:268 Dr. SmithV Botanical Charihltrs of Jome Plants 



but imperfeftly umbellate. The flowers arc much larger, yel- 

 lowiOi white. Both kinds are ftrangers to our gardens. 



Thele three fpecies were found at Port Jackfon, New South 

 Wales, by Mr. White. 



4. M. il'iffuja^ folils oppoQtis ovatis venofis utrinque glabris, 

 paniculis axillaribus terminalibufve, pedicellis oppofitis. 

 Melaleuca difFnfa. Forji. Prod, ^j, ex defer. 

 lucida. Linn, Suppl. 342. 



Gathered in New Zealand by MefTrs. Forfler. Of this I have 

 feen only one fpecimen, which was given to Linnaeus by Dr. Sparr- 

 man for the Leptafpermum coUinum of Forfter. It is, however, to- 

 tally different from other fpecimens in the Linnasan Herbarium 

 from Forfter himfelf, marked collinwn, and which peifedly anfwer 

 to the defcription. This can be no other than the Melaleuca diffxifa 

 of Forfter's Prodromus. 



5. M. vlllofa, foliis oppofitis ovatis venofis fubtus pubefcen- 



,, -i^tibus, thyrfis axillaribus terminalibufve oppofitis villofis, 



fioribus feffilibus confertis. 



Melaleuca villofa. Linn. Suppl. 342. 



asftuofa. ForJl. Prod. 38. 



Leptofpermum collinum. ForJi. Gen. N. 1. 



Metrofideros fpe£tabilis. Gartn. Sent. v. i. 172. t. 34. ^^ 9. ? 



A native of O-'taheiti. We have it not in the gardens. 



The ftem is much branched. Young branches and backs of the 

 younger leaves downy ; the flower-ftalks, bradeas, and calyx, very 

 much fo. Flowers red, very ornamental, {landing at the end of 

 each branch in a pair of fmall denfe panicles or thyrjty which are 



truly 



