584 LI. MYRTACEiE. [Barked. 
Leaves flat. Flowers often clustered or umbellate. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate or narrow-oblong, 4 lines to lin. long. Flowers 
mostly in pedunculate umbels 5. B. virgata. 
Leaves slender, mostly imbricate-decussate or short, the recurved points 
minute or none. Filaments not clavate. Slits of anther-cells almost 
shortened to pores G . B. tlensifolia. 
1. B. crenulata (leaves crenulate), DC. Prod. iii. 230; Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 78. 
Branches virgate. Leaves broadly obovate or orbicular, flat or concave, obtuse 
or almost acute, usually minutely denticulate-ciliate, often imbricate, If to nearly 
8 lines long, the floral ones mostly longer than the others. Flowers nearly 
sessile along the branches, solitary in each axil, shorter than or scarcely exceed- 
ing the leaves. Bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, concave, deciduous. Calyx-tube 
about 1 line long, the adnate part narrow-turbinate, the free part broad ; lobes 
ovate, f line long, slightly scarious on the edges. Petals shortly exceeding the 
calyx-lobes. Stamens 10 or fewer, not opposite the centre of the petals ; anthers 
small, didymous, the cells opening longitudinally ; connective-gland inconspicuous. 
Ovary 2-celled, with 6 to 10 ovules in each cell ; style shortly immersed. Seeds 
obovoid, more or less angular ; testa thinly crustaceous ; thin end of the embryo 
closely folded against the radicle, otherwise straight. — R. Br. in Flind. Voy. App. 
548 ; F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 65 ; Jungia imbricata, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 175 t. 35 
(incorrect as to the details) ; Mollia imbricata, Gmel. Syst. Veg. 420; Imbricaria 
crenulata, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 259 ; Stereoxylon crenulatum, Poir. Diet. 
Suppl. v. 246; Escallonia crenulata, Rcem. and Schult. Syst. v. 329; Backed 
tliosmoides, Sieb. in DC. Prod. iii. 230; Schidiomyrtus crenulata and S. Sieberi, 
Schau. in Linnsea, xvii. 237. 
Hab.: Moreton Bay. 
Var. tenella. Leaves smaller; flowers very much smaller, but not otherwise different.— 
dungia tenella, Geertn. Fruct. i. 175. With the larger variety from most collectors. 
2. B. diosmifolia (Diosma-leaved), Budge in Tram. Linn. Soc. viii. 298 t. 
13 ; Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 79. Erect or diffuse and much branched, from a thick 
woody stock. Leaves linear, narrow, oblong, or somewhat cuneate, concave or 
semiterete, obtuse or mucronulate-acute, more or less denticulate-ciliate, 1 to 2 
lines long. Flowers nearly sessile and solitary in the upper axils. Bracteoles 
ohovate-cuneate, concave, as long as the calyx-tube, very deciduous. Calyx-tube 
turbinate, about 14- line long ; lobes ovate, denticulate-ciliate. Petals about 1 
line diameter. Stamens 7 to 10, none opposite the centre of the petals ; filaments 
filiform ; anther-cells parallel, opening longitudinally ; connective-gland globular. 
Ovary small, 2-celled, with about 4 ovules in each cell.— DC. Prod. iii. 230 ; F. 
v. M. Fragm. i. 29. 
Hab.: Southern border, Edwin Hickey. 
3. B. linifolia (Flax-leaved), Budge in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 297 t. 12 ; 
Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 80. Tall and erect, with slender virgate branches. Leaves 
very narrow-linear, semiterete or concave, acute, in some specimens all above 
fin., attaining f or even lin., in others mostly f to fin. long. Flowers small, 
solitary in the upper axils, almost sessile or on pedicels rarely attaining 1 line. 
Calyx-tube turbinate or at length almost urceolate ; lobes very broad and short, 
scarcely pointed. Petals about 1 line diameter. Stamens 10 to 15, none opposite 
the centre of the petals ; filaments filiform ; anther-cells parallel, opening longi- 
tudinally ; connective-gland small. Ovary flat-topped, 2-celled, with 15 to 20 
ovules in each cell round an orbicular almost peltate placenta. Capsule separating 
readily from the calyx-tube. Seeds small, angular. Embryo with the slender 
cotyledonar end closely folded against the radicle, but otherwise straight. — DC. 
Prod. iii. 229 ; F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 71 ; B. tricliophylla, Sieb. in Spreng. Syst. 
Cur. Post. 149. 
Hab.: Moreton Bay, H. Simmonds, 
