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Eremophila. | XC, MYOPORINEJE. 23 
above the ovary and much dilated upwards, the lobes all broad and 
nearly 4 in. long, the upper ones more united, the three lower more 
spreading, the lowest rather broader than the others but not notched. 
Ov i 
. Aus Cooper's Creek, Wright; Wills Creek, Howitt's Expedition ; Lake 
Gregory and other parts of the interior, Babbage's and M* Douall Stuart's Expeditions ; 
The calyx of this species is exceptional in the whole Order of Myoporinee. 
Secr. 4, PnATYCHILUs.— Üalyx-segments much imbricate. at the 
ase (except in the first two species) the outer ones usually broader. 
Corolla-lobes all broad and obtuse or the upper ones scarcely acute. 
Stamens included or scarcely exserted. Ovules in two or three super- 
posed pairs in each cell of the ovary. Fruit (of Stenochilus) succulent, 
Corolla “red,” more slender than in most species, scarcely incurved, 
under 1 in. long, sprinkled with short spreading hairs, the tube not 
Il 
W. Australia. Murchison river, Oldfield. : 
16. E. longifolia, F. Muell. in Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. iii. 295. A tall 
erect shrub, the young shoots minutely hoary-tomentose, the older 
foliage nearly glabrous and often drying black. Leaves scattered, 
lin almost linear-lanceolate, obtuse or pirme into a recurved 
n. long, contracted into a 
deeply separated than the others. Stamens shortly exserted. O) 
thiek' and fleshy, with 2 pairs of ovules in each cell. Fruit ovoid or 
