of the Natural Order of Myrti, 267 



before me, I can hardly clear up ever}' doubt; nor can I, at prcfent, 

 determine how many of Forfter's fpecies are among Gasrtncr's. The 

 following thirteen are certainly diftinft, and all in my herbariuai. 



* Folih oppoft'is, 



I. Metrosideros hifpiday foliis oppofitis bafi cordatis amplexi- 

 caulibus, raniulis pedunculis calycibufque hifpidis. 



This is a very magnificent fpecies, eafily diftinguilhed by its broad 

 fefTile oppofite leaves, and hil'pid branches. The flowers are yel- 

 low, with wide-fpreading (lamina, and grow in umbels, many of 

 which unite to form a large terminal corymbui, rough with red- 

 brown hairs, like thofe of the Robinia hifpiJa. Young plants of tins 

 MetroJiJeros are to be feen in mod colle6lions about London, but 

 none has yet flowered. 



a. M. jiorihunda, foliis oppofitis petiolatis ovato-lanceoldtis, pa- 

 nicula brachiata, pedicellis umbeliatis. 



The flowers are fmaller than thofe of the laft, and appear to be 

 white. The panicles are formed of feveral branches croffing each 

 other, and terminating in little umbels. Sometimes the flower-ftalks 

 are hifpid, fometimes fmooth. 



3. M. cofata, foliis oppofitis petiolatis lineari-lanceolatis acumi- 



natis obliquis, panicula brachiato-decompofita, pedicellis 



fubumbellatis. 



M. coftata. Gartn. Sem. v. i. 171. /. 34. jC 2. 



This may be known from the preceding by its narrower, longer, 



more rigid and fhining, oblique or falcated leaves. The panicle is 



more irregularly and repeatedly branched ; its utmofl: ramifications 



M m a but 



