PLATE 5. 



1. Melaleuca parviflora Lindl. 



a. Flowering branch. (A little more than natural size.) 



6. Section of the stem with basal portion of three leaves. (Enlarged.) 



c. Single flower. (Enlarged.) 



d. Stem with young capsules and a few persistent leaves. (Enlarged.) 



e. Old capsules on a stem from which all of the leaves have fallen. 

 (Enlarged.) 



2. Melaleuca nodosa Sm. 



a. Flowering branch with capsules of the previous year at the base. 

 (Natural size.) 



fc. Single flower. (Enlarged.) 



c. Cluster of six stamens. (Enlarged.) 



d. Leaf, showing the oil-dots. (Enlarged.) 



3. Melaleuca ericifolia Sm. 



a. Branch, showing capsules of the year on the upper portion, and a 

 cluster of older capsules below. (Natural size.) 



b. Capsule seen from above. (Enlarged.) 



4. Melaleuca nesophila F. Muell. 



a. Flowering branch with a cluster of capsules of the previous year 

 at the base. (Keduced to three-fourths natural size.) 



b. Fascicle of nine stamens. (Enlarged.) 



5. Melaleuca Huegelii Endl. 



a. Flowering branch with some unopened buds above, and a spike of 

 buds to the right. (About one-half natural size.) 

 ft. Flower. (Enlarged.) 



c. Portion of stem showing the appressed leaves. (Enlarged.) 



d. Old capsules massed about the stem. (Reduced.) 



e. Three capsules. (Enlarged.) 



All of the figures drawn by Mrs. Louise Nash. 



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