88 II. Karel Domin: 



12. Melaleuca L. 



1. M. Dorrien-Smithii n. sp. 



Frutex rigidus, divaricato-ramosus, omnino glaberri- 

 mus, ramis crassis, ramulis ultimis brevibus, gracilibus 

 densissime foliatis; folia confertissima,stricta, quadrifariam de- 

 cussata, erecto-patentia, lineari-teretiuscula, subtrigona, dorso 

 convexo obtusiuscula, facie superiore angusta leviter cana- 

 liculata et lateribus acutis nervorum instar prominenti bus 

 marginata, 3—7 mm longa et 0*5 mm vel paulo plus lata, 

 obtusa, glaberrima, viridia, tantum leviter glanduloso-pun- 

 ctata; capitula globosa, magna, ad ramorum partem supe- 

 riorem ramulos axillares valde abbreviatos (capitulis sub 

 anthesi semper breviores) terminantia, saepe pluria arcte 

 appropinquata et florendi tempore contigua; rhachis glabra; 

 flor es mediocres, purpurei, pulchri; calycis tubus turbinatus, 

 rhachi basi lata insertus, vix 2 mm longus, argenteo— pube- 

 scens vel demum glabrescens; lohi latě deltoidei, subacuti, 

 uninerves, tubo breviores, glabri; petala purpurea, subsca- 

 riosa, fere orbicularia, concava, obtusissima, erecta, glabra 

 sed margine ciliatula, circa 2 mm longa et expansa vix an- 

 gustiora; phalangium pentandrum, circa 10 mm longum, in- 

 ferne longe hirsutum; spicae fructiferae globosae vel bre- 

 viter cylindricae, circa 7—12 mm longae et 8 mm latae; 

 calyx fructifer haud immersus, truncatus, latě urceolatus, ca- 

 psulam valde superans, circa 4 mm longus et apice 3 mm 

 latus. 



W. A.: Cranbrook to Warrungiip, sandy plains, A. A. 

 Dorrien-Smith. 



Stirps pulchra, seriei Decussatae inserenda, et forsan 

 M. decussatae R. Br. comparanda, sed ab hac foliis dense 

 quadristichis foliorumque forma, calycis tubo ±: vestito, 

 staminibus longioribus, phalangiis oligaudris, capitulis den- 

 sis, globosis disfcinguenda. M. subtrigona Schauer, seriei Ca- 

 pitatae subser. Erythrocephalae civis, quae primo aspectu 

 speciei nostrae haud est absimilis, foliis alternis et capitulis 

 terminalibus longe distat. M, quadrifaria F. v. Muell. se- 

 cundum spéci mina authentica (Elder Exploring Expedition) 

 foliis facillime disticguenda. 



