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MYRTACEiE. XVII. Metrosideros. 



diarrhoea, being mixed with pinang and a small quantity of cloves opposite, obovate, coriaceous, very blunt, veiny, glabrous, taper- 



and nutmegs. ing into the petiole, which is short, with the margins rather 



Trwe Iron-wood. FL Mar. Ju. Clt. 1819. Tr. 10 to 20 ft. revolute ; corymbs axillary and terminal; calyx glabrous, full 



2 M. DiFFU^SA (Smith, in Lin, trans. 3. p. 268.) leaves oppo- 

 site, ovate, veiny, glabrous on both surfaces ; panicles axillary 

 or terminal ; pedicels opposite. T2 . G. Native of New Zea- 

 land and the Island of Otaheite. Melaleuca diffusa, Forst. prod. 

 no. 213. Melaleuca lucida, Lin. fil. suppl. t. 342. Flowers 

 yellow. Leaves 3-nerved beneath at the base. Fruit unknown. 



Diffuse Iron-wood. Tree. 



3 M. viLLOSA (Smith, 1. c) leaves opposite, ovate, veiny, 



f)ubescent beneath ; thyrse axillary or terminal, opposite, vil- 

 ous ; flow^ers sessile, crowded. ^ . G. Native of the Sand- 

 wich Islands. Flowers reddish. Melaleuca villosa, Lin. fil. 

 suppl. p. 342. Melaleiica aestuosa, Forst, prod. no. 215. Mel. 

 spectabilis, Gsertn. fr. 1. p. 172. t. 34. f. 9.? — Leptosp6rmum 

 collinum, Forst. gen. 36. no. 2. appears to differ from this, 

 according to the description, in the leaves being glabrous on 

 both surfaces, in the petioles being velvety, and in the calyx 



of elevated dots, h 



Native of Gambier Island. 



ObovateAe^wed Iron-wood. Tree. 



10 M. poLYMORPHA (Gaud. in Freyc. voy. part. hot. p. 482. t. 

 108. and 109.) leaves opposite, of various forms, coriaceous, gla- 

 brous on both surfaces, but covered with a little silky tomentum 

 beneath ; peduncles 3 or many-flowered, terminal and axillary, 

 corymbose; calyxes and branchlets glabrous, or clothed with 



silky tomentum. 



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Native of the Sandwich Islands, at 



the elevation of 900 to 1800 feet. 



Far, a ; leaves roundish-elliptic, cordate. 

 Var. /3 ; leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, ro 

 Var. y ; leaves oblong, acute at the base. 

 Var. S; leaves lanceolate. 

 Polymorphous Iron-wood. Tree. 



* * Leaves alternate. 



being truncate from the limb being deciduous; it is therefore 11 M. cilia'ta (Smith, 1. c. Labill. sert. cal. p. 60. t. 59.) 



leaves scattered or nearly opposite, elhptic, obtuse, coriaceous, 

 ciliated at the base when young, as well as the branchlets ; 

 flowers in dense corymbs. Tj . G. Native of New Caledonia. 

 Melaleuca ciliata, Forst. prod. p. 217. Leptospermum ciliatum, 

 Forst. gen. 36. no. 3. Leaves like those of Celdstrus huxifb- 

 lius. Flowers purple. Lobes of calyx 5, acute, permanent. 



Capsule 3- celled. 



CiliatedAeavei Iron-wood. Shrub 6 feet. 



12 M. capita' TA (Smith, 1. c.) leaves scattered, obovate, mu- 

 cronate ; heads of flowers dense, terminal ; calyxes and branch 



perhaps a diflerent species. 



Villous Iron -wood. Tree. 



4 M. ilCrida (Smith, 1. c.) leaves opposite, obovate-oblong, 

 glabrous, veiny ; thyrse terminal ; calyx turbinate, nakedish. 

 Ij • G. Native of New Zealand. Melaleiica florida, Forst. 

 prod. 114. Leptospermum sc^ndens, Forst. gen. 36. no. 1. but 

 not of Gaertn. Calyx elongated, as in the above, silky from 

 almost imperceptible adpressed down. Flowers yellowish. Sta- 

 mens twice the length of the petals. Style length of stamens. 

 Ovarium 3-celled. 



Flowering Iron -wood. 



Tree. 



lets pilose. 1^ • Cr. 



