Melaleuca.) XLVIII. MYRTACER. 141 
mall. Ovules very numeroüs in each ceil, covering a peltate placenta 
style rather thick, with a broadly capitate stigma. Fruiting-calyx not much 
enlarged. Seeds minute, cuneate ; cotyledons not folded and not much 
longer than the radicle.—D C. Prod. iii. 214; Metrosideros hyssopifolia, Cav. 
le. iv. 20. t. 336. 
Queensland. Moreton Bay, C. Stuart. 
N.S. Wales, Port Jackson, R. Brown, Fraser, and others; Hastings river, Becker. 
Var. trichostachya. Leaves usually smaller. Flowers smaller in looser spikes. Bracts 
narro o ter 
broader than long ; lobes very short and broad, usually reduced to a narrow. 
Serius rim. Petals 2 to 3 lines diameter, Staminal bundles attaining 
h very nume- 
style rather thick, with a broad peltate stigma. Fruiting-calyx when perfect 
globular, smooth, 3 to 4 lines diameter, but often scarcely enlarged although 
i tralia. Swan River, Drummond, lst Coll.; Canning river, Preiss, n. 306, 
101; Champion Bay and Murchison river, Oldfield. The foliage is that of M. fulgens, but 
wers are very different. 
ed.—Schau. in PI. Preiss. i. 145 
ea pulchella, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. iv. 414. A spread- 
Ge of 2 to 3 ft., usually glabrous. Leaves scattered, oblong or ovate, 
ing or recurved, rarely exceeding 2 lines, rigid, nerveless or 
! Y l- or 2-nerved. Flowers rather large, solitary or 2 or 3 together 
1 Ma the S of the branches. Calyx-tube glabrous, adnate by its broad 
- ii. 214; M. densa, Colla, Hort. Ripul. App. 3. t. 4; 
a Bot. Cab, t. 200; M. serpyllifolia, Dum. Cours. according to DC. 
Um Lucky Bay, R. Brown ; King George's Sound, and to the eastward, 
