MYRTACE/E. XI. MELALEUCA. XII. LAMARCHEA. XIII. EUDESMIA. 



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1. t. 18. R. Br. 1. c. 4. p. 415. Vent. eels. t. 10. Metrosideros 

 hypericifolia, Salisb. prod. p. 351. Flowers of a splendid scar- 

 let-colour. 



St. John' s-nort-leaved Melaleuca. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1792. 

 Shrub 10 to 20 ft. 



31 M. ELLI'PTICA (Labill. nov. holl. 2. p. 31. t. 173.) leaves 

 opposite, elliptic, blunt at both ends, 1-nerved in the middle, 

 with the veins pinnate, and confluent at the margins ; spikes of 

 flowers cylindrical, pubescent ; bundles of stamens polyandrous, 

 with their claws exceeding the petals. Tj . G. Native of New 

 Holland, in Van Lewin's Land. Flowers scarlet, rather smaller 

 than those of the preceding species. Fruit globose, glabrous. 

 Lobes of calyx acutish, permanent. 



Elliptic-le&veA Melaleuca. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



32 M. SQUARROSA (Smith in Lin. trans. 6. p. 300.) leaves op- 

 posite, ovate, acute, 5-7-nerved, on short petioles, glabrous ; 

 branchlets villous ; spikes cylindrical ; bracteas foliaceous ; lobes 

 of calyx blunt and nerveless ; bundles of stamens dodecandrous, 

 with their claws very short. ^ . G. Native of New Holland 

 and Van Dieman's Land. Labill. nov. holl. 2. t. 169. Smith, 

 bot. mag. t. 1935. M. myrtifolia, Vent. malm. t. 47. M. ca- 

 japutti, Hort. Flowers yellowish. 



Squarrose Melaleuca. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1 794. Tr. 20 to 40 ft. 



33 M. GIBBOSA (Labill. nov. holl. 2. p. 30. t. 172.) leaves op- 

 posite, decussate, crowded, ovate, obtuse, 3-nerved ; spikes few- 

 flowered, and are, as well as the branches and calyxes, glabrous ; 

 bundles of stamens polyandrous, with their claws the length of 

 the petals ; fruit appearing as if they were sunk in the branches 

 at the base. fj . G. Native of Van Dieman's Land and of 

 New Holland on the south coast. M. imbricata, Hort. There 

 is a variety of this species with 3 leaves in a whorl. 



Gibbous Melaleuca. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 to 12 ft. 



34 M. SPRENGELIOIDES (D. C. prod. 3. p. 215.) leaves oppo- 

 site, decussate, sessile, crowded, roundish, mucronate, 5-nerved ; 

 heads of flowers nearly globose, crowded, glabrous ; bundles of 

 stamens bearing 7-10 anthers, with their claws the length of the 

 petals; fruit nearly globose, with a truncate, somewhat inflexed 

 limb. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Allied to M. gibbosa, 

 but very distinct. 



Sprengelia-like Melaleuca. Shrub 6 to 8 ft. 



35 M. CALYCINA (R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. 4. p. 416.) leaves 

 opposite, ovate-lanceolate, 3-5-nerved, nearly sessile ; glomerules 

 few-flowered; segments of the calyx acute, nerveless ; bundles 

 of stamens polyandrous, with their claws shorter than the petals. 

 Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on the southern coast. Flowers 



purple. 



Large-calyxed Melaleuca. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1803. Shrub 

 3 to 6 feet. 



* * Leaves in whorls. 



36 M. DE'NSA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves scattered, 3 in a whorl or 

 opposite, obovate, 3-nerved ; spikes oblong or oval. J? . G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland, on the south-west coast. Flowers reddish. 



Dense-]eavetl Melaleuca. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1803. Shrub 

 2 to 6 ft. 



37 M. INCA'NA (Rr. Br. in bot. reg. t. 410.) leaves 3 in a 

 whorl, linear-lanceolate, clothed with hoary down on both sur- 

 faces, as well as the branches ; spikes oval or oblong. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland. M. tomentosa, Colla, hort. rip. 87. t. 

 37. M. lanata, Nois. M. canescens, Link et Otto, hort. berol. 

 p. 87. abbild. t. 81. M. lanigera, Wendl. Bundles of stamens 

 bearing each 5-7 anthers, with their claws shorter than the petals. 

 Flowers pale yellow. 



