264 XLVIII. MYRTACEX. [ Tristania. 
filaments. Ovary wholly adnate, concave at the top — any — de- 
pression. Ovules reflexed, not so numerous as in T. suaveolens. Fru 
en 
N. Australia. Foot of M'Adam Range, F. Mueller ; Port Essington, Armstrong. 
. T. exiliflora, F. Muell Fragm. v. ll. Glabrous or the inflores- 
cence minutely hoary-pubescent. Leaves WE lanceolate or e ; 
almost acute, much narrowed into the petiole, penniveined, 2 to 4 ong. — 
Flowers yellow, small, rather numerous, in smal imer shortly peduncuhte 
cymes, the pedicels at length longer than the calyx. @alyx-t ube turbinate 
or almost hemispherical, rather above 2 line long, lobes ovate, rather shorter. — 
Petals about 3 line diameter. Staminal bundles inflexed, not exceeding the ` 
petals, the claws short, each with 2 to 4 filaments, often hairy at - bas. — 
Ovary half adnate, the summit very convex, renge: ias depres 
the style, ee 3 to 6 pendulous ovules in each c t obovoid- -clobula, 
. about 2 lines diameter, adnate at the base EN fling p^ calyx-tube an 
protruding wetten rably beyond it. Seeds obovoid, not much flatten , the 
testa sometimes with a Bech appendage or quite wingless, Ke lined with a 
> —— Cotyledons broad, deeply lobed and closely folded over 
the radicle 
Queensland. Rockingham Bay, Vallachy. The species is very closely allied to T. 
laurina, with the same foliage, floral characters, - — but with the flowers as small as 
in 7. /actiffua, and the seeds, as far as known, not ged. 
T. laurina, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Keo ed. 9. iv. 417. A some 
what scrubby shrub in Gegen localities, becoming in iit situations a tree, 
often of great height, the young shoots more or less glaucous or silky-pu 
cent, especially the under side of the leaves, the older foliage glabrous. Leaves 
EPE lanceolate, elliptical or obovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
4 in. long, narrowed into a petiole. Flowers yellow, in 
cymes, on a very short common peduncle, the pedicels rarely 
calyx. Calyx-tube broadly campanulate, 14 to 2% lines 
inflexed, scarcely exceeding the petals, the claws very short, 
20 fila ments. Ovary haif-adnate, the summit very convex, 
pressed round the style, with several (about 10) reflexed ovules in : 
Capsule obovoid or almost globular, 3 to 5 lines diameter, adnate at Bee 3 
ouly, filling the calyx-tube and protruding considerably beyond it. 957 — 
oblong, flat, laterally attached near the top, the upper part thin ings 
embryo i in the lower thiekened portion ; S im deeply cordate and fo 
over each other; radicle superior, rather —DC. Prod. 
uell. Fragm. i. 81; Melaleuca laurina, Ze in Trans. Linn. ër? . 
Queensland. CH river, m, Fraser, : 
N.S. Wales. Port Jackson s pe ine Me sun “or be e TT a 
SN NEE to Hastings, Macleay, and Clarence rivers, Be eg southward t E 
M*' Arthur and others, and Twofold Bay, F. Mueller. 2 
"Victoria. anks of rivers, Gipps’ Land, F. Mueller. 
7. T. psidioides, 4. Geet i in Bot. Reg. under n. 
the branchlets and e dë ge hoary-tomentose.: SCH 
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