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Icosandria. 
the stove in this country on account of the beauty of its 
foliage and flowers. 
Myrt. Communis , The common myrtle a native of 
Italy, is rarely absent from collections of plants in the 
green-house or parlour. 
Eucalyptus. Cal. superior, truncated, covered with 
a lid ; no corolla ; caps, four-celled, many seeded. Of 
this genus nearly 100 species have been discovered ; 
most of them are trees, and some of them rival in height 
and magnitude the tallest vegetable productions. Eu- 
calyptus Globulus, and another species peculiar to the 
southern extremity of Van Diemen’s island, rear their 
lofty heads 150 feet, and are from ten to twelve feet in 
diameter. With one exception only, all the species of 
this genus are confined to New Holland. 
Metrosideros Citrina, Harsh-leaved Metrosideros. 
Cal. five-toothed, including the germen ; petals five, de- 
ciduous ; stamens separate, many times longer than the 
petals; leaves linear, lanceolate, rigid. Native of Bo- 
tany Bay, but not uncommon in the nurseries about 
London. The generic name is derived from the hard- 
ness of the wood. In the structure of its flowers it is 
nearly allied to the splendid genus Melaleuca ,* and for 
all its beauty, it is indebted to the brilliant scarlet colour 
of its long filaments. Bot. Mag. 260. 
PsIdium Pyrijerum, Guava. Cal. superior, five-cleft; 
cor. fivc-petaled; berry one-celled, many-seeded; leaves 
elliptic, peduncles one-flowered. A common tree in 
the pastures of Jamaica, growing from eight to twelve 
feet high ; the fruit is eaten raw or stewed with milk, 
