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Baeckea leptospermoides G. A, Gardn. sp. nov. 
Frutox erectus^ metralis altus, giaber, rainulis strictisj erectis, teretibus; 
foliis erectis, petiolatis, oblongis, crassis, planisqtie, obtusis, basi breviter 
eontractis rotundis, peliolis tennibus; floribus solitariis, albis; pedicellis 
axillaribus, qiuim folia multo longioribiis; bracteolis 2, late ovatis, aciitisj 
earinatis, a medio peduiiculi inscrtis; calyee late cupuliformi, lobis quam 
tubum brevioribus, semiorbicnlaribiis, marginibus tenuibiis, albis ; pcdalis 
quam ealyeis tubum triple loiigioribus, orbicularibus, albis; stamiuibiis 25^ 
aniiulo unduJato disco margiuc sinuate iiiseilis, lobis disci extra stamines 
processus subulatos gerentibus, aliqiii staminibus regulariter dis])ositiSj 
subacquis, quam petala dui)lo vel triplo brevioribuSj Hlamentis teretibuSj 
tenuibus, ineurviSj antberis dorsifixis, longitudinaliter deliiscentibus, glandula 
albida, eonsjjicua, giobosa^ quam anthera dimidio vel Imeviore; ovaiio 
triloeulari, ovulis numerosis, plaeentam peltatam allixis, stylo brevi,- 
tilamentis aequante. 
Frutex 1 m. altiis; folia usque 5 min. ionga; calycis tubus 4.5 mm. lougus 
ac latus. lobi 1.5 mm.; petala 4 mm. diam. 
Ilab. in distr. Coolgardie prope Karalee, in fruticetis arenoso-glareosis, 
fior. m. Sept. Gardner. (Typus.) Prope Merrediiq E. H. Wilson et D. A,^ 
Herbert, 
Affinity to B. crassifolia var. icosandra, F. Muell, differing in the number 
of stamens and the iobed staminal disc which bears about 20 setae or subulate 
processes external to the stamens opposite each petal. In this latter respect 
it resembles B. Haideni Ewart and White. 
Astartea clavifolia C, A. Gardn. sp. nov. 
Frutex metralis altus, glabor^ mulli-ramosus, ramulis erectis, deusis;: 
foliis ovato-clavatis, leviter compressis, distincte petiolatis, apice basique 
obtusis; floribus axil]aril>us, podieellatis, calycis tube turbinato, laevo, lobis 
suborbicularibus; ])etalis quam lobi calycis fere triplo longioribus, orbiculari- 
bus, roseo-albis; phalangibus distinctis, circiter 8-antheras gerentibus, apicem 
versus atteiiuatis; filamentis brevibus, tenuibus, plusminusve ineurvis; 
antberis ovatis, longitudinaliter deliiscentibus; disco lato, eoncavo; ovario 
2-loculato, ovulis in locnlis (i, in annulum lateraliter dispositis. 
Fj-utex jnctralis altus; folia 1.5-2..5 mm. longa, usque 1.^ min. lata; petioli 
.5 mm. loiigi; pedicelli 2 mm. longi, a medio articulati; bracteoli 1.3 mm. longi; 
calycis tubus 2.5 mm. longuSj lobi 1 mm. longi; petala 2.5 mm. diam. 
Ilab. in distr. Avon prope ]\laya, in lutosis areiiosis, flor. m. Septem.- 
Gardner 2704. 
Affinity to A. chmdata Turez. and A. fascicnlaris (Labill.) D. C.,- 
differing in tin* 2-celled ovary, the much shorter and broader clavate leaves^ 
which are n(*ver clustered, as well as in other minor features. 
CALYTHROPSIS C. A. Gardn. gen. nov. 
Myi ’tacece-Chamaelaiiciece. 
Calycis tubus obovoideus, 4-gonus, ovario adnatiis, segmonta vel sepala 
nulla; petala 4, integi*a, patentia, decidua. Stamina indefinita, numerosa, 
pluriseriata, libera; filamenta glabra, filiformes; antherae versatiles, loculis 
parallelis, longitudinaliter debiscentibns, connective glandula parva, globosa^ 
appendiculato. Ovarium infevum, calycis tubo subaequale, 1-loculare; ovula 