Native of New Holland. Melaleuca 



^ M.GLOMULiFKRA (Smith, in Lin. trans. 3. p. 2G8.) leaves eriocephala, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 322. Callistemon or 



opposite, ovate, reticulately veined, pubescent beneath ; heads Callistemma capit^tum, Rchb. hort 

 lateral, pedunculate, and are as well as the bracteas tomentose. lines long, rather villous when young 

 Vl . G. Native of New Holland. Branches opposite. Petioles 

 short. Flowers greenish yellow. Heads of flowers bibracteate. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Heap-hearing Iron-wood. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1805. Tr. 

 15 to 20 feet. 



margins are scabrous from glands. 



Flowers lilac. Stamens a little longer than the petals. 



bot. 1. t. 84. Leaves 3-4 

 but in the adult state the 

 Heads of flowers globose. 



Stigma 



rather capitate. 



Clt. 1824. Sh. 5 to 6 h. 



no 



16.) 



6 M. angustifolia (Smith, 1. c.) leaves opposite, linear-lan- 



ceolate, naked ; peduncles axillary, umbellate ; bracteas Ian- convex beneath 



C^pi/a/e-flowered Iron-wood. 



13 M. ERiciFOLiA (Smith, in -^ 



leaves alternate, imbricate, linear, acute, pilose, channelled above. 



Native ot 



G. 



ceolate, glabrous. Pj • Cr. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. New Holland, at King George's Sound. 



heads of flowers terminal. ^ 



Said to be allied to 



Myrtus angustifolia, Lin. mant. 74. Houtt. pfl. syst, 3. t. 25. 

 f. 2. Leptospermum salicifolium. Lam. diet. 3. p. 4G7. ex 

 herb. Juss. Branches tetragonal. Leaves resembling those of 



the preceding species. 

 Heath 

 14 M 



Shrub. 



FIG. 120. 



Phillyrea. Stamens long. Fruit capsular, 3-celled. Flowers t. 46.) leaves alternate, linear, 

 yellowish. recurved at the apex : flowers 



axillary 



Narrow'leaved Iron-yiooii. Clt. 1787. Tr. 20 ft. 



7 M. ttmbella'ta (Cav. icon. 4, p. 20. t. 337.) leaves oppo- 

 site, elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous ; peduncles umbellate, short, 

 rising from the axils of the upper leaves, rather downy ; umbels 

 few-flowered ; petals oblong. ^ . G. Native of New Holland. Leptospermum ambiguum,Smith, 



apex 



calyxes smoothish, 



with the lobes lanceolate ; stigma 



capitate. ^ . G. Native of New 



Holland, on the eastern coast. 



Melaleuca umbellata, Rseusch. Leaves nearly of Phlllyrea 

 angustifolia, but differ in being dotted beneath, and revolute 

 at the margins. Lobes of calyx 5, acute, and are as well as 

 the tube glabrous at length. Stamens distinct, much exserted, 

 scarlet. Capsule 8-celled. 



Umbellate-fioweTed Iron- wood. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 



8 M. opekcula^ta (Labill. sert. cal. p. 61. t. GO.) leaves 

 opposite, linear-lanceolate, glabrous, but when young rather 

 yillous; corymbs nearly terminal; petals orbicular, somewhat 

 f^dhering to each other at the apex, arid separating in tLe manner 

 of an operculum. T2 • G* Native of New Caledonia. Petals 

 opening almost as in VUis. Stamens about 70, 5 -times the 

 length of the petals. Capsule S-celled. 



Ojierculate-petailed Iron-wood. Shrub 9 feet. 



9 M. obova'ta (Hook, in Beech, bot. p. 63. U 12.) leaves 



exot, bot. t. 59. Flowers w^hite. 

 Leaves crowded on the branches. 

 Stamens a little longer than the 

 petals. From the stigma being 

 capitate (f. 120. b.) in this as well 

 as in M. capitata and M. erici- 

 folia, these plants w ill form a dis- 

 tinct genus, which might be called 

 Gynocephala. 



Coris'leaced Iron-wood. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



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JUNIPE RINUS 



mucronate 



; leaves subulately-filiform, 

 stiff; glabrous, tubercled ; peduncles woolly ; spikes capitate. 

 ^ . G, Native of New Holland. Metrosideros juniperuiub, 

 Rchb. ex Spreng. syst. app. p. 194. 



Juniper-like Metrosideros. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



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