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LVIII. MYRTACE^E. 
[Melaleuca. 
when young), 1*5 to 5 in- long, ' 2 to 1 in. wide (largest on young 
shoots); petioles short. Spikes 2 to 6 in. long, flowers in whorls, 
numerous; rachis silky. (The spike is really the end of a branch 
with axillary flowers, the leaves suppressed. It continues to grow 
and become leafy and branch after the fall of the perianth.) Fruit 
sessile, *15 in. across, cylindric, short. Hab. In wet low-lying spots 
and sandy heaths; indigenous, but sometimes planted also. 
Singapore, Changi. Malacca, wet ground near the town. Setul 
Heaths. Kelantan, near Kota Bharu. Perlis, Kanga. Distrib. 
Mergui, Cambodia, Borneo, Amboina. Native names : Gelam; 
Kayu Putih (white wood). Uses: Leaves for making Caje-put 
(kayu putih) oil. Bark for caulking boats and lighting fires. 
Timber for poles, etc. 
The form here is M. minor with silky spikes. It is certainly wild in the 
north of the peninsula, and there were apparently wild plants in Singapore, 
on the east side, at one time. The Malacca Gelam forests were said formerly 
to have been planted by the Dutch, but are probably wild also. 
4 . TRISTANIA, R. Br. 
Shrubs or tall trees. Bark red, peeling off in long flakes. 
Leaves alternate (rarely opposite), coriaceous, glabrous. Flowers 
small, white, in pedunculate axillary cymes. Calyx-tube turbinate 
campanulate; lobes persistent. Petals 5, imbricate. Stamens 
numerous, shorter in 5 bundles, opposite petals. Ovary inferior 
or half inferior, 3-celled. Capsule loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds 
linear or winged above. Species 25, Malayan and Australasian. 
Malay name: Palawan. 
Leaves sessile sub-auriculate . . . . (1) T. sub-auriculata 
Leaves narrowed to petiole; big trees; cymes 
shorter than leaves; leaves coriaceous. 
Leaves 6 to 8 in. by 2*25 in.; petiole winged to 
base .. (2) T. merguensis 
Leaves lanceolate, distinctly petioled, i’75 to 3*5 in. 
long. (3) T. Maingayi 
Leaves oblanceolate; shrub. 
Nerves very numerous; calyx in fruit very short, 
recurved. (4) T. fruticosa 
Nerves 13 pairs; calyx cupular one-third length 
of fruit. (5) T. spathulata 
Tree. Cymes longer than leaves ; leaves thin ; 
flowers very small . . . • . (6) T. Whiteana 
(1) T. sub-auriculata King, lx . 72. 
Tree 10 to 40 ft. tall, up to 20 in. through. Leaves very cori¬ 
aceous, sessile, obovate-oblong, blunt or sub-acute, base auricled, 
glabrous, 2*5 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 2'5 in. wide. Cymes few-flowered, 
•5 to 75 in. long; peduncle stout, silky. Flowers -25 in. across. 
Calyx tubular, campanulate, pubescent; teeth triangular, short. 
Petals round, pale yellow. Capsule sub-globular, *25 in. across. 
