MYETACEiE. 



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BiECKEA. 



Gen. Char. (Decandria Monogynia.) Calyx five-cleft ; petals 

 five ; capsule three or four-celled, many-seeded, covered by the 

 calyx. 



Named after Beck, a physician to the King of Sweden. 

 Myrtle-like plants of New South Wales, sometimes intro- 

 duced into the greenhouse ; there are fifteen or more species, 

 all having white flowers ; the best are camphorata, with cam- 

 phor-scented leaves ; virgata, gracilis jpulcliella, diosmafolia, 

 linifolia, and ramosissima. There is also a species which is 

 now called Babingtonia camphorosma ; it has very pretty 

 pinkish-white flowers. These plants grow freely in sandy 

 loam and peat, and are tolerably hardy. 



PSIDIUM. (Guava.) 



Gen. Char. {Icosandria Monogynia.) Calyx five-cleft; petals 

 five ; berry soft, pulpy, many-seeded. 



Psidium was one of the Greek names for the Pomegra- 

 nate, Tunica Granatum, a hardy tree. P. CaUleianum } a 



