To these are now to be added Gladstone, Queensland (T. D. 

 Ferguson); and Angledool, New South Wales, (A. Paddison). 

 However, Mueller in his Second Census, 1889, p. 91, recog- 

 nises its specific rank. Bailey, Queensl. Fl., Vol. n, p. 600, 

 gives it varietal rank, the same as Bentham, Zoc. cit. As 

 the result of these investigations it would now appear that 

 there is sufficient evidence to warrant the systematic 

 separation of these two species. Bentham under the cir- 

 cumstances could only classify on morphological grounds, 

 and even in this instance was not prepared to wholly sup- 

 press Lindley's species, but gave it, as stated above, 

 varietal rank. 



Melaleuca linariifolia appears to be more limited in its 

 geographical distribution than M. trichostachya, which 

 extends over a wide area of country, as it occurs on the 

 north-east coast of the continent and over the main divide 

 to Cooper's Greek, a rather unusual range,— from the moist 

 coast regiou to the arid interior, and yet is constant in 

 character throughout. 



Systematic.— It is a medium sized tree, one to two feet 

 in diameter, growing on river banks, with a close, laminate I 

 bark (A. Paddison). Young shoots pubescent, leaves very 

 narrow, linear lanceolate, opposite, occasionally concave 

 and often with incurved points, venation scarcely discerniM-- 

 although the midrib is sometimes distinct, and two other 

 ribs less prominent, about one inch long. Flowers in 

 opposite pairs, on an interrupted spike, small. Calyx, 

 g'abrous, hemispherical. Lobes about the same length, 

 shortly acuminate. Petals imbricate in the bud, rather 

 shorter than the calyx. Staminal columns about two lines 

 long, the claws comparatively short, with numerous iila- 

 ments. Style about the length of the staminal column. 

 Full matured fruit, hemispherical or cup-shaped, valves 

 exscrte.j, rim thin. 



