Myrtace*.] flora of Tasmania. L2B 
(Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 17C); ramulis glabris all>o-s<ri:itis 
novellis puberulis, foliis nlteruis crerto-paU ntibus ernssis lim ari-obovatis linearihusvc obtusis supra plains 
subtus convexis glandulis grossis tuberculatis, capitulis lerininalibus sph;rricis, calvre glaberrimo, pctalis 
flavis. (Gun*, 1069.) 
Hab. Oyster Bay, on the east coast, and on a tributary of the South Eek, north-east of Campbell- 
town, about forty miles from Launceston, Gnnn. 
I have only three small specimens of this very distinct species.— A glabrous shrub, 5-6 fed high. Jiranchn 
slender, covered with white bark. Leaves rather scattered, all. mate, subcrcct, linear or narrow linear-oblong, 
blunt, concave above, convex at the back, with an obr-cure. thick midrib, and many tnbereles caused by prominent 
glands. Heads of flowers terminal, small, \ inch across, yellow. Calyx perfectly glabrous. 
3. Melaleuca ericsefolia (Smith, Exot. Bot. i. G7. t. 84) ; ramulis glabra albo-lincatis, loins 
ericoideis sparsis erecto-patentibus subrecurvis angusfe linearibus obttisis Mipcrne coneavis subtus convexis, 
capitulis oblongis terminalibus v. subterminalibus glaberrimis, pbalangiis 8-10-andris.— h, < 
iii. 213. M. nodosa, Link, En. Hort. Berol. ii. 273; Sid. PI Exticc. 31s d 549. If . Gnnni 
in Walp. Rep. ii. 928. (Gunn, 18.) 
Hab. Abundant, especially in swampy ground, in the northern parta of the Colony.— I 
(Colonial name, " Swamp Tea-tree.") 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia and New South Wales. (Cultivated in Kngland.i 
figured in Labilla 
Bra ache* covered 
produced beyond them), an inch or more long. 
4. Melaleuca squarrosa (Smith, Linn. Trans, vi. 300) ; glaberrima 
sitis ovatis ovato-rotundatis ovato-cordatisve acuminata sabpetiolatia 5-7- 
nalibus, bracteis foliaceis, calycibus glabris, phalangibus sub-12-am!ris.— In 
Be Cand. Prodr. iii. 215. M. myrtifolia, Veal. . 
Hab. Abundant in moist satnly soil.— (Fl. Nov., Dec) [v. v.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia. (Cultivated in Lngland.) 
glabrous, or with the branchlets 
ovate-acuminate or cordate or al 
s vellow flo 
5. Melaleuca gibbosa (Lab. PL Nov. Iloll. ii. 80. t. 172; ; glaberrima, foliis opposite ternisqne 
obovatis valde coneavis obtusis enerviis v. subtus trinerviis, spicis paucitlons ramulis brevibus termmahbus, 
calycibus glabris, phalangiis polyandris, unguibus longitudme petalorum. — Be Cand. Prodr. lit. 215. 
( Hab. Common in the northern parts of the Colony, near the sea, and in the interior.- (Fl. Sept-Dec) 
