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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Melaleuca ericifolia, Smith. Small tree, either glabrous or pubescent, the bark thick and soft: lvs. not rigid, usually recurved from the middle, narrowly linear or nearly cylindric, rather obtuse, about ½ in. long: fls. yellowish white, the spikes ½ -1 in. long and less than ½ in. wide, the rachis soon growing out, or the sterile fls. in nearly globular terminal heads; stamens ¼ in long, each claw bearing about 7 terminal filaments: fr. with broad base partly embedded in the rachis.— Resembles an arboreous heath. Used to a limited extent in Calif. as a lawn tree.
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