussate, obtuse, We tri- 
quetrous or semiterete, 2 or 3 lines long in some sp imens, twice as much in 
the calyx-lobes. Staminal Deng Ai s pi ink, unequal, the mos 4 to 5 lines ` 
m 
than the claw; inner valve of the anther-cells often scarcely conspicuous. 
Ger with 1 ovule in each cell, without any or with 2 minute rudimenta — 
ones. anaes globular or ovoid, about 4 in. diameter. 4 
W.A King George’s Sound and Pg districts, Baxter, Dru mmo — 
n. A? ve? pn zh Col. n. 171; Preiss, n. 305, Oldfield; Phillips Ranges and Salt riven | 
Ce ru : 
Var. e atrorubens. — dark red, long d wid. In Mazwellt 4 
tion in Herb. F. Mueller nger and more rigid. In Marw collec- : 
9. B. purp GE Lindl. Swan a Fe 10.4.3 A. (Manglesia, pe : 
rather small in dense globular heads, the axis soon growing out, the rhachis : 
tomentose-villous,  Calyx-tube Get vidis 1 line long; lobes subt- — 
late, erect, often twice as long as the tube but variable in length. Petals a 
3 to 
ees Fruiting-spikes ovoid, under 3 in. long.— Schau. in Nov. Act. t. Nat. Cut 
i 18 (by misprint 14), and in Pl. Preiss. i. 150 
es Australia. Swan River, Drummond, 1st Coll, n. 129; Preiss, n. 238- 
. B. Dampieri, 4. Cunn. in Bot. Mag. t. 3272. A rigid straggling 
d glabrous shrub. Leave Se reciirved 0 en spreading, 
usually crowded and decussate, ponds a r broadly Sous obtuse or mu 
Lond 1 to 14} lines long, rigid, sa $ ën besides the nerve" 
like margins. Flowers small i in Cen ense globular heads, the axis soon growin 
out, n rhachis glabrous or scarce ely tomentose.  Calyx-tube rath 
i line long, the lobes triangular, about as long as the tube. Petals keet: 
