PuatTE 2780. 
MICROMYRTUS ERICHSENII, Hemsl. 
Myrtackm. Tribe CHAMELAUCIES, 
M. Erichsenii, Hems!. (sp. nov.) ; species M. Drummondii simillima 
sed ab ea pedicellis quam folia brevioribus floribus minoribus et sta- 
minibus 10 recedit. 
Frutex glaber, dense — ramis virgatis. Jolia ericiformia, 
conferta, oblongo-clavata, 3-14 lin. longa, appressa, concavo-convexa, 
subtus carinata, crebre nigro-punctata. flores albi, circiter 1 lin. 
diametro, ad axillas solitarii, breviter pedicellati, pedicellis apice 
articulati. Calycis tubus 5-costatus ; lobi minimi, rotundati. Petala 
orbicularia, circiter 5 lin. diametro. Stamina 10, alterna sepalis oppo- 
sita minora. varium l-loculare; ovula 2, ad apicem placent 
sliformis a basi ad apicem loculi adscendentis collateraliter pendula. 
ructus indehiscens. Semen unicum. Embryo semini conformis ; 
coty ae minime ; cotyledones ac hypocotyledon reflexe, radicula 
crassissima. 
vt AustraALiA: Dedari, twenty four miles west of Coolgardie, 
Als i ,400 feet above sea- lev el, G. H. Thiselton-Dyer. 
The full description of this plant leaves it a “igi — 
whether it is specitically different from Jf. Drummondii, B he 
same thing was collected by R. Helms, of the Elder Exploring Bxpedi 
tion, 1891, at Gnarlbine (about 121° E. long. and 31° §. lat.), and by 
Pritzel (n. ” 863) east of Southern Cross. These eee are all in the 
same inland district, while Drummond’s specimens are from the Swan 
iver. The filiform basal placenta is not shown in our figure, having 
been at first ov gem in these exceedingly small structures.— 
Botting Hemsi 
a leaf; 2, a flower; 3, the same, from which two of the petals have been 
ile Bd 4, stamens ; 5, section of ovary, showing ovules; 6, embryo. Ali enlarged. 
