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calyx- tube. Capsule thick, almost woody, urceolate, with 5 stout ribs, the 
lobes finally deciduous. — Melaleuca florida, Forst. Prod.; Leptospermu m scan- 
dens, Forst. Gen. 
Common in forests throughout the islands, Banks and Solander, etc. Lord Auck- 
land’s group, Bolton. 
2. M. lucida, Menzies ; — FI. N. Z. i. 67. A small, erect, branching- 
evergreen tree ; bark pale, papery ; branches obscurely tetragonous ; twigs 
and very young leaves silky. Leaves 1-3 1 in. long, elliptic-lanceolate, acu- 
minate at both ends, shortly petioled, very coriaceous, shining above, quite 
glabrous, midrib stout, lateral nerves faint, oblique ; under surface with 
large glands. Flowers 3 or more together, sessile or shortly pedicelled at the 
ends of the branches. Calyx broadly obconic, -§■ in. long ; tube silky ; lobes 
ovate, obtuse, persistent. Petals small, oblong or linear, scarlet. Stamens 
scarlet, very numerous and style very stout, nearly 1 in. long. Ovary free 
above the middle. Capsule broadly urceolate with 5 stout ribs., the upper- 
free 3-valved part enclosed in the coriaceous calyx-limb. — M. umbellata, 
Cavanilles; Melaleuca lucida, Forst.; Agalmanthus umbellatus, Homb.and Jacq. 
Mountainous districts of the Northern Island, Colenso. Abundant in the Middle 
Island, and iormiug the greater part of the wood on Lord Auckland’s group. 
3. M. albifiora, Banks and Sol. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 67. A lofty climber; 
trunk stout; branches perfectly glabrous ; branchlets terete. Leaves decus- 
sate, l-j-3 in. long, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, shining above, 
very coriaceous, shortly petioled ; margins recurved when dry ; midrib stout, 
lateral veins numerous, delicate, leaving the costa at an acute angle. Flowers 
in terminal, leafless, many-flowered, branched, glabrous cymes ; peduncles 
and pedicels rather slender. Calyx scarcely in. long, campanulate ; lobes 
shortly ovate, obtuse, persistent. Petals small, white, orbicular. Stamens 
and style very slender. Ovary wholly adnate to the base of the calyx-tube. 
Capsule -§• in. long, urceolate, turgid, 3-lobed, bursting loculici dally, crowned 
by the much narrower tubular calyx, which is terminated by the reflexed 
persistent lobes. — Hook. Ic. PI. t. 569 ; M. diffusa, A. Cunn., not Smith. 
Northern Island : dense forests in the Bay of Islands, and east coast, Banks and So- 
lander, etc. 
4. M, diffusa. Smith; — FI. N. Z. i. 67. A large, scaudent, glabrous 
shrub, with pale, ragged bark, and slender, obscurely 4-gonous branches. 
Leaves somewhat distichous, f — 15 in., shortly petioled, elliptic-oblong, ob- 
tuse ; midrib and oblique lateral veins prominent. Flowers in terminal and 
lateral many-flowered, puberulous, often leafy cymes. Calyx in. long, narrow- 
oblong, suddenly expanding into a cup-shaped limb, with orbicular deciduous 
lobes. Petals orbicular, scarlet, shortly clawed, jagged. Stamens and style f 
in. long, slender. Ovary wholly adherent to the lower part of the calyx-tube. 
Fruit shortly pyriform, turgid, 5 -ribbed, rather membranous, bursting loculici- 
dally, crowned with the short calyx-limb. — M. myrtifolia, Gaertner ; M. lu- 
cida, Linn. f. ; M. Homeana, Turczaninow. 
Northern Island : frequent in forests, Banks and Solander, etc. 
5. M. hypericifolia, A. Cunn.; — FI. N. Z. i. 67. t. 16. A large, 
rambling, climbing shrub, with ragged bark, and slender, divaricating, 4-angled 
