580 
LI. MYRTACE/E. 
[ Bteckea . 
style shortly immersed, f eeds angular ; embryo with the slender cotyledonar 
end short and appressed against the radicle, otherwise straight. — DC. Prod. iii. 
230; F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 71 ; B. fasciculata, Sieb. in Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 
149; Harmoyia demifolia, Schau. in Linnaea, xvii. 238; Babinytonia demifolia, 
F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 74 ; Harmoyia Baueriana, Schau. in Walp. Rep. ii. 921, 
from the character given. 
Hab.: Southern localities. 
The structure of the anthers in this species is so nearly that of the section Oxymyrrhint 
(species all western) that I feel doubts as to having correctly placed it in the present 
one. It varies much in the size of the flower, the length of the pedicel, and attenuate base 
of the calyx, and the number of ovules. Harmoyia propinqua, Schau. in Walp. Rep. ii. 921, 
has smaller flowers, the calyx-tube almost close above the bracteoles, and the connective-gland 
very small or none. Breckia Nooo-anylica. F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 71, or Babinytonia Novo-atiylica, 
F. v. M. l.c. 74, has rather larger flowers, the calyx attenuate into a pedicel more distinct than 
in H. propinqua , shorter than in the conmv n form, the connective-gland small or none, and 
ovules more numerous than usual ; the stamens also vary in number and in the degree of 
dehiscence of the anther-cells ; but I find, after examining a considerable number of specimens, 
that these differences pass so gradually one into the other that I am unable to characterise the 
several forms even as distinct varieties. — Benth. 
9. AGONIS, DC. 
(Without angles.) 
(Billiottia, DC.) 
Calyx-tube turbinate or campanulate, adnate to the ovary at the base, the free 
part broad ; lobes 5, ovate, usually scarious, imbricate or open. Petals 5, 
orbicular, spreading, exceeding the calyx-lobes. Stamens free, not exceeding the 
petals, either 10 regularly opposite the petals and calyx-lobes, or 20 or more 
without any opposite the centre of the petals ; filaments filiform ; anthers 
versatile, the cells parallel, opening longitudinally; connective with a small 
globular gland. Ovary inferior, 3-celled, with 2 or 4 ovules in each cell erect 
from a small nearly basal placenta; style filiform, inserted in a deeply tubular 
depression in the centre of the ovary, being attached almost to the base of the 
carpels ; stigma capitate or peltate. Capsule opening at the top loculicidally in 
3 valves, shorter than the calyx-tube. Seeds oblong or cuneate ; testa thin ; 
embryo straight ; cotyledons plano-convex, much longer than the radicle. — 
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, often crowded on the smaller branchlets, 
either small or long and narrow, entire. Flowers rather small, closely sessile, 
in globular axillary or terminal heads, usually surrounded by imbricate scale-like 
bracts, with 2 smaller bracteoles under each flower, the white persistent petals 
usually very conspicuous. 
Formerly considered as a section of Leptospermum on account of its alternate leaves and 
stamens not exceeding the petals ; it is much nearer allied to Melaleuca in inflorescence and in 
the ovary and seeds, whilst the arrangement of the stamens shows a connection with Bteckia and 
its allies. The seeds have been examined in a few species only. — Bentli. 
Section I. Taxandria. — Stoutens 10, reyularly opposite the calyx-lobes and petals. Ovules 
2 in each cell. 
Leaves linear, obtuse, 8 to 9 lines long, 1 to 1£ line broad 1. A. lysicephala. 
Section II. Ataxandria. — Stamens 20 to 30. but none opposite the centre of the petals. 
Ovules 4 to 6 in each cell. 
Leaves oblong or ovate-lanceolate, about lin. long, 3 to 5 lines broad . . 2. A. Srortechininna. 
1. A. lysicephala (fruits free in the head), F. r. M. and Bail., Occ. Bap. 
Q. FI. No. 1 funder Melaleuca). Kennedy’s Heath. A dense heath like shrub 
of a few feet, the upper branchlets hoary and almost thread-like. Leaves 
glabrous and faintly 3-nerved, linear, obtuse, about 8 or 9 lines long and 1 to H 
line broad, scattered except the pair close under each head of flowers. Fruiting- 
