Melaleuca.) XLVIII. MYKTACER. 143 
sli » pink or purple Mens, ris and at first sight it is difficult ^ — that they all can 
s, but mination none of these variation flicieutly constant 
or 80 eor as to Gg of the definition of distinct races. pry md the name of 
M. lab ; i i 
. c. from th 
Islands, belong to e of the common Archipelago form de ather thin = and sm 
Var. ? rag E mostly $ to l in. long. Flowers small a only very e ec) 
in ^ 
pentadelphous.— M. Zane eolata, R. Br. Herb. ; Callistemon nervosu Lindl. 
e 335; Mein spermum Ere Schau. i n Wa m m Michel. im 
1 m's specimens in bud o t Hou ney, R. Brown ; 
| ME € Creek, in the ue ag d Queensland Mitchell; “Miata Bay. A. Cunningham. 
This ma y perhaps — to be a distinct — i can find no character-to distinguish it 
on tale Baas E i pio 
be Siebert, Scha Walp. Rep. ii. 925, trom the character given, is most probably to 
included among the totes of M. leucadendro 
f M. lasiandra, F. Muell. dos iii. 115. A small tree, the young 
| be silvery-silky, becoming glabrous and glaucous with age. Leaves alter- 
. Mie, often mg from dëtt to almost linear, acute or acumi- 
) Es the base, rigid, thick, 1 to 2 in. long, obscurely 3- or 5- 
; Son, Ee rhachis es Zeie softly dee or villous. BE tube ovoid, 
E base; anthers small, Ovules Aha numer e ETE a peltate 
Placenta 
Seen, » crowned by the persistent lobes. ‘Seeds not EREE 
Arid country, on the Upper Victoria and Fitzmaurice rivers, F. 
est M, genistifolia, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 217, and Erot. Bot. 
2e style pubescent at the bas e; stigma small, Fru ting-calyx not 
