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species. The trunk is black, and the branches and flowers 

 white, as in the last species. Cajeputoil is also distilled from the 

 leaves of this tree ; probably in greater quantity than from the last. 

 Smaller Cajeput-tree. Clt. 1800. Tree 10 feet. 



3 M. VIRIDIFLORA (Gasrtn. fruct. 1. p. 173. t. 35.) leaves 

 alternate, elliptic-lanceolate, equal-sided, 5-nerved, acute at both 

 ends; flowers approximate, in spikes; calyxes, rachis, and 

 branchlets pubescent ; claws of the bundles of stamens shorter 

 than the segments of the calyx, or obsolete. T; . G. Native 

 of New South Wales, and of New Caledonia. Smith, et 11. Br. 

 1. c. no. 2. M. leucodendron angustifolia, Lin. fil. suppl. p. 

 342. M.- angustifolia, Gsertn. Metrosideros quinquenervia, 

 Cav. icon. 4. t. 333. Metrosideros coriacea, Poir. suppl. 3. 

 p. C85. but not of Salisb. Metrosideros albida, Sieb. pi. exsic. 

 nov. holl. no. 349. Flowers pale greenish yellow. 



Greenish-flowered Melaleuca. Clt. 1777. Tr. 10 to 20 ft. 



4 M. I-ALUDOSA (R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. 4. p. 410.) leaves 

 alternate, linear-lanceolate, elongated, equal-sided, straight, 3- 

 nerved ; lateral nerves approximating the margin, which is sca- 

 brous ; rachis of the spike, which is cylindrical, as well as the 

 tube of the calyx, clothed with silky down; claws of the bundles 

 of stamens very short, fj . G. Native of New Holland, on 

 the south-west coast. Flowers red. 



Marsh Melaleuca. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1803. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



5 M. GLOB'IFERA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves alternate, oblong, 5- 

 nerved, equal-sided, tapering to the base ; heads spherical ; 

 capsules connate. Jj . G. Native of New Holland, on the 

 south coast. Flowers greenish yellow ? 



Globe-bearing Melaleuca. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1803. Sh. 

 4 to 10 feet. 



6 M. DIOSMIFOI.IA (Andr. bot. rep. t. 47C. and R. Br. 1. c.) 

 leaves alternate, oval, or lanceolate, obsoletely 1 -nerved, pe- 

 tiolate, flat, crowded, and are as well as the branchlets quite 

 glabrous ; spikes oblong, glabrous ; bundles of stamens pen- 

 tandrous. fj . G. Native of New Holland, on the south-west 

 coast. M. chlorantha, Bonpl. nav. p. 22. t. 8. M. foliosa, 

 Dum. Cours. bot. cult. 5. p. 373. Flowers greenish yellow. 



Diosma-leaved Melaleuca. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1794. Sh. 



3 to 10 feet. 



7 M. STYPHELOIDES (Smith, in Lin. tr.ans. 3. p. 275.) leaves 

 alternate, ovate, acuminated, ending in a pungent mucrone, 

 many-nerved, sessile, glabrous ; spikes pubescent ; segments of 

 calyx acute, nerved. J? . G. Native of New South Wales. 

 R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. 4. p. 411. M. obliqua, Hort. ex 

 Steud. Flowers white, surrounding the lower part of the 

 branches. This plant has altogether the habit of Styphelia, 

 from its stiff harsh leaves. M. epacriclea, Hort. 



Slyphelia-like Melaleuca. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1793. Sh. 



4 to 10 feet. 



8 M. GENISTIFOUA (Smith, 

 exot. bot. 1. t. 55.) leaves alter- 

 nate, linear-lanceolate, flat, 3- 

 nerved, dotted, and are as well 

 as the branches glabrous ; bun- 

 dles of stamens polyandrous, with 

 their claws about equal in length 

 to the petals. fj . G. Native 

 of New South Wales, and where 

 it is called by the English White 

 tea-tree. Flowers with reddish pe- 

 tals and yellow stamens, (f. 117.) 



Broom-leaved Melaleuca. Fl. 

 June, July. Clt. 1793. Shrub 

 6 to 20 feet. 



9 M. LANCEOLA'TA (Otto. hort. 

 berol. 36.) leaves scattered, lan- 



FIG. 117. 



ceolate, acute, almost nerveless, 3-veined, almost dotless, re- 

 curved at the apex, and are as well as the'branchlets glabrous ; 

 spikes loose, naked ; bundles of stamens polyandrous, with their 

 claws about equal in length to the petals. lj . G. Native of 

 New Holland. Flowers yellowish. Very like M. genistifolia. 

