Callistemon.] XLVIII. MYRTACER, 119 
Ñ : 
species. Leaves usually penniveined. Spikes glabrous 
or pubescent. 
Spikes rather loose. Anthers dark coloured. . . . . . 3. C. lanceolatus. 
pikes short dense. Anthers usually yellow... . . . 4. C. coccineus. 
Stamens greenish-yellow stern species, Spikes usually glabrous 5. C. salignus. 
Leaves linear. Eastern species. 
ens red. 
Leaves flat, penniveine ; C. rigidus. 
Leaves concave, nerveless or 1-nerved 7. C. linearis. 
eni EE 5. C. salignus. 
KA 1 5 ye w or gr D D D D D D 
Leaves linear-subulate, terete. Eastern species. 
Leaves mostly above 2 in. long. Flowers large. Stamens above ` 
See 
Teaves channelled above. Stamens yellowish-green, glabrous . 8. C. pinifolius. 
Leaves quite terete. Stamens red, filaments hairy. . . . . 9. C.teretifolius. 
leaves under 13 in. long, spreading, pungent. Stamens red, 
Scarcely exceeding 4 lines . s s so . 1 we 10. C. brachyandrus, 
ts C. Sieleri, DC. Prod. iii. 223, was described from Sieber's specimens, n. 637, which T 
hue not seen. In foliage the short character agrees with C. /inearis, but the species is 
amongst those with yellowish stamens, and these are said to only a little longer 
? than the petals, which would remove the plant from all the species known to me. 
“eh C. speciosus, DC. Prod. iii, 294. A tall bushy shrub or small tree, : 
glabrous ; s 
S long : eg calyx usually pubescent or hirsute. Calyx-tube often 3 lines 
153 10Des 
about 1 in. =e 1$ lines diameter. Petals 2 to 3 lines. Stamens usually 
i in Pl. o" 
më : t. Mag. t. 1761; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 285; Metrosideros glauca 
Moi, ard. Malm. 86. t. 34; Callistemon glaucus, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 14; 
Ge" Paludosa, R. Br. in Ait. Hort, Kew. ed. 2. iv. 410; DC. Prod. iii 
^^» Not of Schlecht. 4 
rs P. He. King George's Sound and adjoining districts, Baudin's Expedition, 
e Gondel, A", 8. 351, Drummond, 3rd l.. n. 62, and rs. have followed 
Malm, Stn preferring Sims's specifice name to Bonpland's, for, although the PZ. Rar. 
86 . the date of 1813 on the title page, the later parts were not published 
DL the orifice than in C. lanceolatus.— Schau. in Pl. Preiss. i. 123; 
Frag. iv, 53. 
