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NEW PLANTS, ETC., FROM THE SOCIETY'S 

 GARDEN. 



27. Metrosideros robusta. Allan Cunningham, in Annals 

 of Natural History, vol. iii. p. 112. 



Received from .J. C. Bidwill, Esq., in 1845, from New 

 Zealand, as Myrtus robusta. 



A handsome evergreen busli, with neat opposite oval flat 

 emarginate leaves, and small clusters of rich crimson flowers, 

 with long ciimson stamens surrounding a cup-sliaped green 

 wavy disk. The foliage has a rich aromatic odour, but the 

 flowers are scentless. 



