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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Melaleuca decussata, R. Br. Fig. 2346. Spreading shrub, to 20 ft., bright green and glabrous: lvs. lanceolate to oblong, narrowed at base, ¼ - ½ in. long, 1 line wide: fls. lilac, in cylindric spikes 1 in. or less long, the axis growing out as a leafy shoot, or the clusters globose and lateral or terminal when the fls. are sterile; stamens ¼ in- long, very shortly united in bundles of 10-15: fr. broad at base, partly embedded in the thickened rachis. B.M. 2268. L.B.C. 13:1208.—Grown in large grounds, where the spreading branches and pendulous twigs may develop to best advantage.
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