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Order MYRTACEA, 
a Trrrz CHAMALANCIER. 
DARWINIA, Rudge. 
D. fascicularis, fiudge, Trans. Linn. Soc. xi, 299 t. 22 ; Fl. 
Austr. iii, 18. An erect much-branched heath-like shrub. Le 
aves 
scattered, ofte owded, ear, slender, semiterete or obscurely 
triquetrous, subulate-pointed, m stly lines long, shortly 
petiolate, the floral ones not different or slightly longer. Flowe 
about 6 to 12 together in terminal heads within the last leaves 
_ Bracteoles narrow and s . Calyx slender, not 3 lines long, the 
adnate part prominently 5-ribbed, otherwise smooth. Lobes very 
small and scale-like. Petals broad, about }-line long. Staminodia 
short and filiform, Style long and slender.—Fl. Austr. le. 
Hab. : Queensland, F, v. M. . 
| Trrz MYRTEA. 
MYRTUS, Linn. 
M. exaltata (n. sp.) (So named from its lofty growth.) A tree of 
from 80 to 100 ft: in height, furnishing a good timber. Bark on the 
diameter, of a pink colour aud fleshy consistence, containing, so far as 
7 veg be observed (the fruit being in bad condition), but a solitary 
gE -: Scrubs about the Barron River, the fruit used for jam-making, 
Coley 
September, 1893. 
Order COMPOSITZA. : 
Trg ASTEROIDEA. 
OLEARIA, Mench. 
0. ramosissima, Benth., Fl, Austr. iii. 479. (Hurybia ramosis- 
4+ Aster eyanodiscus, F. v. M.; or Olearia cyanodiscalis, F. 
agm.v. 82.) A shrub of 2 or 3 ft., with numerous rather 
ends of the branchlets, forming an oblong or rarely ig Lina 
Iractee as €. Involucre broadly turbinate, about 3 lines long, t : 
5». €2 coloured and jagged at the edge. Fiorets blue, those o 
