of the Natural Order cf Myrti. 279 



The teeth of the calyx in M. thymifolia are permanent, and the 

 whole of that part, as well as the back of the leaves, abounds with 

 a fragrant elTential oil, lodged in pellucid prominent dots. 



II. M. hypericifolia, foliis oppofitis elliptico-oblongis uniner- 

 viis, fioribus confertis, filamentis longilfimis lincaribns 

 apice radiato-multifidis. 



The mod beautiful of the genus. It grows in fwampy ground, 

 and is found like all I have now defcribed, except the nrft fpecies, 

 in New South Wales. M. hyper icifolia is plentiful in the Engiiili 

 gardens, and was generally taken for an Hypericum, till it lately pro- 

 duced, in feveral collections near London, its elegant flowers. Theft 

 grow in a cylindrical form round the branches, and have fome re- 

 femblance to thofe of my Metrofideros lanceolata (commonly called 

 citrina)t occafioned by the radiated crimfon filaments projecting in 

 every direction. The claws of thofe filaments are very long, linear, 

 and of a dull yellowifh hue like the petals. 



7. MYRTUS Linn. — Gartn. Sem. t. 38. Jujf. Gen. 324. 



Icosandria Monogynia* 



Char. Gen. Calyx 5-fidus, fuperus. Petala 5. Bacca bi- 

 vel tri-iocularis. Sem'ma plurima, gibba. 



Few genera are more confufed in the works of Linnaeus than 

 Myrtus. The above characters will ferve to define all that pro- 

 perly belong to this genus, of which I have received from New 

 South Wales the following two fpecies only. 



1 I. Myrtus 



