MYRTACE^E. XIV. EUCALYPTUS. XV. ANGOPHORA. XVI. CALLISTEMON. 



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Elongated Eucalyptus. Clt. 1823. Tree. 



52 E. ME'DIA (Link, 1. c.) leaves alternate, lanceolate, long- 

 acuminated, obovate, and oblique at the base, with the nerves 

 parallel beneath. *? . G. Native of New Holland. Pet.ole, 

 half an inch long. Leaves 6-7 inches long, and from 1 ' 



broad. 



Intermediate Eucalyptus. Clt. 1823. Tree. 



53 E. RET.CULA'TA (Link, 1. c.) leaves alternate, lanceolate, 

 acuminated, somewhat ovate at the bare, oblique, reticulately 

 veined beneath. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Leaves 6-7 

 inches long and 2 or more broad. 



Arficufcterf-leaved Eucalyptus. Clt. 1823 Tree 



54 E. UMBELLA TA (Dum. Cours. bot. cult. 7. p. 279.) leaves 

 alternate, ovate, rather crenated, mucronate, snrhsh. t? . to. 

 Native of New Holland. Branches terete, brown. Leaves 4-5 

 inches long and 2-5 inches broad. Nearly allied to E. ovata. 



Umbellate-flowered. Eucalyptus. Tree. 



+ The following names occur in the gardens, but they are all 

 perhaps synonymous with those described above. 



1 E. orbicularis, Lodd. 2 E.pulchella, Lodd. 3 E.aUA- 

 caulis, Hort. 4 E. cotinifolia, Lodd. 5 E. undulata, F 



6 E. alata, Hort. .__,* CIQ 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Tnstama, p. 8 



XV ANGOTHOHA (from ayyoe, angos, a vessel, an 



o', to bear; form of fruit). Cav. icon. 4. p. 21. D. C. 



iN 3 ' s P Ys? 'icosdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx turbi- 

 nate marked with 5 prominent ribs ; limb of 5 permanent teeth. 

 Petals 5 Stamens indefinite, free ; anthers ovate. Style t 

 form. Capsule covered by the corticate calyx, obovate, trun- 

 cate, 3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds solitary, or few m the cells. 

 Australian shrubs, with opposite leaves, rarely with the rameal 

 ones ternate. Flowers white. 



1 A. CORDIFOLIA (Cav. 1. c. t. 338.) leaves sessile, ovate, cor- 

 date at the base, and are glabrous as well as the branches ; 

 peduncles and branchlets clothed with bristles or stiff hairs, 

 b G Native of New Holland, near Port Jackson. Metro- 

 sideros hispida, Smith, in Lin. trans. 3. p. 267. Sieb.pl. exsic. 

 no 471. Sims. bot. mag. t. 1960. Metrosideros lursuta, Andr. 



t ren t. 281. Metros, anomala, Vent. malm. t. 2. Met. 

 cordifolia and M. hispida, Pers end,. 2. p. 25. Eucalyptus 

 hirsuta, Link, enum. hort. berol. 2. p. 31. Flowers rather 

 larn-p vpllowish or whitish. 



KtL^ Angophora. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1789. Sh. 



7 to 10 feet. 



2 A. INTERMEDIA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 222.) leaves on short 

 petioles, elliptic-oblong, and are as well as the branches gla- 

 brous ; peduncles hispid from bristles. \ . G. Native of New 

 Holland. Flowers one half smaller than those of the preceding 



species. * 



Intermediate Angophora. Shrub 4 to 6 teet. 



3 A. LANCEOLA'TA (Cav. 1. c. t. 339.) leaves petiolate, lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, glabrous, as well as the branches and pedun- 

 cles \ G. Native of New Holland, near Port Jackson. 

 Metrosideros splendens, Gsrtn. fr. 1. p. 171. t. 34 f. 7. Me- 

 laleuca costata, Rceusch. Metrosideros costata and lanceolate, 

 Pers. ench. 2. p. 25. Like the two preceding species, this var 

 with opposite and alternate leaves. 



