P L A T E CCLXXTIII.
MELALEUCA CORONATA.
Flax-leaved Melaleuca.
CLASS XVIII. ORDER IV.
POLY A DELPHI A POLYANDRIA. Thread., in many Sets. Many Chives.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
C A L Y X quinquefidus, femifuperus. Peíala quinqué.
Filamenta multa longiílima, connata
in q u i n q u é corpoia. Pifiillum unnm. Capfula
3-locularis.
C u p five-cleft, half above. Petals five. Threads
numerous, very long, united into five bodies.
Pointal I . Capfule 3-celled.
See M E L A L EU c A E R I C J E F O L I A , PI. 1 7 5 . V o l . H I
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Melaleuca foliis oppofilis, lanceola tis,
glaberrimis ; Acribus feflilibus, ad bafir
m u l o r um confertis ¡ filamentis pinnatis
curvatis, purpuréis.
Melaleuca with oppofite, lance-fhaped leaves,
w i t h o u t nerves and very fmooth; flowers
g r ow clofe to the branches, and crowded
together at their bafe; threads winged,
t u r n e d inward, and purple.
REFERENCE TO THE P L A T E.
1. T h e Empalement and Seed-bud.
2. The fame, fliewn in a front view.
3. A Petal.
4. One of the five bundles of Chives, magnified.
5. The Seed-bud w i t h the fhaft remaining, the cup
T H I S Angularly delicate l i t t le plant, a native of Botany Bay, was firft raifed from n V ^ i„ ttfi
by M r . I . Fairbairne of the Phytic Gardens, Chelfca, in the year 1 7 0 2 If ¡7 h «uiitr7
m o f t o f t h e p l a n t s we h a v e , receivedfrom ZJ^^T^^T^ *T, t h e green-houfe and watered but feldom, in the winter It ™ , ,1 t r 7 ^ ? °f
perfects its feeds, and may be increafcd by c a t ^ t ^ Z ^ t ^ t f 1 ^ ^
kept in a fmall pot proportionally to its fize Our f W I t f e ni very fandy peat earth, and