Blossom. Five petals rounded, inserted into the inner margin of the cup.
Chives. Threads numerous, thread-shaped, united in five bundles. Tips incumbent.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, growing to the bottom of the cup. Shaft thread-shaped, erect. Summit simple.
Seed-vessel. Capsule nearly globular, coated by the belly of the cup, the upper part naked, three-celled, partitions contrary.
Seeds many, oblong, or rounded with angles, or winged.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Melaleuca foliis sparsis oppositisve, linearibus, enerviis, subrecurvis, muticis; floribus sessilibus, apicem versus ramulorum confertis, spicatis.
Melaleuca with scattered or opposite leaves, linear, without nerves, a little turned back and beardless; flowers grow close to the stem, crowded together near the end of the smaller branches in spikes.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Prop, one which is to be found at the base of each flower.