flowered, from the axils of the upper leaves, and thence forming 
a sort of capitate leafy corymb. Pedicels very short. Calyer 
turbinate, dotted and slightly hairy, the dims of five, obtuse 
lobes. Petals elliptical, small, white. Stamens about twenty- 
five. Filaments erect, white, four times as long as the erect 
petals. Anthers small, yellow. Style filiform, shorter than the 
stamens. (Capsule small, globose, three-celled. 4. 0.) W.J. H. 
Curr. This a neat box-leaved evergreen shrub. In its 
climbing habit it resembles Metrosideros florida and M. tomen- 
tosa, figured at tabs. 4471 and 4488, and, like them, it requires, 
in this climate, the protection of the greenhouse during the 
winter and spring months. It grows freely if potted in light 
loam, and, on account of its slender growth, requires support. 
It is easily increased by cuttings placed under a bell-glass. J. 8. 
Fig. 1. Peduncle with three flowers. 2. Calyx and pistil :—magnified. 
