LESSKH MELALEUCA.

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Order 54. Myrta'ce.e, R. Brown. —The Myrtle Tribe.

to ') CTEr s— Sepals four—six, generally five, concreted into a tube, which is adnateat® °vary, sometimes distinct at the apex, and as far as the margin of the ovary,c a ] v er tln >es concrete at the apex, and as far as the throat. Petals inserted on thetioj, ’ as Many- as the sepals with which they alternate, and quincuncial in cestiva-Ver Y rarely absent. Stamens inserted with the petals, often in many rows,v ar j e > °f generally many-times the number of the petals : filaments either free orUS ^ a * connected or polyadelphous, before flowering somewhat incurved ;ers ., ovate i bilocular, small, dehiscing by a double chink. Carpella four—six,a dn e h* ve , by abortion often fewer, concrete into a many-celled ovary, which isWe 16 ^ le calyx. Style, composed of many partial styles concreted, and, there-S ee \ Ca fled single, with a simple stigma. Fruit various, many-celled, many-seeded,options; embryo exalbuminous (D. C.)— Trees or shrubs. Leaves generallyrarely alternate, exstipulate, quite entire, dotted with pellucid glands, andu^nall VV ' t ^ 1 a ve * n running parallel with their margin. Inflorescence variable;eftop y axillary. Flowers red, white, occasionally yellow, never blue,the TlEs ;—Aromatic volatile oil and astringent matter (especially the former) areManciples to which the medicinal properties of Myrtacese are referrible. TheCl d dotting of the leaves and other parts indicates the volatile oil.

Melaleuca mi'nor, Smith, L. E .—The Lesser Melaleuca.

Melaleuca Cajuputi: Maton; Roxburgh.

Sex. Syst. Polyadelpliia, Icosandria.

(Oleum k foliis destillatum, L .—Volatile oil of the leaves, E.)

lib. i I i ST °RY.— 1 This tree was described by Rumphius (Herb. Amboin.P- 76) under the names of Arbor alba minor, Cajuputi, Daun

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' v ^ich Gaju-kilan. It has got its name front its colour kayu-puti

signifies white wood, and hence its appellation, as given to it by4 r J ‘Hts, arbor alba (Mat. Indica , i. 261; and Crawford, Hist. Ind.

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litulj p 4NY - Gen. Chau. —Tube of the calyx almost hemispherical ;*erq a p lVe 'I )ar tite. Petals five. Bundles of stamens five, elongated, al-ob tUse e w *th the petals; anthers incumbent. Style filiform; stigmathe C;i j Gapsule connate with, and enclosed in, the thickened tube of^edgj^W which is adnate at its base to the branch : three-celled, many-fippo ■' Seeds angular (D. C.) — Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate orG ’ r i u P e en tire, equal at the base. Flowers sessile, or somewhatSp ’Spiked or capitate, white, yellowish, or purplish.s lij>ljy —Leaves alternate, elliptical-lanceolate, somewhat acute,

' V a ^ ca l e , three- five-nerved. Flowers spiked, rather distant. Rachis,Try a y id branchlets, villose (D. C.)

tolerably erect, but crooked; bark thick, spongy, whitish ash-W(; ( | the exterior lamina peeling off' in thin flakes. Branches scat-jhll ^n drooping. Leaves short-stalked, while young silky, whenhalf sn i°oth, deep green, from three to five inches long, and from, ''^lee-quarters of an inch broad, very aromatic when bruised.Wiit ( . e tniinal. Bracts solitary, lanceolate. Calyx urceolate. CorollaWsi e: filaments from thirty to forty, united into five portions at thel ha r , tilers with a yellow gland at the apex. Style rather longere stamina ; stigma obscurely three-lobed ; ovary ovate, united to

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