It may be that the Callistemon acewsum Tausch in Flor. ad. bot. Zeitung, Tome xx, p. 411 (1836), 
united with C. pinifolius DC. by Bentham, belongs to this rather than to C. pinifolius, as the latter is a 
low spreading shrub with distinctly greenish coloured filaments, whereas the description of Tausch states 
that his species is a shrub or tree 25 feet high (frutex vel arbor 25 pedalis), and that the filaments are 
reddish tinged with yellow (filamenta phoenicea). 
When additional material becomes available to prove that the material from which Tausch's 
description was drawn up is distinct from that of Lindley's plants, it may be advisable to take up the name 
acerosus as a variety. (E. Cheel). 
Propagation. It is a decorative plant, which has been under cultivation in the 
Botanic Gardens, Sydney, for many years. It is found in other Australasian Botanic 
Gardens. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 235. 
Callistemon salignus DOi 
A. Flowering twig from Penshurst, N.S.W. Natural size. 
B. Bracts enclosing buds. 
c. Rhachis with buds and deciduous bracts. 
D. Bud, showing (a) Calyx-lobes and (b) petals. 
E. Flower. 
F. Flower opened out, showing 
(a) Sepals. 
(b) Petals. 
(c) Stamens. 
(il) Rim of calyx-tube. - 1 , , 
(e) Pistil. 
G. Transverse section through ovary. 
H. Fruits. 
Callistemon brachyandrus Lindl. 
I. Flowering twig. Natural size. 
K. Rhachis with young buds and deciduous bracts. 
Callistemon brachyandrus var. acerosus. 
t. Buds of var. acerosus from Darling River, N.S.W. Natural size. 
M. Bud magnified. 
N. Flowering twig, with terete leaves, 
o. Fruits. 
T. Larger fruit. 
Q. Tip of terete leaf showing groove. 
ILLUSTRATION. 
Reproduction of figure, p. 113 of the original drawing of Callistemon bradiyandrus UnAley, in Journ. 
Hort. Soc., Lond., iv, 112 (1849). 
