938 RHIZOPHORACEAE 
leaf-blades elliptic or oval, varying to 
broader above or below the middle, 3—5 cm. 
long, or rarely larger, age short acumi- 
nate, pubescent beneath, least when § 
young, manifestly petioled: A 
AE Dp nthium about 2 wide 
during anthes calyx pubescent, po dian 
mm. in diam eter: berry ee or oval, 
5-7 mm. in diameter, pubescent: seed about 
4 mm. ue [Chytraoulia eh ttraoulia a 
dd LE S.) ]— —Ham 
f S pen. Fla., Everglade rae per 
Florida Keys.—(W. Tj —The brown heart- 
wood is elose grained, heavy, and e 
C. Zuzygium (L.) Sw. Shrub, or tree 
oming 12 m. tall, the bark pale-gray, 
smooth, the branchlets terete: leaf-blades oval or elliptic, varying to ovate or 
obovate, 4—6 cm. long, obtuse or abruptly blunt- tipped, / Pn sessile or 
abou 
nearly so: inflorescence glabrous: hypan hium e during a iid 
is: calyx glabrous, 3.5—4 mm. wide: berry i or Pd 8-1 
in diameter, glabrous: seed about 5 n long.—(M YRTLE-OF-THE RIVER.)— Eu 
mocks, Everglade Keys, pen. Fla.—(W. J.) 
6. MELALEUCA L. Shrubs or trees with much branched stems. Leaf- 
blades coriaceous, narrow, parallel-veined, persistent. Spikes dense, on woody 
branchlets, the rachis growing into a leafy shoot after anthesis. Sepals very 
oad, deciduous. Petals much longer than the sepals. Stamens numerous, 
tore in five bundles opposite the er the free parts of the filaments greatly 
elongate. Style e ahs nearly filifor Capsule woody, with an annular 
orifice. Seeds numerous.—More than 100 
species, Australian, ipie ai them cultivated. . xf 
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1. M. Leucadendra L. Tree with irregular, 
often drooping branches, the bark thick and 
spongy, epe leaf-blades elliptic, often 
' narrowly s 1 ong, acute, bright- 
green, with Short petiole: -like hos spikes 
any-flow red, nspicuous: sepals ovate- 
deltoid or oe ovate, about 2 mm. long, 
obtuse: Geers white, bova ate, 3—4 mm. long, 
firm: filaments 1-1.5 cm. long: ter 'short- 
5 mm. 
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ypress swamps, S Fla. = d Australia.—A]ll year.—Another Australian 
tree, Callistemon lanceolatus, h leaves resembling those of the above species, 
but with bright-red stamens which are distinct, is cultivated in southern Florida 
and often o i on old homesteads. 
Famity 6. RHIZOPHORACEAE — Mancrove FAMILY 
Maritime shrubs or trees. Leaves usually opposite: blades entire or 
toothed. Flowers erfect, solitary or variously elustered. Calyx of 3 
. or 4 valvate sepals. Corolla of 3. or 4 petals. Androecium of twice, or 
