LI. MYRTACE/E. 
[Myrtus. 
648 
Leaves scarcely shining. Veins oblique and irregular. Pedicels 
slender, solitary along the raceme. Ovules numerous 8. HI. raccmulosa. 
Leaves scarcely shining, acuminate. Veins diverging and regular. 
Pedicels short, clustered on a very short common peduncle ... 9. HI. acvienioides. 
Calyx 4-lobed, pubescent 10. HI. fragrantisnma. 
Calyx 4 or 5-lobed. Ovary 3-celled 11. M. Shepherdi. 
Small tree. Peduncles sometimes solitary, oftentimes crowded. Fruit 
3 lines diameter, 1-seeded 12. HI. nitida. 
Lofty tree. Fruit in stout, short racemes, globular, 5 lines diameter, 
1-seeded 13. ,1/. exaltatu. 
Mountain species. Branchlets silky-hairy. Leaves ovate-acuminate, 
lin. long, prominently oil-dotted 14. HI. metrosideros. 
1. XVI. rhytisperma (seeds wrinkled), F. v. M. Fraym. i. 77 ; Bentli. FI. 
Amtr. iii. 274. A shrub or small tree, the young shoots slightly pubescent, the 
older foliage glabrous. Leaves oblong-elliptical or oval-oblong, obtuse, f to l^in. 
(or sometimes, according to F. r. Mueller, 4in.) long, narrowed or rounded at the 
base, finely penniveined, green on both sides. Peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, 
slender, nearly as long as the leaves, with minute bracteoles under the calyx. 
Calyx glabrous or nearly so ; tube turbinate, 1| to 2 lines long ; lobes 5, short, 
broad, rounded, connate into a broad sinuate limb. Petals 5. Ovary imperfectly 
8-eelled, the dissepiments not reaching the axis in the upper part ; ovules 5 or 6 
in each cell ; stigma peltate. Berry 4 to 5 lines diameter, dark-purple, sweet. 
Seeds few, above 2 lines broad ; testa not hard, slightly granular-rugose. Embryo 
long, more or less involute, with very short cotyledons. 
Hab.: Wide Bay, C. Moore ; Moreton Bay, W. Hill ; in the interior, Leichhardt ; and 
Rockingham Bay, F. v. Mueller. 
Var. grandifolia. Leaves ovate, shortly acuminate, l£in. long. Flowers larger. 
2. 1VI. tenuifolia (leaves thin), Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 280 ; Bentli. FI. 
Amtr. iii. 274. A small elegant spreading shrub, the young shoots more or less 
silky. Leaves from linear-lanceolate to ovate -lanceolate, obscurely penniveined, 
flat or with recurved margins, rarely exceeding lin., glabrous above, hoary or 
silky- white underneath. Peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, slender, shorter than the 
leaves. Bracteoles small, close under the calyx. Calyx-tube tomentose, rather 
broad, about f line long ; lobes 5, broad, obtuse, nearly equal, rather longer than 
the tube. Petals 5, ovate-orbicular, about 2 lines long. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules 
rather numerous in each cell on a 2-lobed placenta. Seeds not numerous, testa 
hard, embryo semicircular, narrow, with 2 small cotyledons. 
Hab : Moreton Island, Backhouse ; common on damp coastal land in southern localities. 
The fruit makes a good preserve. 
8. IVI. gonoclada (branchlets angular), F. v. M. Herb.; Bentli. FI. Austr. 
iii. 2 75. A tree, attaining about 25ft., quite glabrous, except sometimes the 
calyx, the young branches often marked with raised lines decurrent from the 
leaves. Leaves ovate, obtuse or obtusely acuminate, narrowed at the base, smooth 
and shining, with an intramarginal vein as in J\I. acmenioides, but the veins less 
numerous. Pedicels solitary, 1-flowered, axillary or below the leaves on the 
young shoot, slightly thickened at the end, articulate, with a pair of minute 
bracts under the calyx. Calyx-tube turbinate, glabrous or minutely hoary ; lobes 
5, nearly equal, much shorter than the tube. Petals 5, about 1^ line diameter, 
minutely pubescent-ciliate. Ovary 2-celled, pubescent at the top ; ovules rather 
numerous, on a peltate 2-lobed placenta. 
Hab.. Moreton Bay, C. Stuart. 
This is very much like the European HI. communis , but at once distinguished by the 2-celled 
ovary. — Bentli. 
4. lasioclada (branchlets velvety), F. v. M. Fraym. ix. 148. A shrub 
with the branchlets and inflorescence hoary pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, 
acuminate, somewhat thick chartaceous, 2 to Sin. long, oil-dots crowded, both 
