Melaleuca.) XLVIII. MYRTACEÆ, 145 
rigid, obscurely 3-nerved or nerveless. Flowers distant at the base of leafy 
branches Calyx glabrous, closely sessile, almost urceolate, the tube about 1 
. line; lobes not half so long. Petals about 3 line i 
-long or rather more, the claws i 
ts, more or less pinnately arranged along the upper half. Ovules rather 
humerous, on a peltate placenta ; style rather thick, with a broad stigma. 
. _N. Australia. Between the Bonney and Mount Morphett, M‘Douall Stuart’s Expe- 
3 dition, (A single specimen in Herd. F. Mueller.) 
A.M, linophylla, P Muell. Fragm. ii. 115. Glabrous, except the 
inflorescence, Leaves alternate, linear-lanceolate, acutely acuminate, nar- 
rel at the base, 1 to 1} in. long, flat rigid, obscurely 3-nerved. Flowers 
. Vty small, often distant, forming loosely cylindrical spikes at the base of the 
/ Fay branchlets, Calyx-tube glabr 
ous or pubescent, scarcely } line ong ; 
obtuse. Petals very small. Stami undles about 1} lines 
long, the cla 
Ee 
- Clameter or smaller, i arly 4 li 
1 the y Tather exceeding the petals, each with 10 to 12 or more filaments on 
E y" Portion. Ovules very Numerous, covering a broad peltate placenta. 
E "eg a a Schau. in Walp. Rep. ii. 928; M. curpifolia, Schlecht. 
Ke 
Muller; Kangars Port, Lincoln, R. Brown; Light River, Behr; St. Vincent's Gulf, F. 
, Anse 21700 Island, Waterhouse, F. Mueller. e 
lo Swan Riven” Goose Island Bay, R. Brown ; King George’s Sound to Cape Riche, 
lar. loups rra Cie, Drummond, Jet Coll. ; Preiss, n. 965 ; Harvey, eec "EEN 
' Tenry, See ^1 orescence quite glabrous. Leaves often smaller, narrower ani 
es fewer. — Jf. parviflora, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 8; eee 
» Harvey, Oldfield, Maxwell ; Isle Boniche, Fraser; Murchison 
7. n. 74 ; Dirk Hartog's Island, Milne. 
Port Phillip, R, Brown, Gunn ; Bacchus Marsh, F. Mueller ; on the Murray, 
ifolia, Benth. Quite glabrous, with virgate branches. 
» hot crowded, erect or spreading, often incurved, otherwise 
ng or oblong-linear, obtuse, narrowed at the base, thick, nerveless oF 
| E or 3-nerved, mostly about $ in., but in some specimens nearly $, 
bs | ; L 
