INE TENNTT 
160 XLVIII. MYRTACEZ. [ Melaleuca, ; 
about 3 lines long. Flowers white in cylindrical spikes, terminating short ` 
lateral branches or the males in ovoid heads. Calyx-tube broad, about ] 
line diameter; lobes short. Petals 1 lee long. Staminal bundles 3 to 4 
lines long, the claws exceeding the petals, each with 11 to 15 or more fila- . 
ments at the end. vules numerous, on a peltate placenta.— M. brachy- — 
phylia, Schau. in Pl. Preiss. i..141; M. tenuissima, Tausch. in Flora, 1846, 
411, according to Schau.; M. brevifolia, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 116. ; 
W. Australia. King Zeg 8 Sound and adjoining districts, Menzies, Preiss, n. 395, — 
Marvel, Oldfield. 
A fruitin ng specimen from Menzies, in Herb. R. Br., has the calyxes very much enlarged — 
with thickened obtuse Aui lobes, the whole spike very dense ‘and above iin. diameter ; 
but this may be abnormal. 
86. M.t SS, Benth. A shrub of about 4 ft. o. with slender ie ; 
rls of j 
Moist soil, tributaries of Phillis Sei pan 
87? rey pue eiopyxis, F. Mı Herb. A spreading shrub of 2 to 3 3 ft, S 
rin cse the inflorescence : 
nearly as long, lanceolate. Petals about 1 line. Staminal bundles not & 
ceeding 3 lines, the claws longer than the petals, each with 15 to 20 filaments 
at the end, Ovules rather numerous in each c ie erect on a me 
or bifid placenta. Fruiting-calyxes very few in the spike, not mu 
crowned by the en lobes.— M. cmi Rega F. Muell.; Mig. in Ne 
Kruidk. Arch. iv. 122. 
N. S. W. Darling river, Neilson, 
Victoria. Wimmera, era, Dallachy (with much shorter stamens). 
asmania. Oyster Bay and on a tributary of the South-Esk river, Gunn. 
xe Australia. Sí. Vincent's Gulf, Whittaker, F. Mueller; Kangaroo Islam land, Wi 
89. M. acerosa, Schau. in Pl. Preiss. i. 187, An erect busy. dë 
several ft., loosely silky- lay o or at length glabrous. Leaves Hu 
