276 XLVIII. MYRTACEJE. : [ Myrtus. 
more numerous than in M. racemulosa, in short loose — clustered in 
the axils, the pee generally in opposite pairs along t e rhachis, with a 
cluster of 5 at the end. — Calyx-tube short ; lobes 5 or diee 4, spreadi ine 
a little more than 1 line diameter. Petals usually 5, sometimes 4 or 6, 1} 
lines reped minutely ciliolate. Stamens much more numerous than in 
a, and covering half the radius of the flat disk. Ovary com- 
pletely 2- um with a small cluster of ovules in each cell. 
Queensland. Wide Bay, Bidwill. Some specimens of Dallachy’s, from. Port Denison, 
with less acuminate leaves, ouk to belong to the same species, but are in bud on nly. 
o. M. race emulosa, Benth. A small tree, quite glabrous, the branch- 
lets terete or slightly flattened, Leaves ovate, obtuse or shortly acuminate, 
rounded or scarcely cuneate at the base, 13 to 23 in. long, penniveined, with ` 
a few of the veins more prominen t, the “lower ones very oblique, and the 
lowest pair sometimes forming an Deen one nearly to the end. 
P 
dicels slender,-usually 5 or 7 in a loose axillary raceme, not exceeding the 
leaves, the terminal one short, the lateral ones longer, solitary and opposite, 
and sometimes 2 racemes in each axik “Br noteoles minute, close unde 
flower. Calyx glabrous ; tubé somewhat turbinate, under 1 line long; 
5, broad, about as long as the tube. Petals 5, fully twice as long as 
calyx-lobes. Stamens numerous, as in all Myrti, but oecupying on 
margin of the disk. Ovary 2-celled, with 12 to 16 ovules in each cell, on à 
broad placenta, the dissepiments scarcely complete to the top. ruit glo- 
bulir, about 2 lines diameter, crowned by the eir umm. lue lor Së 
nearly glo uli: or Stee ; testa hard. Embryo very | 
twisted or doubly folded or involute, the radicular end Wë the ai 4 
dons E sma 8 
Queensland. Broad Sound, R. Brown ; Port Denison, Fitzalan ; Edgecombe weg 
d Bays, Dallachy. 
Var. conferta. Racemes short, almost reduced to the clusters Ge M. acmenioù 
venation of the leaves as in in M. racemulosa.—Port Denison, Fitzala 
8. M. acmenioides, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 77. A tree, of 20 to 40 fts 
uite glabrous, with a ieddivh bark. Leaves ovate, acumi 
into a short petio ole, l} to nearly 3 in. long, scarcely shining, finely penmi- 
veined, with the veins much more regular atid diverging than n d 
losa, Weg a in a fine pee one. Beier? rather firm 
short raceme, on a ven short common peduncle. Che: minute, 
ciduous, Res under the flower. Calyx-tube Gees about 1 line long; 
5, broad, obtuse, es than the tube, all equal or the inner one larger wi 
tal-like margins. tals 5, more or r less ciliate, the ou 
diameter, the “others Se ama Ur vary 2-celled, with a 
ovules in each cell on a 2-lobed placenta. Fruit about 
usually erowned by the es Seeds few and sometime 
bular, reniform or hemispherical ; testa hard, smoot oth and shining. 
long, spirally involute, the radicular end thickened ; cotyledons ve 
erg Moreton Bay and Wide Bay, W. Hill, C. Moore. 
N. S. Wales. oe and Clarence ries; ëtt Wilcox. 
