Callistemon.) XLVIII. MYRTACEÆ. e 123 
Victoria. Murray desert, F. Mueller. 
S. Australia. On the Murray, F. Mueller. 
C. pithyoides, Mig. in Nederl. Kruidk. Arch. iv. 142, mentioned above as only known 
in fruit, if a Callistemon at all, appears to be nearer this species than to the C. salignus. ` 
21. LAMARCHEA, Gaud. 
Calyx-tube ovoid-globular, adnate to the ovary at the base, the free part 
contracted ; lobes 5, ovate, leaf-like, deciduous. Petals 5, oblong, spreading. 
Stamens indefinite, much longer than the petals, united in 5 bundles, distinct 
. above the middle and opposite the petals, but all united, at least to the 
` middle, into a single tube ; anthers narrow, versatile, the cells parallel, open- 
ing longitudinally. Ovary inferior, slightly convex and densely villous on 
the top, 3-celled, with numerous ovules in each cell descending from a peltate 
placenta; style filiform, with a slightly clavate stigma. — Fruiting-calyx har- 
ed and enlarged, nearly globular with a truncate orifice. Seeds... —A 
shrub or small tree, with the habit and foliage of Melaleuca. 
Die min Min to a single species, differing from Melaleuca only in the mona- 
l. L. hakezefolia, Gaud. in Freyc. Voy. 484. t. 110. A tall shrub or 
small tree, glabrous or the young shoots glaucous or hoary. Leaves alter- 
nate, oblong-linear or lanceolate, rigid, almost pungent-pointed, narrowed at 
the base, 3-nerved, 1 to 2 in. long. Flowers large, almost sessile, singly 
Scattered along the old wood.  Braets not seen. Calyx-tube glabrous or 
minutely pubescent, about 2 lines diameter, leaf-like lobes as long as the 
Je. Petals about twice as long as the calyx-lobes. Stamens (red?) about 
l in. long, from 9 to 15 in each bundle, the common tube more or less in- 
curved and hairy, — Fruiting-calyx closely sessile, hard and very smooth, 4 to 
5 lines diameter. a : 
W. Australia. Seashore and sandhills, Sharks’ Bay, Milne, M. Brown. 
22. MELALEUCA, Linn. 
(Gymnagathis, Schaw.; Asteromyrtus, Schau.) 
fr ty tube campanulate or urceolate, adnate to the ovary at the base, the 
» pus erect contracted or scarcely dilated; lobes 5, imbrieate or open, 
x: icular, spreading. Stamens indefinite, much longer 
petals, united in 5 distinct bundles opposite the petals ; the united 
broa 
end, ering als 
0 ; anthers versatile, the cells parallel, opening longitudinally. 
ot il closed in the calyx-tube, inferior or semi-inferior, the convex sum- 
Ka (except in M. calycina) with a central de ion round the style ; 
frequ Neo ; ifi peltate capitate or 
M a very small stigma. Capsule enclosed in the enlarged and hardened 
