Myrtacea.] FLORA OF TASMANIA. 141 
Very few species of this genus are known, and they differ from Leptospenmim only in the often many-celled 
capsule, and fewer, larger seeds. The only Tasmanian species bo closely resembles Leptotpermtm myrtifolium as to 
require no detailed description. (Name in honour of the great Swedish Entomologist, AMmn.) 
1. Fabricia laevigata (Gsertn. Fruct. i. 175); frutcx glabemmus, foliis obovato- v. cuneato-lanceo- 
latis obtusis apiculatisve. — Smith in Linn. Trans, iii. 205; DC. Pnxlr. iii. 229. (dioni, GSO.) 
Hab. Common in some parts of the north shore of the Island, as at Woolnorth and along the north- 
west coast (Gunn), Islands of Bass' Straits (Bynoe), growing in sand near the sea. — (Fl. Oct.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia. 
A handsome shrub, 6-12 feet high, everywhere perfectly glabrous. Leaves shortly petioled, very coriaceous 
and shining, obovate-lanceolate, blunt or apiculate, 1 inch long or less, very variable in breadth. Flowers axillary, 
shortly pedicelled, white ; buds pink. 
Gen. VIII. B.ECKIA, L. 
Mores axillares, sessiles v. pedicellati. Calycis tubus turbinates, cum ovario connatus; limbus su- 
perus v. ^-superus, persistens, 5-lobus. Petala 5, orbiculata. Stamina 5-10, ssepe irregulariter inserts ; 
anthera dorso glandulifera ; filamenta libera, brevia. Ovarium 2-5-loculare, loculis multiovulatis. Captnla 
loculicide dehiscens. Semina plurima, angulata ; testa crassa— Frutices p. fruticuli ; foliis parvit, oppotiiu, 
■re, albis. 
The species of Baeckia are eh icily natives of South-eastern Australia, where nearly 2<i species have been discovered, 
have not adopted Schaiier's n< in,- /'oy, „/_<//•/">.. which does not seem to nic to he suflieit ntly diil'erent from 
Beecfcia. The genus is closely allied to Leptospermuui. hut differs in the much -mailer size, usually procumbent 
habit, small, opposite leaves, generally persistent, imbricate calyx-lobes, and few dive to ten) stamens, that are 
often unsymmetrically disposed; the seeds are angular, and have a thick testa. (Named in honour of A. Back, a 
Swedish Physician.) 
1. Baeckia leptocaulis (Hook. fil. Ic. Plant, t. 298) ; erecta, virgata, ramulis gracilibus, foliis 
oppositis anguste linearibus acutis superne concavis subtus convexis, pedunculis ebracteolatis, pedicellis ' 
folio brevioribus, floribus pentandris. {Gunn, 817.) 
Hab. Abundaut on Loddon Plains, on the road to Macquarrie Harbour, and in marshy places at the 
top of Eocky Cape, growing in both cases with Leptospermum nitidum, Gunn. — (11 Feb., March.) 
A very graceful and pretty species. — Stem woody and stout at the very base. Branches erect, 1-2 feet high, 
very slender, straight, and sparingly divided. Leaves erect, opposite, about \ inch long, linear, acute, concave 
above. Flowers solitary or two together, small, white. Pedicel shorter than the leaves, without bractcoles. Sta- 
mens five, unsymmetrically placed, four being in two pairs, each pair between two of the petals, and the fifth placed 
on one side of the base of the intermediate petal. 
2. Baeckia thymifolia (Hook. fil. Ic. Plant, t. 2S4 A.); prostrata, ramulis diffusis gracilibus, foliis 
lineari-oblongis linearibusve obtusis marginibus recurvis glaberrimis, pedicellis folia subsequantibus infra 
medium bibracteolatis, staminibus 10, 5 alternis paulo brevioribus, antheris dorso glandula auctis. — Euryo- 
myrtus thymifolia, Schemer in Linnaa, xvii. 239. (Gunn, 86.) 
Hab. Heathy flats and stony banks of the North and South Esk Rivers, Lawrence, Gunn.—(F\. 
Oct., Nov.) 
A very beautiful plant, from the abundance of its brilliantly white blossoms, forming patches several feet 
broad. Everywhere glabrous.— Brandies prostrate, slender. Leaves broader than in any of its Tasmanian con- 