Lanceolate-leaved. Angophora. Fl. May, Aug. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Cult. See Metrosideros for culture and propagation. 



XVI. CALLISTE'MON(Ka\Arroe, Jcallistos, beautiful, and 

 , stemon, a stamen ; in most of the species the stamens 



are of a beautiful scarlet colour). R. Br. in bot. reg. no. 393. 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 222. Metrosideros species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Icosdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx half 

 spherical ; limb 5-parted, with the lobes obtuse. Petals 5 (f. 

 119. 6 ). Stamens numerous (f. 119. e.)'. filaments free. Style 

 filiform. Stigma capitate (f. 1 1 9. e.). Capsule 3-celled (f. 1 19. 

 f.) many-seeded, inclosed, and connate with the thickened tube 

 of the calyx, which is adnate to the branches New Holland 

 shrubs, having the inflorescence rising from the old branches in 

 crowded spikes, as in the species of Melaleuca ; but with the 

 stamens free, as in Metrosideros. Leaves elongated, stiff, alter- 

 nate, usually lanceolate. 



* Filaments of stamens yellowish. 



1 C. FINIFOLIUM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 223.) leaves linear-fili- 

 form, acerose, stiff, mucronate, channelled, scabrous ; calyxes 

 elabrous. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Metrosideros 

 Sun-folia, Wendl. coll. 1. p. 53. t. 16. Willd. enum. 513. 

 Metro, viridiflora, Cels. Nois. but not of Sims. Petals greenish, 

 oval. Stamens of a dirty yellowish green colour, thrice the 

 length of the petals. 



Pine-leaved CzlMstemon. Fl. June, Jul. Clt.? Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



2 C. VIRIDIFLORUM (D. C. 1. c.) leaves linear-lanceolate, stiff, 

 pungent, beset with scabrous dots, rather villous when young as 

 well as the branches ; calyx glabrous. Tj . ?. Native of New 

 Holland, on the east coast. Metrosideros viridiflora, Sims, bot. 

 inao-. 2602. Petals and stamens greenish yellow. Filaments 

 deflexed, 4-times the length of the corolla, ex Sims. 

 globose ; limb of calyx deciduous. 



Green-flowered Callistemon. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1 , 



Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



3 C. SALI'GNUM (D. C. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate, acuminated at 



both ends, mucronftte, glabrous in the adult state, with the mid- 

 dle nerve feather-veined, and the lateral nervules approximating 

 the margins ; calyxes glabrous. T? . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land. Metrosideros saligna, Smith, in Lin. trans. 3. p. 27xJ. 

 Vent. hort. eels. t. 70. Bonpl. nav. t. 4. Sieb. pi. exsic. 

 320. Flowers pale yellow. Stamens hardly 3-times the length 

 of the petals, which are roundish. 



WilLy Callistemon. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1788. Shrub 

 4 to 6 feet. 



4 C. LOPHA'NTHUM (Sweet, 

 fl. aust. t. 29.) leaves lanceolate, 

 attenuated at both ends, mucro- 

 nate, 1- nerved, and feather - 

 veined, glabrous in the adult 

 state, but villous when young as 

 well as the branches; flowers 

 distinct, spicate, nearly terminal ; 

 calyx pilose; petals rather pu- 

 bescent, ciliated; ovary densely 

 clothed with down ; capsule dis- 

 tinct, f? . G. Native of New 

 Holland. Metrosideros lophan- 

 tha, Vent. hort. eels. t. 69. Me- 

 tro, saligna, Sims, bot. mag. 

 1821. Flowers straw-coloured. 



Crest -flowered Callistemon. 

 Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1S06. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



5 C LEPTOSTA CHYUM (Sweet, fl. aust. no. 29.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, acute, mucronate, attenuated at both ends, full of dots, 1 

 nerved, and feather-veined, glabrous in the adult state, when 

 vouno- clothed with silky tomentum as well as the branches ; 

 spike's long, slender ; calyx pilose ; petals pubescent, ciliated ; 

 ovaries smoothish ; capsules crowded. ^ . G. Native of New- 

 Holland. Flowers greenish yellow. 



FIG. 119. 



