598 LI. MYRTACE/E. [Melaleuca. 
Series VII. Peltatae. — Leaves very small, often scale-like, more or less peltately attached. 
Flowers small, in dense heads or spikes. 
Branclilets not excavated. Leaves mostly opposite, the points spreading, 
or not closely appressed to the branch, finely pointed, erect, under 1 line 
long 17. M. minutifolia. 
ranchlets excavated for the scale-like, peltate, closely appressed leaves. 
Leaves mostly opposite. Flowers 3 or 4 in the heads. Calyx-lobes and 
petals striate. Stamens numerous in each bundle IS. M.foliolosa. 
Leaves mostly alternate. Flowering and fruiting-spikes oblong- 
cylindrical 19. M. tamariscina . 
M. imbricata, Link, Enum. ii. 272, M. taxifolia, Schlecht. in Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. 336, and 
.11. temifolia, F. v. M ; Miq. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. iv. 123, which I have not seen, are not suf- 
ficiently described to be recognisable, but probably belong to some of the above species. There 
are also numerous names in Steudel’s “ Nomenclator” taken up from garden lists, Ac., and not 
otherwise published, which are therefore here omitted. — 7 tenth. 
1. IVI. hypericifolia (Hypericum-leaved), Sw. in Trans. Linn. Sue. iii. 279; 
Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 131. A tall glabrous shrub. Leaves mostly opposite, 
lanceolate or elliptical-oblong, obtuse or mucronate, f to l^in. long, flat or with 
recurved margins, the midrib prominent underneath. Flowers large, of a rich 
red, in dense spikes of about 2in., forming the base of leafy branches. Calyx- 
tube sessile by its broad base, about 1 line long ; lobes broad, obtuse, herbaceous, 
about as long as the tube. Petals broad, concave, contracted at the base, about 2 
lines long. Staminal bundles at least fin. long, the slender claws much longer 
than the petals, each with 15 to 20 filaments at the end. Ovules exceedingly 
numerous in each cell, covering the broad peltate placenta. — DC. Prod. iii. 214 ; 
Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 200 ; Vent. Jard. Cels. t. 10 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 199 ; Metro- 
sideros Injperici folia, Salisb. Prod. 351. 
Hab.: In 1861 there was a plant of this species growing in the Brisbane Botanic 
Garden, and I understood from Mr. W. Hill, who was then Col. Bot., that he obtained it from 
near Ipswich. 
The other specimens I have seen, in Smith’s and several other herbaria, are all cultivated, 
unless it be one in Herb. F. Mueller, of doubtful origin, but found by him amongst some 
Callistemons, from Moreton Bay. The leaves of this species, rather thin, with a tendency to a 
recurved margin, differ in this respect from all others, except M. pauciflora. — Benth. 
2. IVI . thymifolia (Thyme-leaved), Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 278 and 
Exot. Bot. t. 36 ; Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 134. A low glabrous shrub, rarely above 
2ft. high, but very spreading and gregarious, often covering acres of ground. 
Leaves mostly opposite, lanceolate elliptical-oblong or almost linear, nearly acute, 
f to Ain. long or rarely more, rigid, concave, the midrib scarcely conspicuous. 
Flowers red, not numerous, in short ovoid or oblong lateral spikes, the axis often 
grotving out into a leafy shoot at the time of flowering, the rhachis and calyxes 
glabrous. Calyx-tube ovoid, rounded at the base, about 1^ line long ; lobes much 
shorter, thick and obtuse. Petals nearly 2 lines long. Staminal bundles |7n. 
long, the claws exceeding the petals, each with numerous filaments pinnately 
arranged along the upper half with a few on the inner face ; anthers very small. 
Ovules exceedingly numerous in each cell, densely covering the peltate placenta ; 
style rather long, the stigma slightly dilated. Fruiting-calyx not immersed in 
thie rhachis, crowned by the persistent lobes. — DC. Prod. iii. 214 ; Bot. Mag. t. 
1868 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 439 ; Metrosideros calycina, Cav. Ic. iv. 20 t. 336 (from 
the fig. and descr.) ; Melaleuca coronata, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 278 ; M. gnidiafolia , 
Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 4 ; M. discolor, Reich, in Spreng. Syst. iii. 337 ; Iconogr. 
Exot. t. 113; Metrosideros gracilis, Salisb. Prod. 352? 
Hab.: Many coastal parts of southern Queensland. Flowering in October. 
In some of K. Brown’s specimens the leaves are all narrow-linear. — Benth. 
Yield of oil from dry foliage, 13oz. per cwt. — J. F. Bailey. 
