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THREE NEW SPECIES OF LEPTOSPERMUM. 

 By Edwin Oheel. 



[Read before the Royal Society of N.8. Wales, September 3, 1919.~] 



Section FABRICIA. 



Leptospermum Mjobergii sp. nov. 



Ramulis hirsutis. Foliis lanceolatis, acutis, ad 1 cm. longis vel 

 rarius longioribus plus minusve pubescentibus obscure tri-vel 

 quinque-nervosis, punctiformibus glandulis numerosis. Floribus 

 axillaribus plerumque solitariis bracteo unico sub calice. Calicio- 

 tubo brevi-pedicellato, tomentoso, sepalis ovatis et parum pube- 

 scentibus demum glabris, coriceis, caduceis. Petalis oblongis, 

 pallido-albis, vix calicis tubo longioribus. Staminibus numerosis. 

 Stilo simplice. Ovario pubescente, sex vel rarius septem locu- 

 laribus. 



Habit of plant not stated by the collector, but apparently 

 of a small slender shrubby growth. The specimen has 

 several buds and fully developed flowers, and almost 

 matured fruits which may be described as follows: — 



Branchlets hirsute. Leaves acutely lanceolate, minutely 

 pubescent, faintly or more or less obscurely 3 to 5-nerved, 

 with numerous oil glands easily seen with a pocket lens. 



Flowers — Axillary, shortly pedicellate, supported at the 

 base with a bracteole half as long as the calyx-tube. Calyx- 

 tube as well as the sepals minutely pubescent, at length 

 glabrous, the lobes falling off at an early stage. Petals 

 oblong, whitish or pallid, scarcely exceeding the calyx-lobe. 

 Style simple, stigma scarcely enlarged. Stamens numerous. 

 Ovarium pubescent or hirsute, 6 or rarely 7-celled ; the 

 valves more or less prominent owing to the depressions. 

 Seeds few in each cell, distinctly winged. 



