CHAP. XLiX. 



Jl/YRTA x CEiE. MY'll'VE/E. 



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It was introduced 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. 



Metrosidhros corifblius Vent. ; Leptospdrmum amln'guum Smith Exot. Bot., t. 59. ; and our^.705.; 

 the Coris-leaved Iron-wood ; is a native of New Holland; which, in British green-houses, forms a 

 shrub from 4 ft. to 6 ft. high. There are many other species described, and two or three more in- 

 troduced. 



Leptospermum grandifblium 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. 



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702 



L. lanigerum Ait, Bot. Cab., t. 1192. ; Philadelphia lani- 

 gerus Ait. ; is a 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. 



Billdt'ia. marginuta R. Br. ; Leptospermum marginatum 

 Labill. Nov. HolL, 2. p. 10. t. 148. ; is a shrub with the habit of 

 Leptospermum, introduced in 1820, and flowering in June 

 and July. There are two other species of this genus, one of 

 which, B.flexubsa D. Don, has been introduced. 



Fabrlcv* Tayrtifblia Gaartn. {Bot. Mag., t. 1304. ; and our 

 fig. 703.) is a shrub from New South Wales, growing to 

 the height of 10 ft., and producing its white flowers in May 

 and June. It was introduced in 1788. 



F. stricta Lodd. {Bot. Cab., 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. 



705 



Bce'clAa. virgata Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 598., Bot. Cab., t. 341., and our fig. 704. ; Leptospermum vir- 

 gatum Forsk. ; Melaleuca virgata Lin. fit.; 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 Miller, ii. p. 827., about half a dozen of which have been introduced. 



Sect. III. My'rte^. Stamens free. Fruit fleshy. 



Vsidium Cattleyhmxm Sabine, Bot. Reg., t 622., and our fig. 706. ; P. coriaceum Marsh. Herb. ; P. 

 chinense Lodd. ; ' Cattlei/'s Guava ; is a native of China, where it grows to the height of 20 ft. 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 communis 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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