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MELALEUCA squamea. 
Scaly-branched Melaleuca. 
POLYADELPHIA ICOSANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. MYRTI (MyRTACED. Jussieu gen. 322. Div. I. Flores in 
foliorum axillis aut in pedunculis multifloris oppositi. Folia plerumque oppo- 
sita et punctata. 
MELALEUCA. Supra vol. 2. fol. 108. 
Div. Folia alterna. 
M. squamea, foliis ovatis lanceolatis acuminatis trinervibus: novellis ramu- 
lisque villosis, capitulis globosis pubescentibus, phalangibus §-6-(9) 
andris: unguibus petalis brevioribus. Brown im Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 
4. 412, 
Melaleuca squamea. Labillard. nov. holl. 2. 28, t. 168. 
Frutex erectus, subverticillato-ramosus, ramis teretibus, novellis villosis. 
Fol. tàm opposita quàm sparsa, patentissima, intervallis longiora, elliptico v. 
ovato-lanceolata, cuspidato-acuminata, nervosa nervis parallelis, brevissime 
petiolata, novella villosa subtüsque hirsutiora. Flores letè lilacini, basi ra- 
mulorum in capitulum subovatum v. globosum foliis floralibus brevioribus 
hirsutissimis confertis subtensum congestt, foliolis bracteaceis interstincti. Cal. 
oblongus, turbinato-campanulatus, pallidé virens, sublanato-villosus, segmentis 
ovatis triangularibus erectis, intàs concavis saturate viridibus. Petala corolla 
lilacina, obovata, convoluto-concava, 3-plo breviora. staminibus, 2-plo lon- 
giora segmentis calycis vel magis, unguiculata, margine erosa, alanges 
staminei 5 lilacini, polyandri, ungue brevissimo vel subnullo: anthera Zuter. 
Pistilla quanta coram habuimus abortiva v. cassa. 
This lively flowered shrub is not uncommon in our 
greenhouses, though it has not yet been represented by auy 
figure from the living plant. 
A native of Vau Diemen's Island. Introduced by Mr. 
Brown in 1805. 
The specific name has been suggested by the peeling of 
the bark on the older branches of the plant in short scale- 
like strips along the intervals of the foliage. 
An upright shrub; branches produced nearly in whorls, 
round, young ones villous. Leaves both oppositely and 
Scatteredly disposed, wide-spread, longer than the intervals, 
elliptically or ovately lanceolate, long taper-pointed with 
parallel nerves, very shortly petioled, new ones villous more 
Shaggily so underneath. Flowers of a lively lilac-red, pro- 
duced at the base of the new branches in subovate or globular 
