276 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
The essential oil is pale yellow, and has a taste and smell like 
cajeput oil; is thin, specific gravity o°89g—0o'go2, and boils at 
149°—184°. (Wittstein and Mueller.) 1oolbs. of the leaves and 
smaller branches yield 50z. of oil. With age, it improves greatly. 
(Bosisto.) 
Oil of Melaleuca ertcifolta. 
Refractive Index. 
Specific 
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ae OF 
Temp. A D H 
9030 9° 1.4655 | 1.4712 1.4901 + 26° 
These determinations were made by Dr. Gladstone. 
The rotatory power was determined for a colour of liquid 
10 inches long. 
All the colonies except Western Australia. 
32. Melaleuca genistifolia, Smzth, (Syn. JZ. lanceolata, Otto ; 
M. bracteata, F.v.M.; Metrostderos decora, Salisb.); N.O., 
Myrtacez. 
“Ridge Myrtle.” Called ‘‘ Ironwood” in Queensland. 
The essential oil is pale greenish-yellow, and mild in odour 
and taste. Mr. Bosisto gives 1oz. 2drs. as the approximate yield 
of oil from toolbs. of leaves and branchlets. 
New South Wales to Northern Australia. 
33- Melaleuca Leucadendren, Z777., (Syn. AZ. Cajuputt, Roxb.; 
M. minor, Smith; M. viridifora, Gertn.; M. saligna, 
Blume ; Mefrosideros albida, Sieb.; M. coriacea, Salisb.) ; 
N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI., iii., 142. J/. Leucadendra in Muell.. 
Cens., p. 55. : 
“ White Tea-tree.” ‘‘ Broad-leaved Tea-tree.” ‘‘ Swamp Tea-tree.” 
‘* Paper-barked Tea-tree.” ‘‘ Atchoourgo”’ of the aboriginals of the Mitchell 
River, North Queensland. ‘‘ Whitewood” of Northern Territory. 
This is a tree which has several fairly well-defined varieties. 
The fresh leaves of the Australian variety yield ‘895 per cent. of a 
