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The Myrrh Tea Tree (Li:j/t(isprrmu»i myrmnoides). 



(Fig. 66.) 



A somewhat dwarf species, bushy and rather ornamental, with whit© 



or somewhat pinkish fiowers. In habit it sometimes approaches the 



Manuka {L. scoparium.), but the leaves are not so sharp, sometimes 



i inch long, but generally less, oblong linear or broader at the end,. 



Fig. 66. 



blunt ended, rigid, and concave. The flowers are small, white, or 

 pinkish, almost all on very short, leafy branchlets, often several flowers 

 together. This species is common in healthy tracts in the western 

 districts, the north-west, the Wimmera, and the Snowy River. In most 

 localities it flowers in September and October. 



The Myrtle Tea Tree (Lepfospermum inyrfifoliinn). 



A tall shrub, attaining a height of 8 to 10 feet, but flowering already 



when only 1 to 2 feet high. The branches are usually slender, smooth, 



or silky, the leaves generally small, and rarely i inch long, oblong, or 



broader at the end, flat or hollow on the surface, nerveless, or one or 



