Rhodomyrtus.: ek XLVIII. MYRTACERY 213. 
diameter. Ovules and seeds superposed in 4 (or sometimes 6 ?)-rows.— 
- Myrtus trineura, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 117. 
Queensland. Wooded shores of Rockingham Bay, W. Hill, Dallachy. 
| $. R. cymiflora, F. Muell. Shrubby and glabrous. Leaves ovate- 
pae, shortly and obtusely acuminate, narrowed into a short petiole, finely 
rather distantly penniveined, the veins united in a nerve much within the 
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) and more prominent towards the base of the leaf, which thus appears 
Almost triplinerved. ` Flowers several but not numerous, in loose dichotomous 
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tube türbinate or almost globular, above 1 line diameter; lobes 5, broad, . 
- shorter than the tube. Petals fully 2 lines diameter. Ovules superposed in 
- or rarely 4 rows. Fruit only seen young.—Myrtus cymiflora, F. Muell 
gm. v. 12, ^ 
Queensland. Seaview Range, Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 
obovate, obtuse or shortly acuminate, often 6 to 10 in. long, penniveined and 
i ncles in the 
Upper axils short, bearing either 1 or 3 flowers, or a short compact | 
meme, Calyx-tube cylindrical ; lobes 5, unequal. Petals tardily expanding. 
Be large, peltate. Ovules usually superposed in 2 rows on a parietal pla- 
. ‘Sula protrüding between the rows (the ovary reduced to a single cell). 
Frit cylindrical, 2 to 14 in. long, almost torulose. - Seeds large, superposed 
- Uully in a single row; or very rarely the. 2-rows perfect, and separated by 
E fim partitions, the fruit then shorter and broader 
EK 39. MYRTUS, Linn. 
| Calyx-tube turbinate, scarcely or not at all produced above the ovary; 
; small, usually persistent. Petals 4 or 5, spreading, Stamens 
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i In 2 rows to an axile placenta either scarcely prominent or divided 
mella; style filiform, with a small or rarely capitate stigma. Fruit 
9s rarely larger and folded.— Shrubs or rarely trees, glabrous or rarely 
or silk Pedunel 
slender, 1-flowered, or with several flowers in a centrifugal cyme, 
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7. Bracteoles small and usually deciduous. 
