METROSIDEROS angustifoliaSmith. [family MYRTACEAE], Linn. transact. 3, 268
Myrtus angustifoliaL. [family MYRTACEAE], Thunb.! fl. cap. 408. E. & Z.! 1773. Houtt. Pflanz. Syst. 3. t. 25, f. 2.
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branches tetragonal; leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, naked; peduncles axillary, umbellate; bracts lanceolate, glabrous. Tree 20 feet. Leaves 2–3 inches long, 3–4 lines broad. Umbels densely flowered, subcapitate, much shorter than the leaves. Flowers yellowish. Fruit 1 line long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Sides of rivers in various parts of the colony, in the districts of Stellenbosch, Worcester, Caledon, &c. Jan.-March. (Herb. Sd., D., &c.)