10 Feb., 191; 



lite-l. 



ripiii;/ III \ iitonii . 



115 



Tea Tree {Leptospn-mnm). 



A group of shrubs which are seldom dwarf, and sometimes assume 

 the dimensions of small trees. The leaves are small, scattered, 

 the branchlets sometimes crowded. The open five-petalled white, or 



Fig. 63.— Bayonet Grass. 



sometimes pinkish, flowers are mostly stalkless, the fruit three or more 

 celled. 



There are seven distinct species in Victoria, some of wEich are vari- 

 able in the size and shape of leave? and flowers, making differentiation 



