296 THE FLORA OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. 



The following are the localities represented in the National Herbarium, 

 Sydney, collections : — Near Darwin, Sir Baldwin Spencer, June- July, 1911 ; 

 Bentinck Island, J. F. Bailey, June, 1901 ; Rockhampton, R. Simmonds, 

 1903 ; J. L. Boorman, August, 1912, and June 1913. Specimens from Darwin 

 collected by N. Holtze, and Granite Creek (alt. 1600 ft.), Almaden, North 

 Queensland, R. H. Cambage (No. 3867), August, 1913, are in matured fruit 

 only, but seem to belong to this species, and are placed here provisionally. 



(3). M. Leucadendronvar. saligna. 



Syn. Jf . saligna, Schauer, Mss., in Walp., Rep. ii., 927, 1843. 



The original description of Schauer is as follows : — " Ramis elongatis 

 penduhs ; innovationib. ramulisq. villosus ; fall, alternis coriaceis, subver- 

 ticalib. lanoeolatis subfalcatis in petiolumattenuatis acuminatis 5-nervib 

 venosis marginatis, adultis deniq. glabratis opacis imperforatis ; spicis infra- 

 apicahb, ovalib densis, rhachide calycibq. cyathiformib. villosis, dentib. 

 membranaceis ovato-subrotundis ; phalangibus. ... ? .In Novae 



Hollandise tropicse ora septentrionali in ripis paludosis fi.. Endeavour, A. Cunn. 

 Herb., No. 256/1819." 



This is very similar in general appearance to M. Leucadendron, var. 

 mimosoides, but has narrower leaves, and the rachis and calyx-tube distinctly 

 woolly or villous. Specimens in the National Herbarium, Sydney, which may 

 be placed under this variety are as follows : — 



Darwin, Professor W. Baldwin Spencer, 1913 ; Charters Towers, Queens- 

 land, H. B. Walker, August, 1903 ; Rockhampton, R. Simmonds, 1903 ; 

 Lakes Creek, Rockhampton, J. L. Boorman, August, 1912 ; Mount Morgan, 

 Queensland, C. F. Henrichson, October, 1911 ; Georgetown, N. Queensland, 

 R. H. Cambage (No. 3897), August, 1913. In Granite Creek, Almaden, N. 

 Queensland, R. H. Cambage (No. 3868), August, 1913. It is quite possible that 

 some of the late Mr. F. M. Bailey's specimens belong to this variety, but the 

 only specimens I have seen which were distributed by Bailey under the name 

 M. Leucadendron, var. saligna, belong to the var. mimosoides. 



The Melaleuca (Cajeputi) angustifolia, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Batav., 

 p. 83, (1856), and synonyms quoted under this species in Walper's Annales 

 Botanices systematicae, vol. 2, p. 621 (1851-2), namely, M. saligna, Blume, 

 M. viridiflora, var. angustifolia, Blume, M. Leucadendron, Forst, M. Leu- 

 cadendron, Hayne, and Myrtus saligna, Gmel., probably belong to this variety 

 or to the var. mimosoides. 



(4) M. Leucadendron, var. sanguinea. 



M. sanguinea (Sol. M.S. and Herb.) {M. Leucadendron and M. viridiflora, 

 of Britten lUust. Bot. Cook's Voyage, p. 38, t. 113) (Non Linn, or Gaertn). 

 M. Leucadendron, var. Cunninghami, Bailey, syn., Queensland, Fl. p. 170 

 (1883). Queensl. Fl. ii., p. 600 (1900), Comp. Cat., p. 188. Fig. 167. 



This is a very handsome large-leaved species which appears to have been 

 confused with M. viridiflora, Gaertn., but as will be seen from remarks I have 

 made under M. viridiflora, 8m., is quite distinct, and there can be no doubt that 

 the specimen marked M. sanguinea, in Dr. Solander's own handwriting, is identi- 

 cal with the one reproduced by Britten, I.e., from specimens collected by Banks 

 and Solander. In the National Herbarium there are several fine specimens, 

 some of which have been mixed up with Callistemon spp., and marked " red 

 flowers." They may be briefly described as follows : — 



Small trees, usually 20-25 feet high (R. H. Cambage), with rather thick 

 and robust branches, and papery bark, the young tips and leaves more or less 

 silky-hairy. Leaves broad-lanceolate, somewhat falcate, obtuse, from 4J to 6 

 inches long, and about 1 inch or occasionally IJ inch broad, petiole sometimes 



