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are in terminal corymbs, which are white with down, petals 

 yellow, and so minute that they are lost amidst the very 

 long filaments, which are of a bright red, and present a very 

 striking appearance : it grows luxuriantly in a cool green- 

 house, and will even flower out of doors, but must be shel- 

 tered in the greenhouse in the winter ; it is propagated by 

 cuttings, and requires a light loam. M. buxifolia is another 

 greenhouse species, with spreading, dark green, box-like 

 leaves, and whitish-yellow flowers in small groups among 

 the upper leaves ; the numerous stamens, which have very 

 long filaments and yellow anthers, give the flowers a very 

 pretty appearance. M. florida is a very fine shrub, and 

 w r hen it succeeds in flowering well is very handsome, as its 

 fine red blossoms, of which the stamens are the conspi- 

 cuous part, form a round head at the end of the branches ; 

 the leaves are also very handsome, glossy, dark green 

 above, and pale beneath ; it is supposed that in the mild 

 air of the west of England it might flourish unprotected, 

 and in this way it may in time become a hardy shrub 

 for our gardens, but at present it grows freely as a green- 

 house shrub, and requires moisture. M. floribunda is now 

 called Angophora floribunda, and is a very beautiful plant ; 

 it has deep-coloured crimson flowers, which, before they 



