262 XLVIII. MYRTACER. [Tristama. 
Flowers few. Calyx 1} to 2 lines diamete . . 6. T. laurina. 
vote d — than the petals, iater but almost free. Seeds 
. . TT. T. psidioides. 
(Doubtful s dëi, Leaves “opposite. ` Fruit of 7. psidioides . « . 8. T. umbrosa.) 
SECTION I. NeRIOPHYLLUM.— Leaves opposite. Stamens erect, shortly 
and reet EE "ec inferior, flat-topped, with very numerous : 
ovules in each ce eds unkno i 
1. qd. aiiai, Rx Br. x ud Hort. Kew. ed. 9. iv. 417. A tall 
slender shrub or small tree, anak. or the young shoots and under side of 
the leaves minutely glaucous-pubese cent. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, acute, — 
narrowed into a short petiole, nerveless except the prominent midrib, 1} to ` 
in. long. Flowers yellow, in i axillary eymes, but forming — 
Calyx-tube turbinate, 5-angled, 1 * 1i lines long, lobes ovate, as long 8$ 
the tube. Petals often above 2 lines long. Stamens erect, longer than the — 
petals, almost 1-seriate, more or less distinctly but irregularly united in 
in gk of 3 to 5 each, opposite the petals. Ovary completely ebe 
^ ; 
DC. Prod. iii. 210; Bonpl. Pl. Malm. t. 30; F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 56; 
Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 157; Melaleuca neriifolia, Bot. Mag. t. 1058; M. sali 
Lee Bot. Rep. t. 485 ; » Tristania salicina, A. Cunn. in Bot. ‘Reg. un under 
N.S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 219, Ge 1 
others; southward to Illawarra, Shepherd. 1 
Section IL. LopHostemon.—Leaves alternate. Stamens inflexed, E 1 
— with long claws. Ovary inferior, flat-topped, with very n i 
es in each cell. Seeds linear-cuneate, not expanded at the end. 
2. T. suaveolens, Sm. in Rees Cycl. xxxvi. A shrub 
or less glaucous or hoary, or the young shoots hirsute, rarely quite dier ` 
Leaves alternate, petiolate, onde. elliptical, ovate-lanceolate or elliptical [ 
long, obtuse or acuminate, more or less distinctus pem "i reticulate, 
nhe peg 1} to 3 in., in pote 3 to 6 in. lon aa 
small, in axillary cymes, the common peduncle 4 to $ in T E more aa 
flattened. Calina ee deos Kee pubescent, 1 to 4 : 
long; lobes very short and broad. Petals 1} lines diameter. | Leger 
bundles about as long as the petals, the claws half as long a5 
rather-broad, with numerous inflexed filaments. Ovary wholly 
concave at the top and glabrous, not depressed round the style; 
d 3 
Vati Prod. iii. 210; Melaleuca suaveolens, Gertn. Fru Se 113. t 355 2 4 
ia depressa, A. Cunn. in Bot. Reg. under n. 1839; DO. Prod. ii 
T "rlytiphloia, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 81. ? 
- Australia. Victoria river and Sea range, F. Mueller ; Gulf of Gen - 
ensland. Cape York, M'Gillivray, Endeavour river, Ban ks and Sola 
