576 
LI. MYRTACE^. 
[Darwinta. 
2. D. Thomasii (after Dr. D. J. Thomas), Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 
181 and FI. Austr. iii. 15. Slender and somewhat glaucous. Leaves opposite, 
obovate-falcate, very oblique, the midrib near the shorter edge, and terminating 
in a short recurved point or acute angle, the floral ones not different. Flowers 
large, pink, on pedicels of 3 lines or more in the upper axils. Bracteoles persis- 
tent, almost petal-like, obtuse, with a sharp point about 3 lines long. Calyx-tube 
rather narrow, about as long as the bracteoles ; lobes petal-like, obovate-oblong, 
about 2 lines long, minutely denticulate. Petals orbicular, entire, about half as 
long as the calyx-lobes. Stamens shorter than the petals ; anthers globular, the 
cells opening in long pores ; staminodia rather shorter, adnate at the base to the 
filaments of the petaline stamens. Style twice as long as the calyx, shortly 
bearded below the stigma. Ovules 6 . — Chamalaucium Thomasii, F. v. M. Fragm. 
iv. 137, t. 30. 
Hab.: Sandstone country, head of Cape River, Bowman. 
2. HOMORANTHUS, A. Cunn. 
(Flowers regular.) 
Calyx-tube narrow, the adnate part 5-ribbed ; lobes 5, subulate, longer than the 
petals. Petals 5, entire. Stamens 10, alternating with as many staminodia, and 
united with them very shortly at the base in a single ring. Anthers globular, 
opening in 2 minute pores near the scarcely prominent connective. Ovary 
1 -celled, with about 4 ovules inserted on a short basal placenta. Style exserted, 
bearded towards the end ; stigma terminal, minute. Fruit . . . — Shrub. 
Leaves opposite. Flowers 2 to 4 together at the ends of the branches. 
The genus is limited to a single species, only differing from Darwinia in the subulate calyx- 
lobes. — Benth. 
1. H. virgatus (twiggy), A. Cunn. in Schau. Myrt. Xeroc. 41, t. 3 A; Benth. 
FI. Austr. iii. 15. Spreading or diffuse. Leaves linear, slender, triquetrous, 
often falcate, obtuse or shortly acute, J to fin. long, the floral ones not different. 
Flowers 2 to 4 together at the ends of the branches, nearly sessile. Bracteoles 
broad, concave, keeled, scarious, enclosing the young bud but falling off long 
before the flower expands. Calyx-tube 2| lines long, prominently 5-ribbed, and 
the adnate part somewhat rugose between the ribs. Petals broad, about f line 
long. Staminodia filiform. Ovules in all the flowers examined 4, according 
to Schauer 4 to 8 (Benth.) (3 or 4, F. v. M.) Style not very long. Stigma 
barbellulate or glabrescent. — H. flavescens, A. Cunn. in Schau. l.c. 40, t. 3 B. 
Hab.: Islands of Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham, Fraser, F. v. Mueller. 
I can discover no difference whatever between the two supposed species. — Benth. 
3. VERTICORDIA, DC. 
(Derivation obscure.) 
(Chrysorrhoe, Lindl.) 
Calyx-tube hemispherical turbinate or rarely cylindrical, the adnate part 5 or 
10-ribbed, or smooth ; lobes 5, spreading, deeply divided into digitate pectinate 
or ciliate lobes, or into numerous long, simple, hair-like lobes or cilia, with, in 
some species, accessory lobes, alternating with and outside the principal ones, 
scarious, reflexed on the tube, with long cilia turned up again from the base of 
the calyx ; occasionally also 5 herbaceous appendages reflexed on the tube under 
the primary lobes. Petals 5, entire fringed or digitate. Stamens 10, alternating 
with as many staminodia, more or less united at the base in a ring or broad tube 
in a single row, or the staminodia when broad forming an outer series ; anthers 
ither globular and 2-porose, as in Darwinia, or with 2 parallel cells opening in 
