130 XLVIII. MYRTACEJ. [Melaleuca. 
long as the tube, the oe — actus Petals 2 to nearly 3 lines ` ` 
ong. Stam minal bundles above 2 in. long, the claws narrow, much longer 
than the petals, each with a xd of 20 to 30 filaments at the end ; anthers 
small. Ovules exceedingly numerous in each cell, covering a broad peltate — 
placenta ; n small. Fruit not seen 
alia, Drummond, Suppl. to 5th Coll. n. 32. j 
2. M. See Otto in Allgem. Gart. Zeit. ii. 257, according to Schau, — 
in Pl. Preiss.i. 141. A glabrous shrub, of several feet, with virgate e branches. 
Leaves alternate, linear, acute, narrowed at the base, flat or concave, nerveless — 
or obscurely 1-nerved, mostly about 4 in., rarely 3 in. long, often ying of 
bluish colour. Flowers large, of a rich scarlet, in D" or Wes 
oblong. Ovules very numerous in eac cell, covering a broad peltate pla- 4 
aene n slightly -= — M. rac A Lindl. Swan Riv. App. ® 
ustralia. Luc y, R. Brown ; Swan River, Fraser, Dr nd, lst Coll, — 
Ne n. in aud Fang (mde and cu i € "Oldfield ; Bald Island, "Maxwell. d 
thamnoides, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 114. A bushys sb, ` 
3. M. calo 
of several feet, glabrous, except the inflorescence, ch: often glaucous, with — 
virgate branches. Leaves sen usually crowded, eent Zo or slightly 
y 
red, in dense cylindrical spikes of 1 to 2 in., lateral on the old wood, and — 
often reflexed, the axis growing out either before the flowering is over of 
shortly after, the rhachis and calyxes tomentose or nearly glabrous. : 
tube ovoid, rather above 1 line long; lobes ovate, about half the lengt 
the tube. Petals 1 to 1j lines long. Stamens 7 to 8 lines long, sho 
united in bundles of about 7 ; anthers small, iuc A Ovules very numerous e, 
in each cell, covering a peltate placenta; stigma scarcely dilated. Fruiting? ` 
calyx urceolate, often above 2 lines diameter. Cotyledons not fol ed. Se 
W. Australia. Rocks near Oolingara, Murchison river, Oldfield. 
4. M. blerizefolia, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1847, i. 165. Ge 
very densely branched. "Leaves scattered, very numerous and about the ` 
same size, spreading, linear or lanceolate, acute or somewhat obtuse, flat, ob- ` 
scurely L-nerved, 2 to nearly 3 lines long. Flowers rather large (red ?), H 
not growing out, the rhachis and calyxes glabrous. Calyx-tube ovoid, 
2 lines long ; lobes obtusely triangular, erect, nearly 1 line long. Pe 
lines diameter. Staminal bundles 3 in. long or rather more, the claw n 
exceeding the petals, with 10 to 15 or even more filaments, pinnately à e 
ranged along the upper mon anthers ovoid. Ovules numerous, COV 
peltate placenta stigma d ah 
W. Australia, Drummond, 
but the calyx and zen are sa e Dens he. occum geren eu 
5. M. diosmifolia, 4»dr. Bot. Rep. t. 476. A tall, RE del 
