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 POLYADELPHIA ICOSANDRIA. i«°

��MELALEUCA. {Smith in linn. soc. transact. 3, p. 273.)

Brown mss.

Staminum phalanges 5, petalis opposite, elongatae : An- therce incumbentes. Caps. 3-loc. polysperma, connata et inclusa calycis tubo incrassato basi adnato (ramo).

Folia alterna.

1. M. LeUcadendron, foliis elongato-lanceolatis acumi- natis falcatis aversis 3 — 5-nervibus, ramulis floriferis pen- clulis spicisque glaberrimis. Brown mss.

Melaleuca Leucadendron. Will den. sp.pl. 3, p. 1428. Arbor alba Caju Puti. Bumph. amb. 2, p. 72, t. 16. Nat. of the East Indies. ^.

2. M. viridiflora, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis eequilateris 5-nervibus, ramulis et rachi spicse calycisque tubo pubes- centibus, phalangium unguibus calycis laciniis brevioribus obsoletisve. Brown mss.

Melaleuca viridiflora. Willden. sp. pi. 3, p. 1429. Metrosideros quinquenervia. Cavanill. ic. 4, p. 19, t. 333.

Nat. of New South Wales. John White, M.D. *2.

3. M.paluclosa, foliis lineari-lanceolatis elongatis aequila- teris strictis 3-nervibus : nervis lateralibus margini sea- [4ii bro approximatis, rachi spicse cylindrical calycisque tubo sericeis, phalangium unguibus brevissimis. Brown ?nss.

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