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round, woody; leaves below and inflorescence densely covered with a white velvety tomentum. Leaves very coriaceous, 
elliptic, (3-4 inches long,) reticulately veined above. Zhyrsi terminal, of many scarlet flowers. Capsule large, 
2 inch long, woody, surrounded at the middle by the thick calyx-tube. 
9. Metrosideros scandens, Banks et Sol.; arbor alte scandens, dichotome ramosa, ramulis densifoliis 
foliis subtus pedunculisque hirto-pubescentibus, foliis parvis (3 unc.) distichis brevissime petiolatis ellip- 
tico-oblongis rotundatisve basi rotundatis v. cordatis obtusis coriaceis super lucidis subter 9-nerviis punctatis, 
thyrsis terminalibus subtrichotomis 6—8-floris, calycibus turbinatis glaberrimis, capsulis parvis globosis 
calycis persistentis tubo 5-dentato ad medium cinctis 3-valvibus. Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. Gartner, v. 1. 
1.34. M. perforata, A. Rich. Flora. A. Cunn. Prodr. M. buxifolia, 4. Cunn. Prodr. Hook. Bot. Mag. 
Melaleuca et Leptospermum perforatum, Forst. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands, Forster, Banks and Solander, etc. Common in the forests. FI. 
December. Nat. name, “Aka,” Cunningham. (Cultivated in England.) 
Cunningham's name of M. buxifolia is very applicable, but the plant he describes is clearly identical with 
M. scandens. —A climbing large shrub or small tree, with very leafy dichotomous pubescent branches. Leaves 
distichous, almost sessile, uniform in size (2 inch), broadly elliptical-ovate, oblong or rounded, very coriaceous, 
with recurved margins, glossy above, paler, three-nerved, punctate and hairy below. Thyrsi of six to eight white 
small flowers, terminal; peduncles and pedicels pubescent. Calyx quite smooth and glossy. Stamens z inch long. 
Capsule size of that of M. hypericifolia, globose.—Wood hard, heavy, handsome. 
Ogs. Metrosideros ? salicifolia, A. Cunn., is partly an Olea, and partly Mida salicifolia, according to his ori- 
ginal specimens in Herb. Heward. 
Gen. II. LEPTOSPERMUM, Forst. 
Calycis tubus turbinatus; lobis 5, valvatis. Petala 5, rotundata, concava. Stamina numerosissima, * 
petalis breviora. Ovarium inferum, 4—5-loculare; ovulis perplurimis, pendulis; stylo elongato, recto. Cap- 
sula coriacea v. lignosa, 4-5-locularis, turbinata, apice 4—5-valvis. Semina perplurima, linearia.—Folia 
alterna v. fasciculata. 
White-flowered shrubs, with fasciculate branches, and small, dotted, coriaceous, alternate leaves. lowers . 
axillary, solitary or fascicled, shortly pedicellate. Calyx tube turbinate, five-lobed; lobes valvate. Petals five, 
rounded, concave. Stamens numerous, shorter than the petals. Style filiform; stigma capitate. Capsule four- to 
five-celled, four- to five-valved, coriaceous or woody, bursting at the top; seeds very numerous, linear, pendulous from 
the upper angle of the cell.—A large genus of shrubs and small trees, confined to Australia, New Zealand, and 
the Malay Islands; in the latter locality very few species are found, and those on the mountains only. The 
species are very variable and difficult of discrimination; even the two New Zealand ones, though distinct from one 
another, run into varieties which are often taken for new species. (Name from Aerros, slender, and omreppa, a seed.) 
1. Leptospermum scoparium, Forst.; fruticosum, erectum (montibus prostratum), ramulis angulatis 
novellis foliisque junioribus sericeo-pubescentibus, foliis brevissime petiolatis (2-5 lin.) patulis v. recurvis or- 
biculatis v. ovatis v. lineari-lanceolatis linearibusve acuminatis pungentibus concavis rigide coriaceis enerviis 
punctatis, floribus axillaribus v. ramulis brevissimis terminalibus sessilibus, calyce brevi turbinato glabro 
lobis deciduis rotundatis, capsula lignosa calyce semi-immersa apice 5-valvi. Forst. Gen. Smith, Trans. 
Linn. Soc. DC. Prodr. A. Rich. Flor. A. Cunn. Prodr. 
Var. a. scoparium; erectum, foliis lanceolatis. L. scoparium, Forst. 
Var. B. linifolium; erectum, foliis anguste lineari-lanceolatis. L. squarrosum, Geríner, v. 1. p. 174. 
Var. y. myrtifolium; erectum, foliis ovatis patulis v. recurvis. 
