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MYRTACE^. IX. Beaufortia. X. Calothamnus. XL Melaleuca. 



2 B. spa'rsa (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves scattered, oval, many- G. Native of New Holland, on the south-west coast. Leaves 

 nerved. ^ . G. Native along with the preceding species, stiff, acute, terete. Flowers^ scarlet. 

 Flowers red. 



ScatteredAeaved Beaufortia. Shrub 3 to 10 feet. 



3 B, carina^ TA (Cunningh. mss. ex Loud. hort. brit, p. 

 319.) leaves opposite, decussate, many-nerved, keeled on the 

 back, ovate or oval, glaucous, fj . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land. Flowers scarlet. 



KeeledAeavcd Beaufortia. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



N.B. There are two other species, which were detected by 

 Mr. Brown ; but they still remain unpublished. 



Slender Calothamnus. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1803. Shrub 

 3 to 6 feet. 



5 C. clava'tus (Cunningh. mss. ex Loud. hort. brit. p. 319.) 

 bundles of stamens equal, polyandrous ; adult leaves as well as 

 fruit downy. T? . G. Native of New Holland. Leaves terete, 

 clavate at the apex. Flowers scarlet. 



Clavate Calothamnus. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1824. Sh. 2 to 6 ft. 



Cult, The species of Calothamnus deserve a place in every 

 collection of greenhouse plants, for the splendour of their blos- 



Cult. This is a splendid genus of plants, and therefore the soms. Their culture and propagation is the same as that re- 



species are desirable objects in every collection of greenhouse 

 plants ; they are also very suitable for conservatories, being 

 free growers and abundant flowerers. Their culture and pro- 

 pagation is the same as that recommended for the species of 

 Tristania^ p. 813. 



commended for Tristania^ see p. 813. The glass placed over 

 the cuttings requires to be taken off 'and wiped occasionally, to 

 prevent damp. 



XL MELALEU'CA (from f.ie\ac, melas, h\ack, nnd Xevicog, 

 leucoSy white ; the trunk is black, and the branches are white). 

 Lin. mant. 14. Smith, in Lin. trans. 3. p. 273. R. Br. in Ait. 



X. CALOTHA'MNUS (from .^aXoc, kalos, beautiful and hort. kew.' 4. p. 410. D. C. prod. 3. p. 211.— Caju-puti, Adans. 



OafiroQy thamnoSf a shrub ; in reference to the elegance of the 

 shrubs, from their scarlet flowers and terete leaves). Labill. 

 nov. holl. 2. p. 25. R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. 4. p. 417. 

 Baudinia, Leschen. ined. 



LiN. SYST. Polyadelphia Potydndria. Calyx permanent, 

 4-5-toothed (f. 116. 6.), with a hemispherical tube. Petals 4-5 



fam. f. 2. p. 84. 



Lin. SYST. Polyadelphia^ Polydndria. 



Tube of calyx some- 



^ Pe- 



what hemispherical (f. 117. a.); limb 5-parted (f. 117. 6.). 

 tals5. Bundles of stamens 5 (f. 117. e. g.\ elongated, opposite 

 the petals. Style filiform (f 117. c.) ; stigma obtuse. Anthers 

 incumbent. Capsules connate, inclosed in the thickened tube 



(f.116.6.). Bundles of stamens equal in number to the petals ^f the calyx, and adnate to the branches by the base. 3-celled, 

 (f. lie. c. a.), and opposite them. Anthers mserted by the base, ty.ii 



Style filiform. Capsule corticate from the calyx, 3-celled, many- 



Seeds angular. 



part natives of New Holland, and a very few of the 



Trees and shrubs, for the most 



East 



seeded -Elegant Australian shrubs, with scattered, crovv^ed, J^^j^^^ ^^^^^^^ alternate, or opposite, equal at the base. Flowers 

 terete leaves ami axillary, solitary, scarle flowers which are ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ somewhat adnate to the branches, spicate or 



sessile, and the fruit is therefore adnate to the branches. 



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Flowers quadrifid. 



capitate, white, yellow, or purple. 



Leaves alternate. 



