MYRTACEiE. XL Melaleuca. XII. Lamarchea. XIII. Eudesmia. 



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1. t. 18. R. Br, I.e. 4. p. ±15. Vent. eels. t. 10. Metrosideros 

 hypericifolia, Salisb. prod. p. 351. Flowers of a splendid scar- 

 let-colour. 



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St. John's-rvort'leaved Melaleuca. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1792. 

 Shrub 10 to 20 ft. 



31 M. ELLi'pTicA (Labill. nov. holl. 2. p. 31. t. 173.) leaves 

 opposite, elliptic, blunt at both ends, 1-nerved in the middle, 

 with the veins pinnate, and confluent at the margins ; spikes of 

 flowers cylindrical, pubescent ; bundles of stamens polyandrous, 

 with their claws exceeding the petals. Tj . G. Native of New 

 Holland, in Van Lewin's Land. Flowers scarlet, rather smaller 

 than those of the preceding species. Fruit globose, glabrous. 

 Lobes of calyx acutish, permanent. 



Elliptic -\e2ivedi Melaleuca. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



leaves alternate, imbricate, cylindrical, obtuse, somewhat spatu- 

 late ; spikes oval on the upper part of the branches ; calyxes 

 glabrous. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, at King George's 

 Sound. From the flowers being pedicellate, and the bundles of 

 stamens not exceeding the petals, it is therefore perhaps a 

 species of Tristania or Astdrtea. 



Small-leaved Melaleuca. Shrub. 



39 M. TETRAGONA (Lodd. ex Otto, hort. berol. p. 37.) leaves 

 opposite, decussate, ovate-elliptic, 3-nerved. Tj . G. Native of 

 New Holland. Allied to M. decussata, but the leaves are 

 broader, much less dotted, more remote, and more spreading. 

 Flowers unknown. 

 . Tetragonal Melaleuca. Clt. 1820. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



^f Species only known by name. Many of them may prove 



32 M. squarr6sa (Smith in Lin. trans. 6. p. 300.) leaves op- identical with some of those described above. 



posite, ovate, acute, 5-7-nerved, on short petioles, glabrous ; 

 branchlets villous ; spikes cylindrical ; bracteas foliaceous ; lobes 

 of calyx blunt and nerveless ; bundles of stamens dodecandrous, 

 with their claws very short. V^ . G. Native of New Holland 

 and Van Dieman's Land. Labill. nov. holl. 2. t. 169. Smith, 

 bot. mag. t. 1935. M. myrtifolia, Vent. malm. t. 47. M. ca- 

 japutti, Hort. Flowers yellowish, 



Squarrose Melaleuca. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1 794. Tr. 20 to 40 ft. 



33 M. GiBEOSA (Labill. nov. holl. 2. p. 30. t. 172.) leaves op- 

 posite, decussate, crowded, ovate, obtuse, 3-nerved ; spikes few- 

 flowered, and are, as well as the branches and calyxes, glabrous; 

 bundles of stamens polyandrous, with their claws the length of 

 the petals ; fruit appearing as if they were sunk in the branches 

 at the base. T^ . G. Native of Van Dieman's Land and of 

 New Holland on the south coast. M. imbricata, Hort. There 

 is a variety of this species with 3 leaves in a whorl. 



Gibbous Melaleuca. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 to 12 ft. 



34 M. spRENGELioiDES (D. C prod. 3. p. 215.) leaves oppo- apex, campanulately conniving, exceeding the limb of the calyx, 

 site, decussate, sessile, crowded, roundish, mucronate, 5-nerved ; Stamens numerous, inserted with the petals, monadelphous, ex- 



1 M. divaricata, Donn. 2 M. hispida, Wendl. 3 M.per- 

 foratay Roeusch. 4 M. stricta^ Smith. 5 M. trinhvia. Smith. 

 6 M. pendultna, Lodd. 



Cult. The greater part of the species of Melaleuca are de- 

 sirable green-house or conservatory plants, their foliage being 

 neat, and in some the blossoms are splendid. Their culture and 

 propagation are the same as recommended for Tristania^ see 

 p. 813. 



XII. LAMA'RCHEA (dedicated to A. M. Lamarche, a cap- 

 tain in the French navy, formerly lieutenant of the ship Uranie, 

 under captain Freycenet in his voyage round the world ; and a 

 particular friend of Gaudichaud's). Gaud, in Freyc. voy. part, 

 bot. p. 483. t. 110. 



