472 MYRTACER. [ Melaleuca. 
* & Fruit an indehiscent berry or rarely a dru 
oO Leaves 0 opposite, more or less distinctly gland-dotted. 
i of seed 
Ovary 1-celled, with 2 parietal placentas . . Rhodamnia. 
a - or more a elled. 
Ovary 5- or rarely 4-celled, with 2-6 ovules in each cel . Decaspermum. 
Ovary 2- or more-celled, with numerous ovules in rs series in 
each cell . Psidium, 
x Stigma " simple, minute ; ovary "2-3-celled with 
several chsh = —" cell ; ” seeds — few; 
often ‘ T Saemek 
‘OO Leaves satastatee: no ak do ited, 
Stamens all perfect ; fruit fibrous-fleshy, with a single large seed 
without pulp : . Barringtonia. 
or inner stamens or both ‘without anthers ; fruit a ‘large 
berry with many seeds im ee din pul . Careya. 
Only the inner series of stamens without aia berry corticate 
3-4-celled, with several siedl in each ¢ - Planchonia. 
MELALEUCA, L. 
Calyx-tube bell-shaped or urceolate, at base adnate to the ovary, 
the limb 5-lobed, imbricate or open in bud. Petals 5. Stamens 
indefinite, much longer than the petals, united into 5 distinct bundles 
opposite the etals ; ‘anthers. versatile, SY terse onpttedinally- Ovary 
inferior or half-inferior, 3-celled, with few or numerous yoke ii in 
each cell attached to the peltate or oe: cleft placenta ; style filiform 
with a peltate or capitate or frequently minute stigma. Capsule 
enclosed in the enlarged and hardened calyx, crowned by the free 
part of the tube, loculicidally 3-valved, the valves sometimes separ- 
* able from the calyx into 3 cocci. Perfect seeds usually few, the 
testa thin. Embryo straight or hardly curved, the cotyledons 
flat, ues or folded and embracing each other, longer than 
the ees or shrubs, with usually alternate, more. or less 
narrow, ay or more-nerved leaves. Flowers supported by a bract, 
_— in puede or spikes. 
deaetowredt into a anes herr 3-7 7-nerved wi stiniitomiositie veins, 
glaucous-green, glabrous ; flowers small, fed ite, in more or less in- 
ot elongate spikes solitary or several together, the rachis 
t, tomen or glabrous; calyx glabrous or pubescent, 
undies under 4 an inch ee the claws usually 
: ietadtng than the petals, each terminating into 
3; fruiting calyx sey about 2 ae ‘in diameter, 
t iy lin. long, the lobes short, orbicular, often with scarious— 
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