1 C. sangui'nea (Labill. 1. c. t. 154.) 2 of the bundles of 1 M. leucode'ndron (Lin. mant. 105.) leaves alternate, long, 



stamens bearing 12-16 anthers, and joined together on one side ; lanceolate, acuminated, falcate, 3-5-nerved ; flower-bearing 



branches pendulous ; flowers in spikes, rather distant, and are 



as well as the rachis quite glabrous. Tj . S. Native of the 



East India Islands, where it is called Caju-puti by the natives. 



A tree with a black trunk, white branches, and white flowers. 



Lin. nl. 



the other two free, sterile, monandrous ; adult leaves, as well as 

 fruit glabrous. ^2 • ^r* Native of New Holland, in Van Lewin's 

 Land. Flowers scarlet. 



Shrub 2 to 6 feet. 



2 



Bloody '^ov^^reA Calothamnus. 



C. quadri'fida (R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. 4. p. 418.) 

 bundles of stamens 4, distinct, equal, bearing 12-15 anthers siippl. 

 each : 



adult leaves as well as flowers glabrous. Tj . G. Native 



of New Holland, on the south-west coast. Rchb. gart 

 t. 9. upper figure. Sims, bot. mag. 1506. Anthers 

 by the base. Flowers scarlet, somewhat secund. 



mag. 1. 

 inserted 



Quadrijid Calothamnus. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1803. Shrub 



Rumph. amb. 2. p. 72. t. 16. Myrtus leucodendron, 



Melaleuca leucodendron latifolia, Lin. fil. suppl. p. 342. 



From the leaves 



is distilled tlie volatile, green, aromatic oil called 

 Cajeput, from Caju-puti^ a white tree, which is ^the Malay 

 name 

 dron. 



M. leucodendron, Hayne, arzn. gew. 10. t. 9. 

 of this tree 



2 to 4 feet. 



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Flowers quinqtiejid. 



3 C. vill6sa (R. Br. 1. c.) 

 bundles of stamens equal, dis- 

 tinct, polyandrous ; adult leaves 

 as well as fruit villous. Tj .G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the 

 south-west coast. Lindl. bot. 



FIG. 116. 



reg. 

 1. t. 



t. 1099. Rchb. gard. mag. 

 9. lower figure. CoUa. 



hort. ripul. app. 2. p. 328. t. 15. 

 Flowers scarlet, (f. 1 1 6.) 



Villous Calothamnus. Fl. Jul. 

 Sept. Clt. 1823. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



4 C. gra'cilis (R. Br. I. c.) 

 bundles of stamens equal, trian- 

 drous ; leaves very long, and 

 are as well as the exserted fruit, 

 glabrous ; stem branched. Tj , 



whence also Linnaeus gave to it the name of Leucoden- 

 The oil has the taste of peppermint, but stronger and 

 colder, and a smell of turpentine, but it seldom comes to Europe 

 unadulterated. It is a powerful sudorific, and an useful exter- 

 nal application in chronic rheumatism. Ainslie, 1. p* ^^^' . 

 is considered carminative, cephalic, and emmenagogue, 3"" /^' 

 no doubt, a highly diffusible stimulant, antispasmodic, and dia- 

 phoretic, and is much used in the cure of cholera morbus, from 

 its antispasmodic powers. It has also the power of dissolving 

 caoutchouc. A decoction of the leaves is much used in China 



as a tonic. The bark is very serv 

 covering houses, &c. 



iceable in caulking boats 



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White-lree or Cajeput-tree. Clt. 1 796. Tr. 15 to 20 ft. 

 2 M. mInor (Smith, m Rees' cycl. vol. 23. no. 2.) leam 

 alternate, elliptic-lanceolate, acutish, rather falcate, 3-'^'"^r,T ^^ 

 flowers rather distant, in spikes ; rachis and calyxes ^j"** 

 h . S. Native of Amhoyna, and other East India islanaj, 

 where it is called in the Malay language Caju-putt and ^J^ 

 kilee. Rumph. amb. 2. p. 74. t. 17. f. 1. and probab y i- ^• 



M. Caiuputi. Roxb. hort. bena. n. .59. M. sal""" ^"^''^- ^^ ■ 



iiiuic lu LUIS species, aucurding ».v — ^ ^i thi* 



given to it. M. Cajaputi of gardeners is totally distinct from 



accor 



