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MYRTACEiE. XIV. Eucalyptus. XV. Angophora. XVI. Callistemon. 



Elongated Eucalyptus. Clt, 1823. Tree. 



52 E. me'dia (Link, 1. e.) leaves alternate, lanceolate, long- 

 acuminated, obovate, and oblique at the base, with the nerves 

 parallel beneath. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Petioles 

 half an inch long. Leaves 6-7 inches long, and from 1-2 inches 

 broad. 



Intermediate Eucalyptus. Clt. 1823. Tree. 



5S E. RETicuLA^TA (Link, 1. c.) leaves alternate, lanceolate, 

 acuminated, somewhat ovate at the base, oblique, reticulately 

 veined beneath. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Leaves 6-7 

 inches long and 2 or more broad. 



Heliculated-leeLved Eucalyptus. Clt. 1823. Tree. 



54 E. umbella'ta (Dum. Cours. hot. cult. 7. p. 279.) leaves 

 alternate, ovate, rather crenated, mucronate, stiffish. Tp . G. 

 Native of New Holland. Branches terete, brown. Leaves 4-5 

 inches long and 2-5 inches broad. Nearly allied to E. ovata. 



Umbellate'Roweved Eucalyptus. Tree. 



•f" The following names occur in the gardens^ hut they are all 

 l)erha2^s synonymous with those described above. 



) 



D. C. prod. 3. p. 222. — Metro 



Lin. syst. Icosdndria, Mqnogynia. Tube of calyx half 

 spherical ; limb 5-parted, with the lobes obtuse. Petals 5 (f. 



119. b\ 



(f 



Style 



filiform. Stigma capitate (f. 119. c). Capsule 3-celled(f. 119. 

 /.), many-seeded, inclosed, and connate with the thickened tube 

 of the calyx, which is adnate to the branches. — New Holland 

 shrubs, having the inflorescence rising from the old branches in 

 crowded spikes, as in the species of Melaleuca ; but with the 

 stamens free, as in Metrosideros. Leaves elongated, stiff, alter- 

 nate, usually lanceolate. 



* Filaments of stamens yellowish. 



1 C. PiNiFOLiuM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 223.) leaves linear-fili- 

 form, acerose, stiff, mucronate, channelled, scabrous ; calyxes 



glabrous. 



h. G. 



Native of New Holland. Metrosideros 



1 E. orbicularis, Jjodd. i E.pulchella, Lodd. 3 E. albi-- length of the petals. 



pinifolia, Wendl. coll. 1. p. 53. t. 16. Willd. enum. 513. 

 Metro, viridiflora, Cels. Nois. but not of Sims. Petals greenish, 

 oval. Stamens of a dirty yellowish green colour, thrice the 



caulisy Hort. 4 £. cotinifblia^ Lodd. 5 E. undulata, Hort. 

 fiT E. alata, Hort, 



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



XV. ANGOTHORA (from ayyoc, angos, a vessel, and tpopew^ 



Pine-leaved Callistemon. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. ? Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



2 C. viridifl6rum (D. C. 1. c.) leaves linear-lanceolate, stiff, 



pungent, beset with scabrous dots, rather villous when young as 



Native of New 



well as the branches ; calyx glabrous. 

 Holland, on the east coast. Metrosid^ 



T?.G. 



phoreo, to bear; form of fruit). Cav. icon. 4. p. 21. D. C. mag. 2602. Petals and stamens greenish yellow. Filaments 



prod. 3. p. 222. 



deflexed, 4-times the length of the corolla, ex Sims. Fruit 



Lin. syst. Icosandria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx turbi- globose ; limb of calyx deciduous. 



nate, marked with 5 prominent ribs ; limb of 5 permanent teeth. 

 Petals 5. Stamens indefinite, free ; anthers ovate. Style fili- 

 form. Capsule covered by the corticate calyx, obovate, trun- 

 cate, 3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds solitary, or few in the cells. — 

 Australian shrubs, with opposite leaves, rarely with the rameal 

 ones ternate. Flowers white. 



1 A. coRDiFOLiA (Cav. 1. c. t. 338.) leaves sessile, ovate, cor- 

 date at the base, and are glabrous as well as the branches ; 

 peduncles and branchlets clothed with bristles or stiff hairs. 



Green-flowered 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. 



»2 



Native of New Holland, near Port Jackson. Met 



3 C. sali'gnum (D. C. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate, acuminated at 

 both ends, mucronate, glabrous in the adult state, with the mid- 

 dle nerve feather-veined, and the lateral nervules approximating 

 the margins ; calyxes glabrous. Tj . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land. Metrosideros saligna, Smith, in Lin. trans. 3. p. ^7^* 

 Vent. hort. eels. t. 70. Bonpl. nav. t. 4. Sieb. pi. exsic. no. 

 320. Flowers pale yellow. Stamens hardly 3-times the length 



sideros hispida. Smith, in Lin. trans. 3. p. 267. Sieb.pl. exsic. 

 no. 471. Sims. bot. mag. t. 1960. Metrosideros hirsiita, Andr. 



Jtros. anomala. Vent. malm. t. 2. Met. 



of the petals, which are roundish. 



Willowy 

 4 to 6 feet. 



May 



Clt. 1788. Shrub 



bot. rep. t. 281. M 



M 



4 C. lopha'nthum (Sweet, 



Pers. end). 2. p. 25. Eucalyptus fl. aust. t. 29.) leaves lanceolate, 



hirsuta, Link, enum.' hort. berol. f. p. 31. Flowers rather attenuated at both ends, mucro- 



FIG. 119. 



large, yellowish or whitish. 



Heart-lea 

 7 to 10 feet. 



May 



2 A. iNTERME^DiA (D. C. prod. 3. 



) 



nate, 1 - nerved, and feather - 

 Clt. 1789. Sh, veined, glabrous in the adult 



state, but villous when young as 

 leaves on short well as the branches ; flowers 



ran 



brous ; peduncles hispid from bristles. Tj 



Holland. Flowers one half smaller than those of the preceding 

 species. 



Intermediate Angophora. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



8 A. lanceola'ta (Cav. 1. c. t. 339.) leaves petiolate, lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, glabrous, as well as the branches and pedun- 

 cles. ' ^ 



distinct, spicate, nearly terminal; 

 Native of New calyx pilose ; petals rather pu- 



be 



clothed with down ; capsule dis- 



b- G. 



Native of New 



Native of New Holland, near Port Jackson. 



Me- 

 laleuca costata, Roeusch. Metrosideros cost^ta and lanceolita. 



Metrosid^ro 



I 



Pers. ench. 2.' p. 25. 



two prefcedmg speci 



with opposite and alternate leaves. 



LanceolateAezved Angophora, Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1816. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Cult. 



Metrosideros 



XVI. CALLISTEMON (KaXX£<rroc, hallistos, beautiful, and 

 fTrrnxwvy stemon^ a stamen ; in most of the species the stamens 



tmct. 



Holland, Metrosideros lophan- 

 tha, Vent. hort. eels. t. 69. Me- 

 tro, saligna, Sims, bot. mag. 

 1821. Flowers straw-coloured. 



Crest 'flowered Callistemon. 

 Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1806. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



5 C. leptosta'chyum (Sweet, fl. aust. no. 2d.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, acute, mucronate, attenuated at both ends, full of dots, 1- 

 nerved, and feather-veined, glabrous in the adult state, when 

 young clothed with silky tomentum as well as the branches; 

 spikes long, slender ; calyx pilose ; petals pubescent, cHiatea ; 

 ovaries smoothishi capsules crowded. Tj . G. Native of New 

 Holland. Flowers greenish yellow. 



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