,fi74 •^''' SmithV Bolawcfll Cbaiailers of fome PLnts 



■ multa, longilTima, connata in 5 corpora. Stylus i. Capfula 

 3-locularis. 



Perhaps this genus is not naturally diftinfl from the lafl:, the 

 union of the filaments being all that diftinguithes Melaleuca; for in 

 the reft of the fructification, as well as in habit, they agree. Ac- 

 cordingly the younger Linnaeus, the two Forfters, and Schrebcr 

 unite them into one, and Juffieu feems inclined to do fo. Unfor- 

 tunately thefe great authorities fall to the ground, and their opi- 

 nion can by no means be confidered as of any weight in this cafe, 

 as we find them confounding with the above the true genus of 

 Leptofpcrmum, than which nothing can be more diftimlV, in every 

 circumftance that chara£lerizes a natural or ar'tiiicial genus. Gart- 

 ner, fo little attentive in general to any thing but the fruit, pre- 

 ferves all the three feparate; though feveral of his fpecies oiMstro' 

 fiderosy which he knew only in fruit, prove to be Mdalcuca;. 



The following eleven very diftin£l fpecies of Melaleuca I have 

 examined in flower, and am therefore certain of their genus. 



* Folils altcrnh. 



I. Melaleuca L.eucadenclron, foliis alternis lanceolatis acu- 

 minatis falcato-obliquis quinquenerviis, ramulis petio- 

 lifque glabris. 

 M. Leucadendron. hinn. Mant. 1. 105. Suppl. 342 a. 

 Arbor alba. Rumph. Amb. v. 1. 72. t. 16. 



This tree is a native of fome parts of the Eaft Indies, and from 

 it is diftilled the green aromatic oil called Cajeputy from Caju Puii, a 

 white tree, the Malay name of the plant ; hence Linnasus gave 

 the name of Leucadrendon to this fpecies. 



2. M. viri- 