 Lanceolate-\eaved Melaleuca. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. 

 Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



10 M. STRIA'TA (Labill. nov. holl. 2. p. 26. t. 1C5.) leaves 

 alternate, lanceolate-linear, acute, obsoletely striated, stiff, almost 

 sessile ; spikes oval or oblong ; tube of calyx woollv ; bundles 

 of stamens usually decandrous, with their claws twice the length 

 of the petals. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on the south 

 coast. R. Br. 1. c. Fruit crowded, nearly globose. Margin of 

 calyx repand. Flowers white. 



Striated-leaved Melaleuca. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1803. Sh. 

 6 to 9 feet. 



11 M. PENTAGON A (Labill. nov. holl. 2. p. 27. t. 166.) leaves 

 alternate, linear-lanceolate, acuminated, thickish, rather 3-nerved ; 

 spikes ovate-globose ; tube of calyx glabrous, globose, penta- 

 gonal ; bundles of stamens pentandrous. Jj . G. Native of 

 New Holland, in Van Lewin's Land. Fruit crowded, in a 

 globose head. Stamens joined together to the middle in bundles. 

 Flowers white ? 



Pentagonal-fruited Melaleuca. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



12 M. ACEROSA ; leaves alternate, acerose, villous, full of 

 pellucid dots ; bundles of stamens polyandrous, with their claws 

 very long. Jj . G. Native of New Holland. Billotia acerosa, 

 Coll. hort. rip. 1. p. 21. t. 23. Flowers purple. 



^cerose-leuved Melaleuca. Fl. June, Juljl Clt.? Shrub 3 

 to 6 feet. 



13 M. THYMOIDES (Labill. 1. c. t. 167.) leaves alternate, lan- 

 ceolate, or oblong, 3-nerved, petiolate, and are as well as the 

 branchlets quite glabrous ; heads of flowers globose or oval ; 

 segments of the calyx acute, 3-nerved ; bundles of stamens 

 usually decandrous, with their claws shorter than the petals. 

 Tj . G. Native of New Holland, in Van Lewin's Land, and on 

 the south-west coast. R. Br. in hort. kew. 4. p. 412. Flowers 

 purplish. Perhaps the same as M. liicidu/a of Hort. 



Thyme-like Melaleuca. Fl. June, July. Cl. 1803. Shrub 

 4 to 6 feet. > 



14 M. SQUA'MEA (Labill. 1. c. p. 28. 1. 158.) leaves lanceolate- 

 ovate, acuminated, 3-nerved, when young villous as well as the 

 branchlets ; heads of flowers globose, pubescent ; bundles of 

 stamens bearing 5-9 anthers each, with very short claws, fj . G. 

 Native of Van Dieman's Land. . R. Br. in hort. kew. 4. p. 412. 

 Ker. bot. reg. t. 477. ^ Flowers Ulac, much crowded. Fruit 

 corticate by the scaly spongy calyx. Leaves becoming black 

 on drying. 



.SWy-calyxed Melaleuca. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1805. . Tr. 



15 M. NODOSA (Smith, exot. bot. 1. p. 67. t. 35.) leaves al- 

 ternate, linear-subulate, mucronate, stiff, 1-nerveiJ, flat, and 

 rather spreading ; heads globose ; segments of the calyx mem- 

 branous, glabrous ; bundles of stamens bearing 3-6-8 anthers, 

 with the claws very short. J? . G. Native of New Holland, 

 on the eastern coast, at Port Jackson. Vent. malm. t. 112. R. 

 Br. in Ait. hort. kew. 4. p.' 41$. Metrosideros, Gsertn. fruct. 

 1. p. 172. t. 34. Cav. icon. 4. p. 19. t. 334. Metrosideros 

 puugens, Reich, in Sieb. pi. exsic. ho. 316. ,FlQ.wers pale yel- 

 lowish. Fruit disposed in a small grobose hejd. 



Knotted Melaleuca. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt.'l790. Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 



16 M. TENUIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 213.) leaves alternate, 

 subulate, nearly terete, mucronate, stiff, strictly erect, villous 

 when young, but glabrous in the adult state, as well as the 

 branches ; heads of fruit globose, dense ; calyxes rather velvety, 

 with deciduous truncate lobes. >j . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, on the east coast. Flowers unknown. Allied to M. no- 



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