POLYADELPHIA ICOSANDRIA. i*>o 



MELALEUCA. {Smith in linn. soc. transact. S,p. 373.) 



JBrown m,ss. 



Staminuvi phalanges 5, petalis oppositse, elongatae : An- 

 tlieree incurabentes. Caps. 3-loc. polysperma, connata et 

 inclusa calycis tubo incrassato basi adnato (ramo). 



Folia alterna. 



1. M. Leucadendron , foliis elongato-lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis falcatis aversis 3 — 5-nervibus, ramulis floriferis pen- 

 dulis spicisque glaberrimis. Brown niss. 



Melaleuca Leucadendron. Willden. sp.pl. S,p. 1428. 

 Arbor alba Caju Puti. Mumpli. amh. 2, p. 72, t. 16. 

 Nat. of the East Indies. i^ ■ 



2. M. viridifiora, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis sequilateris 

 5-nervibus, ramulis et raclii spicse calycisque tubo pubes- 

 centibus, phalangium unguibus calycis laciniis brevioribus 

 obsoletisve. Brovm mss. 



Melaleuca viridifiora. Willden. sp.pl. 3,j». 1429. 

 Metrosideros quinquenervia. Cavanill. ic. 4, p. 19, 

 t. 333. 



Nat. of ^evf South Wales. John White, M.D. ^ . 



3. M.paludosa, foliis lineari-lanceolatis elongatis sequila- 

 teris strictis 3-nervibus : nervis lateralibus margini sea- wn 

 bro approxiiuatis, rachi spicse cylindricse calycisque tube 

 sericeis, phalangium unguibus brevissiaiis. Brown mss. 



