Myoporum .] 
XCIV. MYOPOKINEjE. 
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shorter than the tube, more or less bearded inside as well as the tube, the 
hairs sometimes almost disappearing from the lobes. Stamens 4 without 
any rudiment of the fifth in the numerous flowers examined, although such a 
rudiment has been observed by others ; anthers very shortly protruding. Ovary 
most frequently 4-celled, but occasionally with only 3 or 5 cells and ovules. 
Drupe nearly globular, 2 to 3 lines diameter, or rarely larger. 
Hab.: Common along the coast from Cape Upstart, M’Gillivray, to Moreton Cay, A. 
Cunningham and others. 
This truly polymorphous species has been subdivided i..to several races, or supposed species, 
of which the following are the most marked : — 
1. ellipticum. Leaves rather broad and scarcely acuminate. Flowers moderate sized. — 
M. ellipticum, It. Br. Prod. 515; A. DC. Prod. xi. 707. 
2. acuminatum. Leaves rather broad, acuminate, mostly 3 to 4 in. long. Flowers larger than 
in M. ellipticum. — .V, acuminatum, E. Br. Pro!. 515; A. DC. Prod. xi. 707. — Barnard and 
Frankland islands, M'Gillivray ; Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, !<’, v. Mueller and others ; F. v. M. 
Myop. t. 71 ; Pogonia glabra, Andr. Bot. liep. t. 283; Andreusia glabra, Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 
108, although figured with 5 equal stamens, is probably this form 
Wood of a light colour, firm and easily worked. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. 1 Voods. No. 295. 
3. parviflorum. Leaves of the typical form, or rather smaller and narrow. Flowers smaller, 
the beard of the corolla copious or rare, or sometimes none at all. — .1/. tenuifolium It. Br, 
Prod. 515; Keppel and Shoalwater Bays, etc., B. Brown; islands of the coast,. 
M’Gillivray, F. v. Mueller and others; Rockingham Bay and Rockhampt n, Dallachy and 
others ; Moreton Bay and other parts of the coast, A. Cunningham. 
4. angustifolium. Leaves narrow-lanceolate or almost linear, but on longer petioles and 
more acute than in M. deserti, the lobes of the corolla sometimes almost, or even quite 
glabrous, but often much bearded, and the upper stamen wanting for small and abortive?) — .V. 
montanum, R. Br. Prod. 515; A. DC. Prod. xi. 708; M. Cunninghamii. Benth in Hueg. Enum. 
78 ; A. DC. l.c. 707 ; M. cyanantlierum and M. Dampieri, A. Cunn. in A. DC. l.e. 708, F. v. M. 
Myop. t. 69. Chiefly in the interior to Cooper’s Creek. 
Has been suspected of causing the death of sheep. 
2. XVI, desarti (a desert shrub), A. Cunn.; Benth. in Huey. Enum. 73, 
Benth. hi. Austr. v. 5. An erect, glabrous shrub, nearly resembling the narrow- 
leaved varieties of M. acuminatum, but the leaves still narrower, linear or linear- 
lanceolate, acute or almost obtuse, entire, rather thick, 1 to 2 in. long, and nar- 
rowed into a very short petiole. Pedicels often several together, rather thick, 
and almost always remarkably recurved. Calyx and corolla about the size of the 
smaller-flowered varieties of M. acuminatum, but the corolla very regular, with- 
out any or with scarcely any hairs in the throat. Stamens 5, all equal, 
the anthers not exserted. Ovary 2-celled or very rarely 3-celled, with 1 ovule 
in each cell. Fruit ovoid 2 to 3 lines long, not compressed, usually with 2 
cells and seeds. — A. DC. Prod. xi. 707 ; F. v. M. Myop. PI. t. 63 ; M. strictum 
and M. patens, A. Cunn. in A. DC. Prod. xi. 703; M. dulce, Benth. in Mitch. 
Trop. Austr. 331 ; M. rwjulosum, F. v. M. in Linntea, xxv. 427. 
Hab.: Burdekin river, F. v. Mueller ; Belyando and Balonne rivers, Mitchell; Nerkool Creek 
Bowman ; Darling Downs, Law. 
Considered poisonous to stock ; there are mai*y instances recorded where the losses have 
amounted to some thousands. 
3. IVI. laxiflorum (loose flowers), Benth. FI. Austr. v. 6. An erect shrub, 
closely allied to M. deserti, with the foliage and habit of the broader leaved forms 
of that species, differing chiefly in the larger flowers. Leaves narrow-lanceolate, 
acute, contracted into a short petiole. Pedicels solitary or 2 or 3 together, 
often ^ in. long. Calyx-lobes rather longer than in M. deserti. Corolla fully 5 
lines long, the lobes bearded inside at the base or nearly glabrous. Stamens 5, 
all equal, included in the tube. Ovary 2-celled, with one ovule in each cell. 
Drupe succulent, with a hard putamen, not compressed. — F. v. M. Myop. PI. t. 
67 ; Eremophila Myoporoides, F. v. M. Fragm. v. 23. 
Hab.: Cape river, Bowman; Rockhampton, Thozet. 
