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Melaleuca (Series Spicijlorce) arexicola, sp. nov. Verisimiliter frutex, 



crobro ratnosus, glaber ; ramulis ultinus tenuibus foliosis; foliis p;a'vis 

 alternis subsessilibus oblongis apice inucronatis basi obtusis facie sa^pissinie 

 concavis crassiusoulis ; floribus in spicas axillaros subglobo^ati oliganthas 

 digostis; calycis subglobosi coriacei lobis abbreviatis deltoideis obtusis ; 

 petalis ovatis obi:nsi.ssiniis concavis ; staminnm phalangnm ung-ue petala sub- 

 [)e(|uniite filauieutis circa 10-12; ovario oninino infero ; stylo ci'assiusculo ex 

 staiuiuuru phalangibus liaud eiuineiitc; ovuUs pbirimis ; fructu parvo sub- 

 globoso ore nudo. 



West Au.stralia, Avou district, in sandy places ; Pritzel^ 825. 



Folia plerunique 4-5 cm. long*, 1 nnn. vel paulluluni ultra lat.^ in sicco 

 viridia. Spicso pleruniquo circa 7 mm. long. Calyx basi lata rliachi insortus, 

 in toto (lobis '3 mm. long, inclusis) 2 mm. long. Petala 2 mm. long, 

 Staminum untjuis 2'25 ninulon^.".: filamenta sunimnm 3 mm. loni^. * antheroe 

 *35 mm. long. Stylus 5"5 mm. long. Fructus 2'5 mm. diam. 



Tliis lias been listed (EngL Jalirb. xxxv. 127) as il/. luivi/lora, Turcz. 

 [M. crasxifoliay Benth. of Fb AustraL), undoubtedly its aflfinity. Tlic small 

 narrow lea\es, sbort spikes, small crowded flowers, and tlie reduced and 

 relatively narrow fruits are tlie cbief features of this species. 



Melaleuca cordata^ Benth., FL Austral, iii. 149 (1866). Turczauinow 

 had previously described this, curiously enougli under the same trivial, in 

 Bulb Acad. Imp. So. retersbourg, x. 339 (1852). This overlooked memoir 

 contains no fewer than 77 descriptions belonging I'or the most part to 

 DrummontFs 5tli set. 



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Calothamkus validus, sp. nov. (PL 11. C.) HamuUs validls inferne cica- 

 tricibus orbicularibus sparsis onustis superne foliosis pubescentibus subindo 

 glabrescentibus ; foliis approximatis linearibus teretibus apice pungentibus 

 rigidis crassiusoulis juvenilibus microscopice fidvo-sericeis sed cite glabres- 

 centibus J Jlorlhas 4-meris in spicas abbrcviatas paucifloras pubescentcs 

 digestis ; calyce rhaclii nequaquam immerso breviler campannlato sparsim 

 niinutissimo sericeo lobis oblongo-obovatis obtusissimis tube parum breviori- 



bus marginibus angustis dccoloribus ; petalis ■ ; staminum fasciculis 4 



omnil)US inter sese fere a3f|ualibus quoque Hgulam late linearem lonoo 

 exscrtani fdamenta circa 15 fulcionteni ostendeuti ; ovario 3-loculari ; stylo 

 crassiusculo androecio multo brevlore ; fructu ovoideo basi concavo calycis 

 lobis 2 persistentibus coronato lobis 2 omnino evanidis. 



W. Australia, in a rocky creek near West Mt. Barren ; Maxwell. 



Folia plcraque 2-2'5 cm. long., 1 mm. diam, vel paullnlum minus, in sicco 

 griseo-viridia necnon longitrorsum riniulosa. Calycis valde coriacei tubus 

 5 X 5*5 mm. ; lobi 4 mm. long. Staminum fasciculi circa 2"5 cm. Ion rr. ; 

 borum unguis fere 2 cm. long. ; anthero? lineari-ublongpo, 2-2'5 mm. lon*^* 



