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120 ; XLVIII. MYRTACES. [ Callistemon, 
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ustralia. Swan River, Drummond, 1st Coll., Preiss, n. 352, 853; Murchison 
river, or Oed 
3. C. lanceolatus, DC. Prod. iii. 223. Usually a tall shrub, e 
Staten said. to be low and bushy and at others to attain 30 ft., 
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long, not very dense, the rhachis and calyxes pen hirsute or rarely gla- ‘ 
brous ; occasionally, especially in cultivation, the flowers are more distant — 
and a few of them in the axils of leaf-like bracts. Calyx tole usually about — 
2 lines long; lobes broad and very obtuse. rig ree or reddish, from 
1$ Sul it 3 lines diameter. Stamens red, some Fees deeply 
not much enlarged, the truncate orifice qr en.—F. Muell. Fragm. iv. : 
53; Metr osideros lanceolata, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 272; M. citrina, ` 
Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 260 ; M. lophantha, Vent. Jard. Cels. t dee M. marginata, 
Cav. Ic. iv. 18. t ET Callistemon marginatus, DC. Prod. i i. 224; C. scaler, D 
Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1288; M. rugulosa, Sieb. Pl. Exs. n. 321, but perhaps S 
not of Willd.; M. semperflorens, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 523. 4 
Queensland. Shoalwater Bay, R. Brown; Brisbane pm Moreton Bay, Fraser, c 
W. Hil, ud others; Burdekin Bier F. Mue ilr; Bowen river, Bowman ; 
dgecom 1 
Bay, Dallachy ; Condamine river and other ege? in the déet Zen ‘Leichhardt ; Pine 4 
river, ri id (with tlie stamens uite Ze the bas Lad | 
N.S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mou ntains, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 321 ih P 
others; northward to Hastings e. Taten Beckler ; New England, C. Stuart ; south- 3 
ward to Bango, M‘ Arthur 
Victoria, Eastern Gipps' Land, F. Mueller. : 
4. C. coccineus, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 13. Very closely allied to C. en E 
ceolatus aa C. salignus. Leaves nearly of the var. hebestachyus of the latten, ` 
but more rigid, almost pungent, 1 to 14 in. long, the midrib and nerve-like S 
margins prominent, the pinnate veins inconspicuous, the under surface d` 
and sometimes both surfaces glandular-scabrous. Flowers rather large, the 
spikes not very dense, the rhaclais and calyxes pubescent or glabrous. Calyx ` 
tube 2 to 24 lines long ; ; lobes short and broad. Petals 2 to 3 lines diameter. ` : 
‘Stamens 4 tor i: long, red with yellow anthers, numerous, quite free. Fruiting 
„spikes dense, the calyx more contracted at the orifice than in C. /anceo lata. 
C. rugulosus, c in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. iv. 141, but scarcely of DC. 3 
s. Spencer's and St. en Gulf to the Murray and Encounter 3 
Bay et in Kangaroo ‘Toland, Behr, E ‘Mueller, and others. di 
distinetly pec and the nerve-like margins often more prominent ; d 
some forms, however, the venation is, on the contrary, more wieder: H 
