PLATE 3. 



1. Melaleuca hypericifolia Sin. 



a. Flower-cluster. (One-half natural size.) 

 &. Cluster of old capsules. (Reduced.) 



c. Fascicle of stamens. (Somewhat enlarged.) 



2. Melaleuca lateritia Otto. 



'a. Flowering branch. (One-half natural size.) 



b. Spike of old capsules, showing the spiral arrangement. (One-half 

 natural size.) 



c. Four old capsules. (About natural size.) 



d. Flower. (Enlarged to one and one-third natural size.) 



3. Melaleuca linariifolia Sm. 



a. Flowering branch. (About natural size.) 



b. Branch terminated by five spikes of unopened buds, old capsules 

 below. (About one-half natural size.) 



c. Flower. (Enlarged.) 



d. Old capsules. (About natural size.) 



4. Melaleuca fulgens E. Br. 



a. Branch, showing flower-cluster and a spike of unopened buds. 



b. Flower dissected vertically. 



c. Pistil. 



All drawn from nature by Mrs. Louise Nash, except figure 4, which is 

 from Lindley's Botanical Register, plate 103. 



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