598 THREE NEW SPECIES OF MYRTACEM, 



The two, here described, are distinct from any of the above, 

 and so are given specific rank under the name of Melaleuca 

 Maideni and M. Smithii, respectively. 



Melaleuca Maideni, sp.nov. (Plate xxv.). 

 " Broad-leaved Tea-Tree." 



A tree often growing to a large size, with pale-coloured, 

 laminated papery bark, with red streaks when cut on the 

 quarter; branchlets angular, pubescent. Leaves erect, glabrous, 

 ovate sometimes oblique, obtuse, subcoriaceous; petioles short; 

 silky pubescent, mostly 5- to 7- or more nerved, rarely 3-nerved, 

 with anastomosing veins, 4-5 inches long and \ inch wide. 

 Flower-spikes terminal in all the specimens examined, or in the 

 axils of the last two or three leaves, larger and longer than in 

 M. Smithii. Rhachis and calyx pubescent. Calyx-tube short, 

 cylindrical, about 1 inch long and 1 inch in diameter, pubescent, 

 lobes obtuse, less than one-half the length of the petals. Petals 

 concave, obtuse, under 2 lines long. Stamens not ringed as in 

 M. Smithii. Top of the ovary silky-hairy. Fruit comparatively 

 large, squat, cup-shaped, 3 lines in diameter at base, mostly distant 

 at the base of the outgrowing branchlet. 



Arbor mediocris vel magna. Cortex papyraceo-lamellosus. 

 Ramuli graciles, pubescentes. Folia circiter 4-5" longa, J" lata, 

 alterna, oblongo-ovata, rigida, ssepe obliqua, nervi 3-7 vel plures, 

 petioli pubescentes, breves. Spicse circiter 2-3" longse et termin_ 

 ales; flores subdistantes, punicei. Rhachides pubescentes. Calyces 

 vix 1"' longi, pubescentes. Antherse 6-8"' lougae. Fructus 3'" 

 longi, in orificium sensim contracti. 



Hab. — Casino, Port Macquarie, and North along the coast as 

 far as Brisbane. 



Timber. — A pale, delicately tinted wood. It is hard, yet light 

 in weight, planes easily, has a nice close grain, and even texture; 

 polishes well, and is an excellent cabinet-timber, and one of the 

 best all-round timbers of the Continent. It can be obtained in 

 fair-sized logs, so could be used for bridge-decking, beams, piles, 

 etc., as it is very durable in the ground and in water. It is 

 really one of the finest timbers in the Museum here. It is 



