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(The opposite-leaved species of the series Spicifloree differ in the dense, many-flowered spikes, 
and those of the Capitatce in the flowers, whether in heads or solitary, being always at the ends 
of the branches at the time of expanding. — Benth.) 
Calyx-lobes herbaceous, persistent, and thickened when in fruit. Leaves 
oblong-lanceolate or almost linear, nearly nerveless. Filaments pinnate 
along the upper half of the staminal claws 2. .1/. thymifolia. 
Series III. Xiaterales. — Leaves alternate. Flmvers usually small, in axillary or lateral 
clusters, the axis very rarely growing out, the rhachis woolly pubescent or rarely glabrous . — 
Gymnagathis, Schau. 
Leaves above lin. long, obscurely veined, not pungent, broadly oblong to 
lanceolate, flat, obtuse, or scarcely mucronate. Calyx pubescent ... 3. M. acacioides. 
Series IV. Circumscisss. — Leaves alternate (usually above lin. long). Flowers in axil- 
lary, lateral, or rarely terminal globular heads. Calyx-tube circumsciss at the top of the ovary 
after flowering, and falling off with the lobes (persistent in the other series). Fruits more or less 
cohering in a globular head. — Asteromyrtus, Schau. 
Leaves oblong or lanceolate, 5 or more-nerved. 
Bracts shorter than the calyx-tube. Heads mostly lateral 4. M. symphyocarpa . 
Outer bracts exceeding the calyx-tube. Heads mostly terminating short 
leafy branehlets 5. M. angustifolia. 
Series V. Spicifloree. — Leaves alternate or opposite. Flowers either solitary or few and 
distinct, or in more or less interrupted oblong -cylindrical or elongated spikes, sometimes at first 
terminal but the axis usually growing out before the flowering is over, rarely in dense lateral 
cylindrical spikes. Rhachis glabrous pubescent or villous. 
Leaves mostly opposite, narrow, J to ljin. long, nerveless or faintly 1- 
nerved, flat or concave. Spikes loose. Calyx small 6. M. linariifolia . 
Leaves mostly alternate. Flowers usually numerous. 
Leaves flat, often vertical, several-nerved, mostly above lin. long. 
Spikes interrupted. 
Leaves 2 to 8in. long, broad or narrow. Stamens glabrous, 5 to 9 in 
each bundle 7. it/, leucadevdron. 
Leaves 1 to 2in. long, narrow. Stamens pubescent, 12 to 20 in each 
bundle 8. M. lasiandra. 
Leaves flat, concave or undulate, several-nerved, acute or pungent- 
pointed, under Jin. or rarely fin. long. 
Leaves flat or undulate, finely striate, mostly about Jin. long. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate or lanceolate. Spikes usually interrupted. 
Calyx-lobes triangular 9. M. genistifolia. 
Leaves ovate-acuminate or ovate-lanceolate. Spikes rather dense. 
Calyx-lobes very acute 10. M. styphelioides. 
Leaves flat or semiterete, narrow, obscurely 1 or 3-nerved. 
Leaves lanceolate or oblong-linear, thick, flat, rather crowded, erect or 
recurved, mostly under Jin. long. Spikes interrupted near the ends 
of the branches . 11. M, Preissiana. 
Leaves narrow-linear or semiterete, crowded with small fine recurved 
points, mostly above Jin. long 12. M. armillaris. 
Series VI. Capitatae. — Leaves alternate or opposite. Flowers, at least the males, in ter- 
minal globular heads, the perfect ones occasionally in oblong or cylindrical dense spikes, the axis 
not grouping out until after the flowering is over, the rhachis usually woolly hirsute. Fruiting 
spikes very dense, globular or oblong, rarely reduced to 2 or 3 fruits. 
Subseries I. Long'if’oliae. — Leaves linear, terete or flat, mostly above 1 in. long. Flowers 
usually white or yellow. 
Leaves linear, terete or rarely flat, with hooked points or rarely obtuse. 
Fruit-spikes mostly ovoid 13. M. nncinata. 
Leaves terete, with straight points. Fruit-heads small, globular . . . .14. M. hakeoides. 
Subseries II. Pallidiflorse.— Leaves either linear -subulate and under lin. or broader and 
under %in. long, nerveless or rarely prominently nerved. Flowers white or pale-yellow, rarely pale- 
pink, in dense terminal heads or spikes, the males often globular, the perfect ones ovoid or oblong, 
rarely globular, the rhachis tomentose. Fruits in dense heads or spikes. 
Leaves linear-subulate, rigid, pungent-pointed, J to lin. long. Flower- 
heads globular or shortly ovoid 15. M. nodosa. 
Leaves 4 to 6 lines long, obtuse or with a short straight point. Flowers 
white or pale. Staminal claws as long as (he petals 10. ,1/. encifolia. 