Hoary Melaleuca. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1817. Shrub 3 to 8 ft. 



f Species not sufficiently known. 



38 M. MICROPHY'LLA (Smith in Rees' cycl. vol. 23. no. 9.) 



VOL. II. 



leaves alternate, imbricate, cylindrical, obtuse, somewhat spatu- 

 late ; spikes oval on the upper part of the branches ; calyxes 

 glabrous. fj . G. Native of New Holland, at King George's 

 Sound. From the flowers being pedicellate, and the bundles of 

 stamens not exceeding the petals, it is therefore perhaps a 

 species of Tristania or A started. 



Small-lcared Melaleuca. Shrub. 



39 M. TETRAGONA (Lodd. ex Otto, hort. berol. p. 37.) leaves 

 opposite, decussate, ovate-elliptic, 3-nerved. tj . G. Native of 

 New Holland. Allied to M. decussata, but the leaves are 

 broader, much less dotted, more remote, and more spreading. 

 Flowers unknown. 



Tetragonal Melaleuca. Clt. 1820. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



f f Species only known by name. Many of them may prove 

 identical with some of those described above. 



1 M. divaricata, Donn. 2 M. Inspida, Wendl. 3 717. per- 

 forata, Roeusch. 4 M. stricta, Smith. 5 M. trinenia, Smith. 

 6 M. pcndulma, Lodd. 



Cult. The greater part of the species of Melaleuca are de- 

 sirable green-house or conservatory plants, their foliage being 

 neat, and in some the blossoms are splendid. Their culture and 

 propagation are the same as recommended for Tristania, see 

 p. 813. 



XII. LAMA'RCHEA (dedicated to A. M. Lamarche, a cap- 

 tain in the French navy, formerly lieutenant of the ship Uranie, 

 under captain Freycenet in his voyage round the world ; and a 

 particular friend of Gaudichaud's). Gaud, in Freyc. voy. part. 

 bot. p. 483. t. 110. 



LIN. SYST. Icosandria, Monogijnia. Calyx hemispherical, 

 with a 5-parted regular deciduous limb. Petals 5, inserted in 

 the limb of the calyx, obovate-spatnlate, ciliately fringed at the 

 apex, campanulately conniving, exceeding the limb of the calyx. 

 Stamens numerous, inserted with the petals, monadelphous, ex- 

 ceeding the corolla. Staminiferous tube a little arched, divided 

 into 5 polyandrous parts even to the middle. Ovarium globose, 

 free. Style crowned by a subcapitate stigma. Capsule glo- 

 bose, chartaceous, 3-celled, dividing into 3 valves at the dis- 

 sepiments ; placentas 3, fixed to the axis of the capsule. 

 Seeds numerous, cuneated or lanceolate, arched triangular, 

 erectly ascending. An unarmed tree, with scattered, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, quite entire, 3-nerved, coriaceous leaves. Flowers axil- 

 lary, solitary, sessile, brownish purple, lateral after the leaves 

 have fallen. 



1 L. HAKEvEFOLiA (Gaud. 1. c. t. 484. t. 110.) fj . G. Native 

 of the Sandwich Islands ? 



Hakea-leaved Lamarchea. Tree. 



Cu/t. For culture and propagation see Tristania, p. 813. 



XIII. EUDE'SMIA (from ev, eu, well, and Seapr), desme, a 

 bundle ; in reference to the stamens being connected into 4 bun- 

 dles). R. Br. in gen. rem. p. 67. t. 3. D. C. prod. 3. p. 216. 



LIN. SYST. Polyadelphia, Poly&ndria. Tube of calyx turbi- 

 nate ; limb 4-cleft. Petals closely joined into 4-striped deci- 

 duous hemispherical operculum. Stamens indefinite, joined into 

 4 polyandrous bundles, which alternate with the teeth of the 

 calyx, and therefore opposite the petals. Capsule 4-celled, 4- 

 valved, opening at the apex. A New Holland shrub, with tetra- 

 gonal branches. Leaves nearly opposite, broad-lanceolate, co- 

 riaceous, glaucous. Peduncles axillary, bearing umbels of white 

 flowers. 



1 E. TETRAG6NA (R. Br. 1. c.) b . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, at Lucky Bay. Sweet, fl. austr. t. 21. Lindl. bot. reg. 

 with a figure. 



Tetragonal-branched Eudesmia. Fl. July. Clt. 1824. Tree 

 10 to 20 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Tristania, p. 813, 

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