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of the genus in my last journey to the south, both fine plants, but the 
one now found much surpasses the others; it grows on an upright 
shrub, from two to three feet high, with small imbricated, heath-like 
leaves; the heads of the flowers are borne in corymbs from a foot to 
eighteen inches in diameter, each head of flowers, including the ray, 
about two inches wide. There is a curious resemblance between these 
heads of flowers uid a fine double daisy (Bellis perennis); the colour 
varies from white to various shades of rose colour. Several fine species 
of Chamelaucium have been found, one with flowers as large as Verti- 
cordia insignis; the flowers are white when they first come out, but 
before they go off they change to a fine purple. citi seems scarcely 
any generic difference between Verticordia and Cha 
To the now splendid genus Genetyllis I have added Me additional 
species. The tulip-bearing Genetyllis, discovered and described in my 
last journey, I gathered in flower on Mongerup: I had only seen it 
when the seeds were ripe, and although it was then beautiful, it now 
surpasses my former description. Along with it, on Mongerup, I found 
a species with heath-like leaves, a bright scarlet involucre inclosing 
dark purple flowers. On Congineerup I found two large-bracted 
species of this genus; one with thyme-like, ciliated leaves, and the 
braets which form the involucre ciliated; the other with heath-like 
leaves and bracts, without cili: ; the bracts in both are rose-coloured. 
In my first ascent to Toolbranup, I found a scarlet Fuschia-like Gene- 
tyllis (noticed in my journal), but saw only a few specimens, which I 
lost on the mountain. It was burned over last year by the natives, 
and where the Genetyllis and other rare plants grew there is nothing 
to be seen but stones and blackened stumps. I have now, on Hume’s 
Peak, gathered a beautiful scarlet Fuschia-like Genetyllis, which may 
possibly be the same species. en we consider that the involucres 
of these plants resemble corollas of the same size, it will be seen that 
they are highly ornamental before the flowers expand, and they re- 
tain their beauty in a great degree until the seeds are ripe. Their 
fragrance is at least equal to the Hedaroma latifolia of Lindley, which 
is Genetyllis citriodora of Endlicher; they are most desirable plants 
to introduce into cultivation. Two fine species of Calythrix have 
been found; one of the largest yet seen of the genus bears rose- 
coloured flowers, which become white before they go off; and one 
with reddish purple flowers—a fine plant. To the true Myrtacee 
