Melaleuca.) XLVIII. MYRTACER. 151 
0. M. concreta, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 118. An erect shrub of several 
ft, with rather slender branches, the oung shoots silky-silvery, otherwise 
eaves alternate, linear or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, flat but 
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‘yellowish-white, in globular terminal and axillary heads, the axis not growing 
out until after flowering, the rhachis usually tomentose. Calyx-tube broad, 
ah hirsute at the base, not 2 line long; lobes exceedingly short and broad. 
Petals $ line diameter. Staminal bundles nearly 3 lines long, the claws 
scarcely exceeding the petals, each with about 7 filaments at the end. Stigma 
small. Fruitino-spikes ovoid, very compact, about $ in. long; the calyxes 
. about 13 lines long, very closely packed and angular, but not really connate, 
truncate at the top. ^ Seeds narrow-cuneate; cotyledons not folded. ` 
. W. Australia. Murchison river, Oldfield. 
Var. brevifolia. Leaves more acute, 1 to 14 in. long.—Murchison river, Oldfield.— 
Only seen in fruit, and therefore doubtful. 
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. M. filifolia, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 119. Erect, attaining several 
8 ft, glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves alternate, linear-subulate, 
@ terete, obtuse or acute, rigid but not pungent, 2 to 12 in. long in some 
. Specimens, 1 to 2 in. or even more in others. Flowers (yellow or white ?) 
. Movoid-oblong or almost globular termiual spikes, the axis growing out into 
af ranch after flowering ; the rhachis and calyxes more or less tomentose 
E ia. ` Arid rocky places, Murchison river, Oldfield. 
tobe nematophylia, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 119, with longer leaves, does not appear to me 
d'r otherwise distinguishable from M. filifolia. None of the specimens of either species 
2 oe and the colour of those of M. nematophylla appears to me to be rather 
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tbt or acute, 1 to 2 in. long, the point straight. s small, in 
“Use globular or rarely ovoid terminal heads, the rhachis and calyxes usually 
ine dig od tube about 3 line long; lobes very small. Petals scarcely 1 
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"ren very dense, globular or ovoid, the calyxes truncate, abou 
lits * ian. Mount Goningberi, near Cooper's Creek, Victorian Expedition. 
it glomerata, F. Muell. Rep. Babb. Exped. 8. Softly pubescent 
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; - long. Flowers unknown. Fruiting-heads small, dense, 
; calyxes nearly globular, truucate, 1 to 13 lines diameter. 
