THE MYRTLE FAMILY. 
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vessels for many years, the seeds having the power 
of delaying germination. When the vessels are 
removed from the plant and dried, the seeds drop out. 
They are then easily grown. A pure white form of 
Callistemon lanceolatus has been seen in Gippsland, 
but it is very rare. 
The genus Callistemon is hardly a class of plants 
to be grown in small gardens, owing to their strag- 
gling habit of growth : but among shrubberies and in 
large plots, they are very worthy of a place. 
Several other plants in the Myrtle family must be 
mentioned before we pass on to the Eucalypts. Two 
closely-related plants, and these only occurring in the 
Grampians, are Calycothrix Sullivani and Lhotzkya 
genetylloides. It seems almost a pity that such a 
lovely plant as the latter has so harsh-sounding a 
name. It has a beautifully dainty habit, light and 
loose, and the starrj^ pinkish flowers are set off by 
the background of dark green foliage. The former 
plant grows more robustly and is far more generous 
in its flower supply. It is not uncommon to And 
shrubs of this plant eight or ten feet high simply a 
fluffy mass of starry pinkish and white flowers. 
When the plants are young it is somewhat difficult to 
distinguish between the two ; but it may be noted that 
while Calycothrix bears its flowers in dense racemes. 
Lhotzkya carries only a few in each headlet. 
The last three plants of this section that will be 
mentioned are all natives in Victoria only to East 
Gippsland; from thence they extend into New South 
Wales and Queensland. 
Eugenia Smithii is the only representative of its 
genus in Victoria and is usually known by its native 
