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MELALEUCA THYMIFOLIA, 'THYME-LEAVED 
MELALEUCA. 
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Class and Order. 
PoLyADELPHIA IcosANDRIA. 
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Generic Character. 
Staminum phalanges 5, petalis opposite, elongate. Anth. 
incumbentes. Caps. 3-locularis, polysperma, congata et in- 
clusa calycis tubo incrassato basi adnato (ramo). Brown. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Metarevuca thymifolia ; foliis oppositis lanceolatis enervibus, 
spicis paucifloris, phalangibus polyandris : unguibus intus 
i usque ramosis. Br. in Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. 
p. AlA. 
Mexateuca thymifolia ; foliis oppositis elliptico-lanceolatis 
enerviis, ramulis floriferis lateralibus brevissimis pauci- 
floris, filamentis medium usque ramosis. Smith in Linn. 
Trans. 3. p. 278. Exotic Bot. 1. p. 69. t. 36. Willd. 
Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1432. 
Metateuca gnidiefolia. Venten. Malmais. 4. 
MELatevca coronata. Bot. Repos. 278. 
MerrosipEros calycina ; foliis oppositis enerviis punctatis 
lanceolatis, calycibus persistentibus. Cav. Ic. 4. p. 20. 
t. 336. f. 2. in fructu. 
The Metarzuca thymifolia was first recorded by our 
friend Sir James Epwarp Smrru, in the third volume of the 
ransactions of the Linnean Society. It is an elegant little 
shrub, with delicate branches, which take an elegant form. 
he flowers are not produced in great abundance, but are 
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