2 XC. MYOPORINEJE. [ Myoporum. 
Corolla usually eerie nearly € mer shortly 
cylindrical at the bas Ovary usuall or more 
cel o wi rd ovule in tack cell, rarely 2- dled uh 2 ovules 
in 1. Mvoronvw. 
Corolla ‘usally tubular at the base, with a more or less irre- 
Ovary 2-celled, with 2 or a 1 ovule in each 
i 54. Se PHODIDER. 
be ut usually tubular at the base, with a more or less i irre- 
gular limb. Ovary 2-celled, with 2 d 8 oe m or 
dj 1 pair only of ovules in each c 3. EnEMOPHILA. 
1. MYOPORUM, Banks and Soland. 
(Polycelium and Disoon, DC.) 
Calyx divided to the middle or nearly to the base into 5 lobes or seg- 
ments not enlarged after flowering. Corolla-tube usually short and 
almost campanulate or shortly cylindrical at the base, lobes 5, nearly 
equal and regular, or the lowest rather larger. Stamens 4, alternating 
with shes js er “agi or rately 5, M ne PY equal, "dá scarcely pro- 
mag: md serted. Ovary 2- to 4-celled, or in species not 
a 
succulent.— Shrubs Oe undershrubs?). Leaves alternate or rarely 
opposite, entire or toothed. Pedicels axillary, usually clustered. Flower 
small, mostly w ; 
The genus is represented by a few wi in the Indian Archipelago and the Pacific 
islands, me y one species in tropical Africa. Of the thirteen Australian Nc here | 
en pper merated, peig may be the same as a Nos Caledonian one, the others appear to o be all 
en 
Sect e Eumyoporum.— Calyx small, narrow. Ovary 2- to 4-celled, with 1 ovule 
in pn cell. Fruit globular or eit not compressed. ; 
Erect of divaricate shrubs. Leaves from lanceolate to obovate. 
lla more or rd poesia d inside, or rarely quite 
glabrous. pieta sta 
Leaves acute or ire or very rarely "o 
serrate. Corlllobes wall shorter than the tube 1. M. acuminatum. 
Leaves obtuse, acute, or acu e, some SMS serrate. 
+ ha lobes usually as long as "a tube. o ern or 
red or salt pla 2. M. serratum. 
Erect shrubs. sem es la war sri or or linear, entire. Corolla not s 
bearded at the prias Stam 
Corolla 2 t3 lines long Cons os ud c as. M AM. dE 
ire 4 to 5 lines e 4. M. laxiflorum. 
rp 
Corolla: Tobes e the des e — ` pr ri 
Cori lobes diro, m ona shorter than the tube. Fnit & Ab parcium 
Dites or weak shrub. Leaves opposite | . . = 3 a ole | 
P a IR compre m" alyx small, narrow. mae 1. AE with 1 ovule in each 
Fruit very flat, acute (about 3 lines long). : 
Leaves bee im ee acute, entire or scarcely toothed. E 
$ to 3 in. lon VUL. 4 Mes ay 8. M. platycarpum. — 
