. 154 : XLVIII. MYRTACEÆ; (Melaleuca. — 
W. Australia, Drummond (3rd Coll.), n. 57, 5th Coll. n. 152, 167, 170, 172; """ 
George’ s Sound to Yor k, Preiss, n. 261; low places, Gordon river, Oldfield. 
. M. seriata, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 8. Branches villous pubescent 
or glabrous. Leaves scattered, erect or recurved, linear or linear-cuneate, — 
obtuse, narrowed at the base, mostly 3 to 4 lines long, thick but flat, ob- — 
scurely l-nerved. Flowers small, red or purple, in dense terminal globular 
heads, the rhachis tomentose or woolly. Bracts very deciducus. Calyx-tube — 
parca? at the base, about $ line long; lobes sometimes short, broad, — 
carious and nearly as — 
past as the tube. Petals under 1 line diameter. Staminal bundles 3104 — 
lines long, the claws exceeding the petals, each with 5 to 9 filaments at the — 
end. Ovules not numerous, on à small peltate placenta ; stigma small.— 
Endlicheriana, Schau. in Pl. Preiss. i. 134; M. seriata, Lindl., STEI orula, 
Schau. l. c. 135. 
WV. Australia. Swan wis pe adjoining districts, dew lst Coll. n. " 
Preis, n. 298, 299, 302, 308; and Gordon rivers, O/ ` 
M. Weier ; Reichb., Schau. in Oe and Dietr. Allgem. Cartan. e . 167, at least as to : 
Preiss's specimens, n. B17, Sa Konkoberup hills towards Cape Riche, quoted Pl 
Preiss. i. 137, appears to be ane me plant, eem ok the staminal claws are said to be 
shorter with only 3 to 5 flamenté, as in M. sub 
Metrosideros sororia, Endl. in Huez. En — 40, is, — to Schauer, his W 
Endiicheriana, of which Preiss’s specim ens I m Melaleuca seriata, bit 
Endlicher’s character agrees much better with gen recurv 
11. M. scabra, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. iv. 414. A bushy 
shrub, either low and spreading or attaining several ft., with ue branches | 
glabrous or hirsute when young. Leaves scattered, usually er ed under 
- the flower-heads, erect, i pesa or rarely recurved, linear-terete, pe et 
c 
4 to $ in. long. Cp red, in dense terminal globular heads, varying er. 
deg in size, the rhachis tomentose or hirsute. Bracts striate, very 
deciduous. Calyx-tube more or less — d 1 to 1 line long; lobes ial 
scarious, distinct or confluent. Petals t large, very deciduous, Stamm. 
bundles $ to nearly 3 in. long, the dus a eg each with-7 to 11 or rarely : 
inore filaments at the e nd. Ovules not very numerous, ds on a small p^. 
parviceps, Lindl. Swan Gr App. 8; Schau. in Pl. Prei ss. i. 136; 
Manglesii, Schau. ez 135. 
ia. adi Bay, R. Brown; from Swan River to the sout ioa 
mond, lst Coll. n. ^is: "Preiss, n. 260, 297, 310, 320, 85e; Oldfield, and Pc 
eastward to Cape Le ran , Maxwell, rummond's 3r L 
; fien: and long hairs to the "In. ; n. 176 has as eei n hing ener y 
In general, nl of the foregoing and following species appear al almost: d i 
into ea one. In all, sma'ler more globular heads Pon often none but male 
with a very small, Ke ovary at the base of the calyx 
eolaris, F. Muell. Herd. A tall ren Ce more or 
hoary, and often hirsute with spreading hairs, becoming g us with | 
ves scattered, often crowded, linear, semiterete, SE or ees onu 
nerveless, 1 mostly about $ in. long. Flowers yellowish, in r se: 
