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TRIBE II. 
CuaracTer oF THE TRIBE.—Calyx from four to six-lobed. Stamens free, or polyadelphous. 
celled. Seeds exarillate and exalbuminous. (G. Don.) 

Leptospermee 
Petals from four to six. 
Fruit dry, many- 
Descrierion, &c.—The plants contained in this tribe vary from small shrubs to large trees, but they are all 
natives of New Holland, and have all leaves with pellucid dots. 
GENUS IV. 
TRISTANIA R. Brown. THE TRISTANIA. 
Lin, Syst. POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
Generic Cuaracter.—Calyx five-cleft, Bundles of stamens opposite the petals. 
pedicellate. (G. Don.) 
Capsules three-celled, many-seeded. Flowers 
Description, &c.—This genus was formed from Melaleuca, and it contains several species, though most of | 
them are very seldom seen in collections of plants in this country. The name of Tristania alludes to the flowers 
standing in threes. What is called the Turpentine Tree in New South Wales belongs to this genus. | 
1.—TRISTANIA NERIIFOLIA &. Br. 
Synonymes.— Melaleuca neriifolia Sims ; M. salicifolia Andr. 
Encravines.—Bot. Mag., t. 1058; Bot. Rep., t. 485; and our 
THE OLEANDER-LEAVED TRISTANIA. 
Speciric Cuaracter.—Leaves opposite, lanceolate, glauccscent 
(G. Don.) 
beneath. Bundles of stamens triandrous or pentandrous. 


Jig. 3, in Pl. 29, under the name of Melaleuca neriifolia. 
Description, &c.—This plant, when discovered by the first settlers in New South Wales, was called by them 
the Tea tree, because the leaves tasted bitter and astringent, somewhat like those of the black tea. It was at first 
included by botanists in the genus Melaleuca ; but it has since been very properly separated from that genus, as | 
it differs not only in some points of botanical construction, but in general appearance, habit of growth, and 
medicinal properties. The species in its native country is a tree twenty or thirty feet high, but in Great Britain it 
forms only a moderate-sized shrub. It was introduced in 1804. 
OTHER SPECIES OF TRISTANIA. 
TRISTANIA MACROPHYLLA Cunn. 
In Australia it forms a tree sixty feet 
It was introduced in 1825. 
A large handsome plant, with laurel-like leaves, and white flowers. 
high, losing the exterior of its bark in the same way as Arbutus Andrachne. 
GENUS V. 
BEAUFORTIA R&R. Br. THE BEAUFORTIA. 
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Lin. Syst. POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
Style filiform. Capsule corticate, incrusted to the tube 
(G. Don.) 

deciduous. 
of the calyx, three-celled; cells one-seeded. 
Generic Cuaracter.—Tube of the calyx turbinate ; limb five- 
Petals five. 
Anthers inserted by the base, bifid at the apex; lobes 
parted; lobes acute. Bundles of stamens five, opposite 
the petals. 
Description, &c.—This genus was named in honour of the Duchess of Beaufort, a great patroness of everything 
connected with floriculture and botany during a great part of the last century. Three or four species have been 
described, but only one, or, at most, two are in cultivation in this country. 


