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LI. MYRTACEiE. 
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4. B. Stenophylla (leaves slender), F. v. M. Fragm. i. 13 ; Benth. FI. Austr. 
iii. 80. Branches slender, virgate. Leaves slender, linear, semiterete, obtuse, 2, 
3 or rarely 4 lines long, mostly crowded or clustered on the short axillary shoots. 
Flowers very small, shortly pedicellate, solitary in each axil, but often forming 
little leafy corymbs, on short axillary shoots. Bracteoles narrow, at the base of 
the pedicel. Calyx-tube narrow-turbinate, f line long ; lobes small, broad, very 
obtuse. Petals about J line diameter. Stamens 5 or 6, none opposite the centre 
of the petals ; filaments filiform ; anther- cells parallel, opening longitudinally ; 
connective-gland inconspicuous. Ovary 2-celled, with 16 to 20 ovules closely 
packed round an oblong somewhat peltate placenta. 
Hab.: Islands of Moreton Bay. 
This differs chiefly from B. linifolia in its slender habit and foliage and small narrow flowers. 
Both are nearly allied to B. frutescens, Linn., a common species in the Eastern Archipelago and 
S. China, distinguished from them chiefly by the more open calyx, and the ovary almost always 
3-celled. — Benth. 
Yield of oil from dry foliage, 4Joz. per cwt. — J. F. Bailey. 
5. B. virgata (twiggy), Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 598 ; Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 81. 
Usually tall erect and loosely branched, attaining 10 to 12ft., rarely low and 
diffuse. Leaves from linear-lanceolate to narrow-oblong, flat and often 1 or 
3-nerved, usually acute and J to lin. long, but in some specimens all under Jin. 
long, and occasionally some or nearly all obtuse, both in the short and long- 
leaved forms. Flowers small in the upper axils, usually several together in a 
loose umbel, on a common peduncle of 2 to 4 lines, the pedicels varying from 1 to 
3 lines. Calyx-tube turbinate, at length hemispherical, about 1J line diameter ; 
lobes short and broad, the midrib more or less produced into a conical point or 
protuberance. Petals about 1J line diameter. Stamens 5 to 15, none opposite 
the centre of the petals ; filaments filiform ; anthers didymous, the cells globular, 
furrowed, opening in short slits ; connective thickened into a gland almost as long 
as the cells. Ovary 3-celled, with 15 to 20 ovules in each cell round a peltate 
placenta. Capsule nearly flat-topped. Seeds usually angular. Embryo with the 
slender inflected end very short, with 2 small ovate cotyledons. — DC. Prod. iii. 
229 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2127 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab- t. 341 ; Colla, Hort. Ripul. t. 6 ; F. v. 
M. Fragm. iv. 69; Leptospermum virgatum, Forst. Char. Gen. 48; Melaleuca 
virgata, Linn. fil. Suppl. 343 ; Harmogia virgata, Schau. in Linnsea, xvii. 238 ; 
Camphoromyrtus pluri flora, F. v. M. in Trans. Viet. Inst. i. 123 ; Harmogia 
umbellata, F. v. M. Fragm. ii. 31 ; Bceckea umhellata, F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 69 ; 
Bahingtonia virgata, F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 74. 
Hab.: Upper Brisbane River, F. v. Mueller ; Moreton Bay, C. Stuart; Pine Biver, Fitzalan ; 
Rockhampton, Dallachy. 
The species is also in New Caledonia. — B. parvula, DC. Prod. iii. 229 ( Leptospermum parvulum, 
Labill. Sert. Austr. Caled. 62, t. 61 ; Harmogia parvula, Schauer, in Linnasa, xvii. 238), also 
from New Caledonia, is a slight variety, only differing in the shorter more obtuse leaves. The 
same variety, with even still shorter oblong leaves, is amongst the Queensland specimens com- 
municated by Bidwill. — Benth. 
Var. parvula. Hab.: Eumundi, Bailey and Simmonds. 
6. B. densifolia (densely leaved), 8m. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 260; Benth. 
FI. Austr. iii. 82. Branches rather slender but rigid and virgate. Leaves 
crowded and decussate on the smaller branches, linear, slender, semiterete or 
concave, obtuse or with a minute recurved point, mostly 2 to 3 lines long. 
Flowers solitary in the upper axils, often forming short terminal leafy racemes 
or corymbs. Pedicels 1 to 2 lines long, with a pair of small deciduous bracteoles 
below the middle. Calyx-tube broadly turbinate ; lobes short, broadly triangular. 
Petals about 1J line diameter. Stamens usually 8 or 9, but sometimes as many 
as 12, none opposite the centre of the petals ; filaments filiform ; anthers nearly 
globular, the cells unequally furrowed and opening in the furrows in short slits ; 
connective-gland conspicuous or small, or wholly disappearing. Ovary flat- 
topped, usually 3-celled, with about 8 ovules in each cell in the ordinary form 
