CHAP. XLIX. MYRTA‘CER. MY’RTEX. 961 
It was imtroduced in 1788; and in Buchanan’s arboretum, at Camberwell, it has stood three years, 
without the slightest protection. The genus may be considered nearly as hardy as that of Eucalyptus. 
Metrosidéros corifolius Vent. ; Leptospérmum ambiguum Smith Exot. Bot., t. 59. ; and our fig.705.; 
the Coris-leaved Iron-wood ; is a native of New Holland; which, in British green-houses, forms a 
pide ane to6ft. high. There are many other species described, and two or three inore in- 
troduced. 
Leptospérmum grandifolium Smith (Bot. Mag., t. 1810.; Bot. Cab., t.701.; and our fig. 701.) is a 
New Holland shrub,with large white flowers, produced in June and July. It was introduced in 1803 ; 
and, in British gardens, grows to the height of 6 ft. or 7 ft. 

L. lanigerum Ait., Bot. Cab., t. 1192.; Philadélphus lani- 
gerus Azt.; isa Van Diemen’s Land shrub, introduced in 
1774; and so hardy, that it frequently stands the open air 
for two or three years together, in the open ground, in the 
London nurseries, without the slightest protection. There 
are numerous species described, and above a dozen of them 
introduced. 
Billblia marginita R. Br.; Leptospérmum marginatum 
Labill. Nov. Holl., 2. p. 10. t. 148. ; isa shrub with the habit of 
Leptospérmum, introduced in 1820, and flowering in June 
and July. There are two other species of this genus, one of 
which, B. flexuosa D. Don, has been introduced. 
Fabricia myrtifilia Gertn. (Bot. Mag., t. 1304; and our 
Jig. 703.) is a shrub from New South Wales, growing to PR RE a (NO 
the height of 10 ft., and producing its white flowers in May fuse ARR 
and June. It was introduced in 1788. nee, 
F. stricta Lodd. (Bot. Cub., t. 1219.) was introduced in 1827, and flowers from April to July; but 
neither this nor the preceding species blossoms till it is 5 or 6 years old. 


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Be’ chia virgata Andry. Bot. Rep., t. 598., Bot. Cab., t. 341., and our fig. 704. ; Leptospérmum vir- 
gatum Forsk.; Melaleica virgata Lin. fil.; is a native of New Caledonia, where it grows to the 
height of 3 ft. or 4 ft., and produces its white flowers from August to October. There are 19 species 
described in Don’s Mer, ii. p. 827., about half a dozen of which have been introduced. 
Sect. HI. Myrrex. Stamens free. Fruit fleshy. 
Psidium Cattleyanum Sabine, Bot. Reg., t. 622., and our fig. 706.; P. coriaceum Marsh. Herb.; P. 
chinénse Lodd. ; Cattley’s Guava ; is a native of China, where it grows to the height of 20ft. It was 
introduced in 1818, and is generally kept in stoves along with the other species of Psidium ; but, as 
it has been known to ripen its fruit in a green-house, we have introduced it here, as there can be no 
doubt that the plant might be preserved against a conservative wall. 
Myrtus comminis L., the common Myrtle, is a well-known evergreen shrub, a 
native of the south of Europe, which is found wild in France, about Mar- 
seilles, and from that city, along the coast, to Genoa (growing in thickets, even 
within reach of the spray of the sea), and throughout Italy. It was a great 
favourite among the ancients, by whom it was held sacred to Venus. The 
name is said to be taken from that of Myrsine, an Athenian maiden, a favourite 
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