55. MYRTACE.E. 295 



a drawing of a fruit, perhaps of Quisqualis indica (Petiver, Opera, 

 Hist. Nat. i. p. 8, t. 37. f. 8), is recorded from Cochin China.] 



55. MYETACE^E: Leptosperme*;. 



1. Baeckea frutescens, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 358 ; DC. Prodr. 

 iii. p. 229 ; Osbeck, ltin. p. 231, t. 1, English ed. p. 373 ; Seem. 

 Pot. Voy. ' Herald; p. 378 ; Penth. Fl. HongTc. p. 118 ; Duthie 

 in Hook.f. Fl. Prit. Ind. ii. p. 463 ; Pot. Mag. t. 2802. 



Baeckea chinensis, Oartn. Fruct. i. p. 157, t. 31. 



South China: without locality (Millett ! Fortune, 74 !) ; 

 Kwangtttng : Macao {Vachell ! Tate !), Lantao {Cantor !) ; Hong- 

 kong (Wright \ Wilford ! Champion I Ranee ! JJrquhart !) ; 

 Hainan (Sivinhoel). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Malayan peninsula and archipelago. 



Interesting as a northern outlier of an essentially Australian 

 genus. 



A few other members of the Leptospermece reach the Malayan 

 peninsula. Among them is Melaleuca Leucadendron, which is 

 common throughout the Archipelago and in North-eastern Aus- 

 tralia ; and in the Kew Herbarium there is a specimen labelled 

 " Hongkong, Hinds" in the handwriting of the late Mr. Ben- 

 tham, who, however, does not mention it in his ' Flora Hong- 

 kongensis.' Probably it was cultivated, as there are no speci- 

 mens of it in subsequent collections. 



55. MYRTACE.F: Myrte^e. 



[Psidium Quyava, Linn, (including P. pomiferum and P. pyri- 

 ferum), a native of America, is naturalized in South China, and, 

 indeed, throughout tropical Asia : see Fl. Hongk. p. 120. 

 Psidium Cattleianum, Sabine (Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. iv. p. 31G, 

 t. 11 ; Bot. Eeg. t. G22), is recorded as of Chinese origin, but it 

 is not indigenous there. Psidium pumilum, Vahl, is another 

 variety or species, cultivated or naturalized in China. Psidium 

 caninum, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 310), is an obscure plant.] 



1. Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, Hassle, m Flora, 1842, Peibl. ii. 

 p. 35 ; Wight, Spicil. Neilgh. i. p. 60, t. 71 ; Penth. Fl. HongTc. 

 p. 121 ; Duthie in Hooh.f. Fl. Prit. Ind. ii. p. 469. 



Myrtus tomentosa, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, ii. p. 159 ; Bot. Mag. t. 250 : 

 DC. Prodr. iii. p. 240. 



Myrtus canescens, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 311, ex descript. 



