C.6S Dr. Smith' j Botanical Characters rffome Plants 



but imperfectly umbellate. The flowers are much larger, yel- 

 lowifh white. Both kinds are ftrangers to our gardens. 



Thcfc three ipecies were found at Port Jackfon, New South 

 Wales, by Mr. White. 



4. M. dijfufa, foliis oppofitis ovatis venofis utrinque glabris, 

 panictilis axillaribus terminalibufve, pedicellis^ oppofitis. 

 Melaleuca diffufa. Forft. Prod, 37* ex defer. 

 lucid a. Linn. SuppL 342. 



Gathered in New Zealand by MefTrs. Forfler. Of this I have 

 feen only one fpecimen, which was given to Linnzeus by Dr. Sparr- 

 man for the Lepiofpermum collinum of Forfter. It is, however, to- 

 tally different from other fpecimens in the Linnaean Herbarium 

 from Forfter himfelf, marked collinum^ and which perfectly anfwer 

 to the defcription. This can be no other than the Melaleuca diffufa 

 of Forfter' s Prodromus. 



M. vzllofa, foliis oppofitis ovatis venofis fubtus pubefcen- 

 tibus, thyrfis axillaribus terminalibufve oppofitis villous, 

 floribus feullibus confertis. 



Melaleuca villofa. Linn, SuppL 342. 



aeftuofa. Forjl, Prod, 38. 



Leptofpermum collinum. For/2. Gen. N. 1. 



Metrofideros fpectabilis. Gartn. Sent. v. 1. 172. t. 34.^ 9. ? 



A native of O-Taheiii. We have it not in the gardens. 



The item is much branched. Young branches and backs of the 

 younger leaves downy ; the flower-ftalks, bracteae, and calyx, very 

 much fo. Flowers red, very ornamental, flanding at the end of 

 each branch in a pair of fmall denfe panicles or thyr/i, which are 



truly 





