XLVIII. MYRTACE X. 271 
4*9 M. ntissima, F. Muell. Herb. A shrub or tree, the young 
shoots slightly hoary. Leaves very shortly petiolate, broadly ovate, 1 to 2 
in. long, glabrous, penniveined, without any intramarginal vein. Flowers 
small, few, in short pedunculate axillary racemes, with the powers one sessile, 
ge pedicels solitary and 1-flowered at the base of the shoo Flowers 
S E Gei Moreton Bay, Her}. F. Muelle 
_ W.S.Wales. Richmond river, C. Moo retin da) P de eller. 
1 Zem unknown, the genus of this plant must be uncertain, but, notwithstanding 
$ Rom flowers, it has in other respects much more the aspect of a Myrtus than of a 
40. RHODAMNIA, Jack. 
(Monoxora, Wight.) 
Calyx-tube E or nearly globular, not produced detis the ect, lobes 
Aum cpm ent. Petals 4, spreading. Stamens numerous, in seve veral 
gw aments filiform; anthers versatile, with beste cells Genie 
y. Bets 1-célled, with 2- parietal placentas, each with several: 
NUS; style filiform ; stigma usually peltate. Berry g lobular. usitally 
mim by the calyx-limb. Seeds usually few, sion hir or seen 
compressed ; testa hard; embryo horseshoe-shaped ; a see radicle and 
Very small cotyledons.— Shrubs or small trees. See opposit e, 8-nerved or 
'riplinerved m usually small, the icels — in abs axils or 
forming gë hor h racemes. egen small, deciduo 
ical Asia, and comprise € ^ Lies published een 
in, dai Ger will pro si vs be mf ies on a dentes y. ‘The three 
= ones appear to be endemic, although it is enge when better po that two oe pes 
Se i to be extreme forms of the most widely spread among = Log ic ones. 
EI fhe: "be apa placenta, readily distinguishes the genus from all other Was, 
Giele es are only in this genus and in Ahodomyr es 
n sessile in the axils. Leaves a — most — 3 in. long. 
"Zei in pedunculate e cymes. Leaves mostly under 3 
es acuminate, 3-ner me reet garde"? SSC je white. à i 
yx glabrous or pubes . 9. R. trinervia. 
Eom E inerved, Shining. above, white underneath. Calyx 
L R. sessiliflora. 
Clem 
8. R. argentea. 
ora, Bent th SE onenoesibesent Lone 
, venia 3 to 5 in. eg, gla ër more or less to 
Ovules 
"iiem rows on each placenta. Berry aes globular, Doit, with 
) 4 seeds, ^ calyx-lobes "cuan EU i the commen 
e Rockingham Bay. achy. Evidently nearly allied to the 0 
Faite, Blume but ga once ege e the-sessile flowers and fruits 
