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classed under the same section, yet inflorescence and form of leaves 

 separate them both one from the other. It is distinct too, at any 

 rate as a variety from B. Nova-anglica, or Babingtonia Nova- 

 anglica of Mueller gathered in New Zealand. The smallness of 

 the flowers, the obtuse and not turbinate shape of the calyx at the 

 base point to the typical form. 



Gallistemon pithy oides, Mig. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch, iv., 142. 



What I forwarded to Baron von Miiller as a doubtful 

 Melaleuca, he recognises as this species, of which other specimens 

 had been sent to him with perfect flowers from other quarters. 

 While the flowers of this plant remained unknown, in generic 

 position it was hovering between a Callistemon and a Melaleuca. 

 Miguel with some hesitation, throws it among the Callistemons, 

 while in Baron von Miiller' s Herbarium, it was named Melaleuca. 

 The inspection of flowers now dispels all doubts as to its being a 

 Callistemon, and it must henceforth be placed in that genus. On 

 swampy ground, a low bush bearing the aspect of a stunted 

 Melaleuca nodosa may be seen growing near Stanthorpe, close by 

 the creek, or a few miles away at a short distance from the foot of 

 a hillock, enjoying the more pretentious name of Blue Mountains. 

 It is our Callistemon. At the time of my ramble the rather copious 

 individuals of this species scattered all over the swamps had done 

 flowering. Only here and there some stray young shoot was 

 lagging behind to yield scanty blossoms. 



Melaleuca ar?nillaris Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii., 277. 



A handsome free flowering shrub, growing in abundance along 

 the banks of Quart Pot Creek. The general aspect is that of 

 M. linearifolia of the semi-tropical coast districts, with which at 

 the first sight I had confused it. The arrangement of the leaves, 

 the much longer staminal bundles, with long slender filaments, 

 pinnately set, and the very loose flowering spikes separate it from 

 M. linearifolia, although both are united under the same section of 

 spiciflorae. 



Eucalyptus capitellata Sin. Bot. Nov. Holl. 42. var. 



A tree of not very imposing dimensions growing chiefly on flats 

 close to Stanthorpe. Whether I am right in referring it to this 



