No. 412. 
MELALEUCA SQUAMEA. 
Class Order. 
POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
This has been lately introduced from New 
South Wales: it is a dwarf shrub, erect in 
its growth, and its blossoms have a lively 
pleasing appearance, and like most other 
flowers, the closer they are examined the 
more do we discover and admire their 
beauties; they appeared with us in the 
month of May, and upon very young plants. 
It may be preserved in a common green- 
house, and is increased by cuttings. Its 
soil should be sandy peat. The name has 
been given by Labillardiere from the scales 
which rise from the bark when the shoots 
become old. 
