LI. MYRTACEjE. 
[Myrtus. 
650 
in a loose axillary raceme, not exceeding the leaves, the terminal one short, the 
lateral ones longer, solitary and opposite, and sometimes 2 racemes in each axil. 
Bracteoles minute, close under the flower. Calyx glabrous ; tube somewhat 
turbinate, under 1 line long ; lobes 5, broad, about as long as the tube. Petals 5, 
white, ciliate, fully twice as long as the calyx-lobes. Stamens numei’ous, as in all 
Myrti, but occupying only the margin of the disk. Ovary 2-celled, with 12 to 16 
ovules in each cell, on a broad placenta, the dissepiments scarcely complete to the 
top. Fruit globular, about 2 lines diameter, crowned by the calyx-limb. Seeds 
1 or 2 or sometimes as many as 25, nearly globular or reniform ; testa hard. 
Embryo very long, irregularly twisted or doubly folded or involute, the radicular 
end thickened, the cotyledons very small. 
Hab.: Broadsound, R. Brawn; Port Denison, Fitzalan; Edgecombe and Rockingham Bays, 
Dallachy. 
Wood of a close grain, tough ; warps in drying. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods No. 217a. 
Var. conferta. Racemes short, almost reduced to the clusters of ,1/. acmenioides, but the 
venation of the leaves as in M. racemulosa. —Port Denison, Fitzalan. 
9. JVC. acmenioides (Acmena-like), F. v. M. Frayrn. i. 77; Benth. FI. Austr. 
iii. 276. A tree of 20 to 40ft., quite glabrous, with a reddish bark. Leaves ovate, 
acuminate, narrowed into a short petiole, 1^ to nearly 3in. long, scarcely shining, 
finely penniveined, with the veins much more regular and diverging than in M. 
racemulosa, confluent in a fine intramarginal one. Pedicels rather firm, 3 to 4 
lines long, usually several together in the axils or at the old nodes, in a cluster or 
short raceme, on a very short common peduncle. Bracteoles minute, deciduous, 
close under the flower. Calyx-tube broad, about 1 line long ; lobes 5, broad, 
obtuse, shorter than the tube, all equal or the inner one larger with petal-like 
margins. Petals 5, more or less ciliate, the outermost about 2 lines diameter, the 
others rather smaller. Stamens scarcely any longer than the petals. Ovary 
2-celled, with about 12 to 16 ovules in each cell on a 2-lobed placenta. Fruit 
about 2 lines diameter, usually crowned by the calyx-lobes. Seeds few and some- 
times only one, globular, reniform or hemispherical ; testa hard, smooth and 
shining. Embryo long, spirally involute, the radicular end thickened; cotyledons 
very small. 
Hab.: Moreton Bay, Wide Bay, and Rockhampton 
10. 1VI. fragrantissima (very fragrant), F. c. M. Herb.; Benth. FI. Austr. 
iii. 277. A' shrub or tree, the young shoots slightly hoary. Leaves very shortly 
petiolate, broadly ovate, 1 to 2in. long, glabrous, penniveined, without any 
intramarginal vein. Flowers small, few, in short pedunculate axillary racemes, 
with the terminal one sessile, or the pedicels solitary and l-flotvered at the base 
of the shoots. Flowers smaller than in the other species and apparently all 
4-merous. Calyx pubescent, the tube nearly globular, about 1 line diameter ; 
lobes 4, rather shorter than the tube. Petals 4, twice as long as the calyx-lobes. 
Ovary 2-celled, with rather numerous ovules crowded on the small placenta; 
stigma small. Fruit not seen. 
Hab.: Southern localities. 
The seed being unknown, the genus of this plant must be uncertain, but, notwithstanding its 
4-merous flowers, it has in other respects much more the aspect of a Myrtus than of a Eugenia . — 
Benth. 
11. ME. Shepherdi (after T. Shepherd), F. v. M. Fragm. ix. 148. A 
glabrous shrubby plant, the branchlets somewhat terete. Leaves coriaceous, 
broad or orbicular-ovate, obtuse-acuminate, 2 to 3in. long, 1J to 2in. broad, green 
and glossy on both sides, cuneate at the base, thinly and distantly penniveined ; 
petioles shortish. Peduncles axillary, almost lin. long or sometimes wanting ; 
pedicels 6 to 12 lines long. Bracteoles at the top subulate, minute, at length 
deciduous. Calyx-lobes 5 or 4, unequal, and like the petals silky on the inside, 
