158 XLVIII. MYRTACE E. [Melaleuca 
ing out until after flowering, the rhachis pubescent. Calyx-tube glabrous or 
pubescent, broadly campanulate, about 1 line diameter ; lobes broad, about 
alf as long as the tube. Petals about 1 line diameter. Stamens 3 to4 
lines long, shortly united in bundles of 3 to 9. Ovules not vory mtn 
erect on a short placenta. Fruiting spikes dense, cine to 1 in. long. 
—D0O. Prod. iii. 215; Schau. in Pl: Preiss. i. 14 canescens, Link and 
eg Pl. Sel. Hort. Berol. 81. t. 37; M. toiienioia, Colla, Hort. Ripul. 87. 
; M. hypochondriaca, Dehnh. according to Schau | 
E Aus lia. King pep Sound, R. Bro | Wakefield towards Cape er 2d 
and Canning river, Ges . 262, 266, 329, Coster 3rd Coll. n. 46, and 2ud Goin 
63 ; Tues river, Oldfield. 
. M. nodosa, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 976, and Exot. Bot. 1.35. 
A ai shrub or stall tree. Leaves alternate, linear or subulate, rigid, pun- 
rarely more filaments at the end. vules not very numerous, erect on à 
small placenta. Fruiting-heads very dense, globular, 3 to 4 lines diameter, 
the calyxes truncate.— DC. Prod. iii. Dn My t. Jard. Malm. t. 112; Metros 
sideros nodosa, Gertn. Fruct. h 172. t Oly: Te. iv. t. Sec Melaleuca , 
juniperina, var Reichb. Icon By ii. x t. 112 ; M. juni niperoides, DG 
Prod. iii. 2 Sae fam ihe pro aie and M. pungens, Reichb. in ze 
Syst. Cur. gt? 
ueensland. rae ton Bay, W. 
N. S. Wales. Port Jackson to e Bino Mountains, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 816, 2 
and others; Clarence river, Beckler. 
f the numerous small fi i Sapa in this species the great majority appear to consist — 
of decid eciduous flowers, male by aborti RC 
- tenuifolia, DC. Prod. iii. 213, described from fruiting specimens which I have nol — 
seen, is probably, from the characters given, a variety of M. nodosa with longer leaves. 
ens, Schau. in Pl. Preiss. i. 138. A shrub of several fy 
rhachis tomentose or woolly. Calyx-tube pubescent or hirsute, campanulate, : 
E 1 line long; lobes short, broad, scarions, usually ciliate. Petals 
Beaufortia, but distinctly versatile. Ovules very few ach cell, erect ond 
small placenta ; stigma T ; Mrüiting Ce s joo or ‘cylindrical, 3 
ia, Dru mmond Fa a n. 115, 5th Coll. n. 146; barren n gravely CC 
$e algan river ranges and East Mount Barre 
(with shorter Mire Funds: lowei keik the rhachis less woolly); Fitzgerald iw 
(with thicker leaves). 