Lin. syst. Icosandriay Monogynia, Calyx hemispherical, 

 with a 5 -parted regular deciduous limb. Petals 5, inserted in 

 the limb of the calyx, obovate-spatulate, ciliately fringed at the 



heads of flowers nearly globose, crowded, glabrous ; bundles of 

 stamens bearing 7-10 anthers, with their claws the length of the 

 petals; fruit nearly globose, with a truncate, somewhat inflexed 

 limb, ij . G. Native of New Holland. * Allied to M. gibbdsa, 

 but very distinct. 



Sprengelia-lihe Melaleuca. Shrub 6 to 8 ft. 



S5 M. calycina(R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. 4. p. 416.) leaves 

 opposite, ovate-lanceolate, 3-5-nerved, nearly sessile ; glomerulea 

 few-flowered; segments of the calyx acute, nerveless ; bundles 

 of stamens polyandrous, with their claws shorter than the petals. 

 ^ . G. Native of New Holland, on the southern coast. Fiqwers 



purple. 



Large-calyxed Melaleuca. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1803. Shrub 



3 to 6 feet. 



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Leaves in whorls. 



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opposite, obovate, 3-nerved ; spikes oblong or oval. Fj . G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland, on the south-west coast. Flowers reddish. 

 Z)en5e-leaved Melaleuca. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1803. Shrub 



2 to 6 ft. 



37 M. inca'na (Rr. Br. in bot. reg. t. 410.) leaves 3 in a 



whorl, linear-lanceolate, clothed with hoary down on both sur- 

 faces, as well as the branches ; spikes oval or oblong. Ij . G. 

 Native of New Holland. M. tomentosa, CoUa, hort. rip. 87. t. 

 37. M. lanata, Nois. M. canescens, Link et Otto, hort. berol. 

 p. 87. abbild. t. 81. M. laniirera. Wendl. Bundles of stamens 



ceeding the corolla. Staminiferous tube a little arched, divided 

 into 5 polyandrous parts even to the middle. Ovarium globose, 

 free. Style crowned by a subcapitate stigma. Capsule glo- 

 bose, chartaceous, 3-celled, dividing into 3 valves at the dis- 

 sepiments; placentas 3, fixed to the axis of the capsule. 

 Seeds numerous, ctmeated or lanceolate, arched triangular, 

 erectly ascending. — An unarmed tree, with scattered, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, quite entire, 3-nerved, coriaceous leaves. Flowers axil- 

 lary, solitary, sessile, brownish purple, lateral after the leaves 

 have fallen. 



1 li. iiAKE^FonA (Gaud. 1. c. t. 484. t. 1 10.) ^2 • G. Native 

 of the Sandwich Islands ? 



Hakea-leaved Lamarchea. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Tristania, p. 813. 



Xin. EUDE'SMIA (from ct;, eu, well, and hafit}, desme, a 

 bundle ; in reference to the stamens being connected into 4 bun- 

 dles). R. Br. in gen. rem. p. Q7. t. 3. D. C. prod. 3. p. 216. 



LiN. SYST. Polyadelphiay Polyandria, Tube of calyx turbi- 

 nate ; limb 4-cleft. Petals closely joined into 4-striped deci- 

 duous hemispherical operculum. Stamens indefinite, joined into 

 4 polyandrous bundles, which alternate with the teeth of the 

 calyx, and therefore opposite the petals. Capsule 4-celled, 4- 

 valved, opening at the apex. — A New Holland shrub, witli tetra- 

 gonal branches. Leaves nearly opposite, broad-lanceolate, co- 

 riaceous, glaucous. Peduncles axillary, bearing umbels of white 

 flowers. 



1 E. TETRAGONA (R. Br. 1. c.) ^ . G. Native of New Hoi- 



bearincr each 5-7 anthers, with their claws shorter than the petals. , \ ^- tetuagoxa ;k. Dr. 1. c.) I? . ix. ISative ot I\ew Hoi- 

 FlnwPr% r>ale vellow. '^P^^' ^i I^^^^y Bay. Sweet, fl. austr. t. 21. Lindl. bot. reg. 



Flowers pale yellow. 



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Fl. Ju. Aua. Clt. 1817. Shrub 3 to 8 ft. ''^^2l ^ %"''^' 



+ Species not suffi< 



38 M. microphy'lla (Smith in Rees' cycl. vol. 23. no. 9.) 



VOL. ir. 



JV/ra^ona/- branched Eudesmia. Fl. July. Clt. 1824. Tree 

 10 to 20 feet. 



' Cult. For culture and propagation see Tristdnia, p. 813. 

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