143 XLVIII.: MYRTACEA.- [ Melaleuca. 
Calyx-tube glabrous, more or less 5-angled, about $ line long. | 
Ay ab not 2 lines long, the claws shorter than the a each with 11 to . 
W. Australia, Drummond, 8rd Coll. n. 51, 5th Coll. n. 135. : 
51. M. cuticularis, Zabill. Pl. Nov. Holl. ii. 30. £. 171. A tall ddl 
or tree, quite glabrous, with "rigid tortuous branches, the bark deciduoip dh 
paper-like layers. Leaves opposite, linear oblong or narrow-lanceolate, 0 a 
Flowers solitary or 2 or 3 together at the ends of the branches, surrounded : 
by scale-like decussately imbricate bracts. Calyx-tube glabrous, campant ` 
late, about 13 lines long; lobes nearly as long, erect, lanceolate or *- angular. 4 
Petals concave, reflexed. Staminal bundles 4 to 5 lines long, the claws about : 
gohen rather small. Ovules numerous in each cell, on a peltate placenta. 1 
Fruiting-calyx thick, campanulate, about 3 lines diameter, with thick ee 4 
or less persistent lobes——DC. Prod. iii. 214; Schau. in Pl. Preiss. i. 145; 
venden abteti: San Sm. in Rees Cycl. xxiii.; DC. Prod. iii. 214. 
Australia. King George’s Dec and Swan River, Menzies, Drummond, 1st on 
m ám Coll. n. 155; Preiss, n. 303 and 304, and others. E 
52. M. sparsiflora,-Turcz. in Bull. a osc. 1847, 
shrub, the young shoots and inflorescence more or less Sr As Ch 
opposite, decussate on the smaller branchlets, oblong, em obruse, Aw 
anne L,line lo ong. Staminal Get ; fully 3 lines long, the claws narrows’ i 
keg as the petals, with 15 -or more filaments at the end. Ovules Ko ud 
in each cell, on a peltate iv placenta. KEE usually $0 e 
weit above 2 lines diam S 
ustralia, Drummond, e Coll, n. 50 and 68. j 
53. M. calycina, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2.iv. 416. A tall ks 
shrub, Keieeé or the young shoots slightly umm Leaves Opp 
cordate-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, flat or concave, rigid, 3- or DI 
lobes herbaceous, acute, fully 2 lines s long in cultivated specimens, $ 
the wild ones, Petals almost boat- shaped, scarcely Get the calyx 
