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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



broadened up and down, parallel with the stems, instead of cross- 

 wise as in most plants. Such leaves cast but little or no shade. Many 

 of the Acacias, p. 132, illustrate this kind of foliage. Hardy only in 

 southern California and Florida but cultivated in greenhouses North. 

 The flowers are in spikes, at the start, at the end of the branches with 

 long conspicuous stamens ; after flowering, the tips of the clusters grow 

 into shoots and the fruit, many-seeded small capsules, remaining on for 

 years, mark the annual growth of the stems. [Twig cuttings ; seeds. ] 



wk. 



FiQ. 330. — Showy Bottle-brush. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF CALLISTEMON 



• Leaves flat and feather-veined. (A.) 



A. To 10 feet ; with scarlet flowers having calyx and corolla hairy, 

 forming large dense spikes ; leaves lance-shaped, hairy when 

 joung. Showt Bottle-brdsh (330) — -Callistemon specibsus. 



A. To 6 feet ; with loose clusters of reddish flowers ; leaves more 

 crowded, reddish when young. Lance-leaved Bottle-brush 

 — Callistemon lanceol^tus. 



A. To 4 feet ; with rigid linear leaves almost spine-tipped and dense 

 spikes of red flowers with especially dark anthers. Kigid-leaved 

 BoTTLE-BKosH — Callistemou rigidus. 



* Leaves linear and almost without veins except the midrib. 4-6 feet 



with scarlet flowers and more globular fruit. Slender-leaved 

 Bottle-brush — Callistemon linea,ris. 



