S Myrtus.) XLVIII. MYRTACEA, 275 
the tube. Petals 5, ovate-orbicular, about 2 lines long. Ovary 2-celled ; 
-ovules rather numerous in each cell on a 2-lobed placenta. Seeds not nu- 
. merous, testa hard, embryo semicircular, narrow, with 2 small cotyledons. 
P land. Moreton Island, Backhouse. 
RS Wales. Port Jackson to the Bl ountaius, R. Brown ; A. and R, Cunningham, 
- tndothers; Clarence and Richmond rivers, C. Moore. The latter specimens, as well as the 
2 E Island ones, are broad-leaved, the Blue Mountain ones have generaly narrow 
| - & M.gonoclada, F. Muell. Herb. A tree, attaining about 25 ft, 
. quite glabrous, excepting sometimes the calyx, the young branches often 
| marked with raised lines decurrent from the leaves. Leaves ovate, obtuse or 
| solitary, 1-flowered, axillary or below the leaves on the young shoot, slightly 
thickened at the end, articulate, with a pair of minute bracts under the calyx 
)x-tube turbinate, glabrous or minutel hoary ; lobes 5, nearly equal, 
Pe i 
late. Ovary pubescent at the top, 5-celled ; ovules rather nu- 
` as, on a peltate 2-lobed placenta. Fruit not seen. 
Lo d. Moreton Bay, C. Stuart. This is very much like the European M. com- 
. ‘mins, but at once distinguished by the 2-celled ovary. 
6 0 ovules in each cell. 1 
ge E by the spreading or reflexed calyx-lobes, but not seen ripe. 
Queensland, W. Hill; Pine river, Moreton Bay, Fitzalan. 
I M. cklerii, F, Muell. Fraym. ii. 85. A tall shrub, quite glabrous. 
ves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, cuneate at the base, 1 to 2 in. 
» penniveined or obscurely triplinerved, the lateral nerves 
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y conspic Pe es solitary, axillary, filiform, rarely above lin 
ery minute bracteoles a short distance the flowers 
10. sag B ho etals not seen. Ovary 3-celled, with 
ovules 
m each cell in 2 rows; stigma slightly peltate. Fruit glo- 
eut ? lines diameter. Seeds several, flat, nearly orbicular, the testa 
w A) Branulate-reticulate. 
Wales, Mountain woods, Cloud's Creek, Clarence river, Beckler. 
6. M. Bidwillii, Benth. A shrub or small tree, quite glabrous. Leaves 
ate but usually contracted into a long lanceolate obtuse point, 
a the base, on a short broad petiole, 2 to 3 in. long, finely and dis- 
Penniveined, coriaceous and very smooth and shining. — much 
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