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MELALEUCA sgcabra. 
Rough thread-leaved Melaleuca. 
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Linnean Class and Order. POLYADELPHIA ICOSANDRIA. 
Natural Order. MYRTACEZE, Kth. synops. 3. p. 410. 
Subordo I. MYRTEZ. Flores in foliornm axillis aut in pedunculis multifloris 
oppositi. Folia plerumque opposita et punctata. Kth. lc. p. 410. 
MELALEUCA. Staminum phalanges 5, petalis opposite, elongate: anthere in- 
cumbentes. Capsula 3-locularis polysperma, connata et inclusa calycis tubo incrassato 
basi adnato (ramo). Brown Hort. Kew. ed. 2.v.4. p. 410, 
Sect. I. Folia alterna. 

M. scabra, foliis teretiusculis mucronulatis scabris confertis, capitulis globosis, pha- 
langibus 4-6-andris: unguibus petaia subequantibus. Brown. Hort. Kew, ed. 2. 
v.4. p. 414. 
Melaleuca scabra. Spreng. syst. 3. p. 336. Swi. hort. brit, p. 156. 
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A pretty bushy evergreen Shrub, resembling a small Cypress 
or Cedar; branches leaning to one side, rather pendulous or 
nodding, clothed with a rugged scaly bark, slender when young, 
and warted. Leaves numerous, crowded, irregularly scattered, 
generally pointing to one side, rigid, nearly cylindrical, slender- 
est towards the base and thickening upwards, terminated by a 
short mucro, very rough, occasioned by numerous small tuber- 
cles with which they are covered. J'lowers in numerous termi- 
nal heads, very much crowded, of a bright dark purple, and of 
an aromatic scent. Bractes broadly ovate, concave, deciduous. 
Pedicles clothed with tufts of white woolly hairs. Calya tubu- 
lar, slender at the base and widening upwards, smooth, slightly 
5-cleft, the laciniz short, broad, and membranaceous. Petals 5, 
inserted in the calyx, ovate, obtuse, about the length of the un- 
suis. Stamens in 5 sets, inserted in the calyx, opposite to the 
petals, 3 to 6 in each set: filaments smooth, dark purple, in- 
serted in the back of the anthers. 
For the opportunity afforded us of giving a figure of this rare 
and beautiful plant, we are obliged to Mr. J. Miller, of the 
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