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LI. MYRTACE^E. 
f Barkhonsia. 
4. B. citriodora (Citron-scented), F. v. M. Fratjm. i. 78; Benth. FI. Austr. 
iii. 270. Sweet Verbena tree. A large tree, the young shoots, under side of the 
leaves and inflorescence hoary-tomentose or at length glabrous. Leaves ovate or 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous above, 8 to 5in. long, on petioles 
of i to Ain. or more. Flowers small, numerous in umbel-like clusters on 
peduncles of lin. or more in the upper axils or at the ends of the branches, the 
slender pedicels above Ain. long. Calyx-tube pubescent, broadly campanulate, 
about 1 line long, outer lobes broad and scarcely longer than the tube, inner ones 
longer and narrowed at the base. Petals shorter than the calyx, but not seen 
expanded. Ovary in the bottom of the calyx, semiadnate with a conical top, 
very rarely with a third cell ; ovules about 6 to 8 in each cell, pendulous from a 
cuneate placenta suspended from the summit of the cell. After flowering the 
summit of the ovary protrudes much from the calyx, and shows no sign of 
splitting, but the ripe fruit not seen. 
Hab : Moreton Bay, W. Hill, F. v. Mueller ; North Coast Railway. 
Notwithstanding the difference in the placentation, this speeies cannot well be generically 
separated from the preceding one. — Benth. 
Wood of a light-pink colour, close-grained, and hard. — Bailey's Cal. Ql. Woods Xo. 213. 
5. B. Bancroftii (after Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft), Bail, and F. r. M. in Cat. 
Ql. Woods 1886. -Johnstone River Hardwood. “ Kara,” Johnstone River, 
It. Y. Hard ivy. A tall tree with a persistent, thin, somewhat scaly bark ; the 
branchlets angular. Leaves penninerved, opposite, ovate-lanceolate, or those 
nearest to the inflorescence smaller and ovate-oblong, 2 to 4in. long, 1J to nearly 
2in. broad, very obtuse or shortly acuminate, tapering at the base to a petiole of 
about 3 lines ; midrib and primary veins prominent, the latter looping far within 
the margin. Inflorescence terminal or in the upper axils, in tricliotomous 
panicles, the common peduncle slender, about 2in. long, bearing 8 to 5 pedicellate 
flowers at the end of the branches ; pedicels slender, about 4 lines long. Calyx- 
tube broadly turbinate, strongly ribbed and slightly pubescent, scarcely 2 lines 
long ; lobes 5, unequal, broad and rounded, much imbricated, with more or less 
of a scarious margin, marked with prominent veins, persistent and enlarging 
somewhat after flowering. Petals 5, orbicular, much crumpled and very 
deciduous, slightly larger than the calyx-lobes. Stamens free, numerous, 
inserted on a raised prominent ring, inflexed in the bud. Ovary broad, slightly 
sunk in the flower but becoming more or less superior as it advances 
towards maturity, 2 rarely 3-celled, with about 6 ovules in each cell, the subulate 
style rather long and persistent. Fruit a dry capsule, free except its broad base, 
oval, nearly Ain. long, 2 or 3-celled, 3 seeds in each cell. 
Hab.: Johnstone River, Dr. T. L. Bancroft. 
Wood of a light-grey colour, hard, close-grained, something like the Teak ; a useful building- 
timber, rather darker towards the centre in large trees, splits freely and straight. — Bailey's Cat. 
Ql. Woods No. 212b. 
If exposed to the weather soon decays.— G. Y. Hardiny. 
22. OSBORNIA, F. v. M. 
(After -John Walter Osborne.) 
Calyx-tube turbinate, not produced above the ovary ; lobes 8, nearly equal, 
persistent. Petals none. Stamens indefinite, free, in 2 or 3 series, scarcely 
exceeding the calyx-lobes ; filaments filiform ; anthers small, versatile, the cells 
parallel, opening longitudinally. Ovary inferior, imperfectly 2-celled, with several 
ovules attached to a basal placenta or short dissepiment ; style subulate, rather 
thick, with a small stigma. Fruit adnate to and included in the scarcely enlarged 
calyx-tube, and crowned by the persistent lobes, apparently dry and indehiscent. 
Seeds 1 or 2, obovoid, with a thin testa ; embryo straight, with thick flattened or 
