Myoporum.] XC. MYOPORINEJE., 3 
ine prions or lanceolate, obtuse, serrate, } to $ in. long. z 
ery glutinous . 9. M. Beckeri. 
frin d. and very obtuse, somewhat flattened (about 1 line 
ng). 
Leaves narrow, linear, 2 to 4 in. long keeper. a daos, ae SOE 
Leaves minute, crowded, cordate g . 11. M. salsoloides. 
I. Chamzepogonia.— Ca ! grilon ciuitas. Ovary UNUM, with 
2 ovules in each coll. Fruit somewhat compressed. 
Calyx-segments 2 o 1 ON 68. 0644 2 eo 
Species insufficie iy a know 
Calyx and pro of some forms of M. serrat um, but ovary 
LI and fruit nid. to * 2-celled, with 2 seh or seeds in each 
cell 13. M. mucronulatum. 
SECT. 1. zx .—Calyx small, narrow. Ovary 2- 3- or 
ro with 1 ovule in each alps Fruit globular or ovoid, not com- 
a vx 
cies of this Section, however different in extreme cases, run so much 
into eti hiker t that they might almost be reduced to varieties of a single o 
P 1. M. acumin atum, R. Br. rect sabron shrub, 
= variable in stature, edid reg oS Er e of flowers. 
vell as the tube, the hairs sometimes almost disappearing from the lobes, 
| ut on a close examination I have very rarely found them quite absent 
| as in M. deserti. Stamens 4 without any rudiment of the fifth in the 
| numerous flowers pes , although such a rudiment es du observed 
| by others; anthers shortly protruding. Ovary most frequently 
| 4-celled, but js y with only 3 cells and ovules. aos nearly 
globular, 2 to 3 lines diameter, or rarely ee 
" N. Dmm Dampier's Archipelago and Cygnet Bay, N.W. coast, A. Cunning- 
am; Nichol Bay, N.W. coast, Ridley’s Expedition. 
| Queensland. Common + along the coast from Cape Upstart, M'Gillivray, to 
| oreton Ba , A. d oth 
h S. Files Cannington i: from Port "eda to the northern frontier and in 
the desert interior to the Murray and the Barri 
On the a ebd adjoining dein but apparently replaced on the 
south coast by M. serr 
W. Austral ipic Murchison river, Oldfield, , Drummond, d ig: n. rar Ld 
T h cies, usually distinguishe . serratum by i 
acute or aoum nase te enti rs inated; cimi however, be separated from it by any positive 
characters; and on the other hand has been subdividedinto several races, or supposed 
a ge of which the foll are the most marked :— 
ellipticum, Date pw Rte and scarcely acuminate. Flowers pese 
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