Myoporum tenuifolium, G. Forster

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 297

1. M. tenuifolium G. Forster , FI. Ins. Austral. Prodr. 44 (1786)

(inch M. acuminatum R. Br. ).

Small round-topped tree up to 8 m; bark brownish-grey, minutely fissured. Leaves 4-5- 10(—17) x l- 5-3(-5) cm, lanceolate, acuminate, cuneate at base, usually entire, bright glossy green above; petiole 5-10 mm. Flowers in dense (l-)5- to 9-flowered cymes; pedicels up to 12 mm, slender. Calyx 2-3 mm, divided to half-way into ovate-lanceolate, acute lobes. Corolla white, with small purple spots; tube 4-5 mm; limb 10-12 mm in diameter. Stamens 4. Fruit 7-9 mm, ovoid, blackish-purple when ripe. Planted for shelter in S. W. Europe and locally naturalized. [Bl Hs Lu.] (F. Australia.')