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1.— LAGBRSTRCEMIA INDICA Lin. THE INDIAN LAGERSTR(EMIA. 
Specific Character. — Leaves roundish-ovate, acute, glabrous. Panicle many-flowered, terminal. Petals curled, on long claws, ((r. Don.) 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 405 ; and our jig. 4, in PI. 28. 
Description, &c. — A very handsome plant, growing from six to ten feet high, and covered with showy flowers, 
which vary from a rosy pink to a very dark reddish-pm’ple. The petals of the flowers are very curiously crisped or 
cm’led, and they have such long claws that they seem only loosely attached to the plant. The stem is so acutely 
quadrangular, that it might almost be called four-winged. The species may be grown either in a stove or a 
greenhouse, but it succeeds best planted in the free ground of a rather warm conservatory, where it will flower 
from August till October. It is a native of China and Japan, whence it was introduced in 1759. It is 
sometimes called the Pride of India, but this name is also applied to Melia Azedarach and some other plants. 
CHAPTER XXVII. 
MYRTACEAE R. Brown. 
Essential Character. — Calyx superior, four or five-cleft, rarely six- 
cleft, sometimes falling off like the cap, in consequence of the cohesion 
at the apex ; tube adnate to the ovarium. Petals equal in number to 
the lobes of the calyx, inserted in the calyx, rarely wanting ; but when 
present with a quincuncial sestivation. Stamens inserted along with 
the petals, either twice their number or indefinite, usually disposed 
in many series ; filaments distinct, or connected into several parcels. 
curved inwards before flowering; anthers ovate, two-celled, small, 
bursting lengthwise. Ovarium inferior, two, four, five, or six-celled ; 
style simple ; stigma simple. Fruit either dry or fleshy, dehiscent or 
indehisccnt. Seeds usually indefinite, variable in form. Embryo 
exalbuminous, straight or curved, with its cotyledons and radicle dis- 
tinguishable, or conferruminated into a solid mass. ((?. Don.) 
Description, &c. — The plants included in this order are all remarkable for the long and very numerous 
stamens of their flowers, and their fragrant leaves, which are full of transparent dots, and feather-nerved, with the 
nerves or veins running into each other towards the mai’gin, so as to fonn a transparent edge to the leaf. The 
order is divided into several distinct tribes. Some of the species require a gi’eenhouse in this country, but others 
win not live here without a stove ; and among the latter may be mentioned the Guava {Psidium aromaticuni), the 
Clove [Oaryophyllus aromaticus), the Rose Apple {Jambosa vidgaris), and the Allspice {Eugenia Pimento). 
TRIBE I. ChamcelauciecB. 
Character of the Tribe. — Lobes of the calyx five. Petals five. Stamens disposed in one series, fertile and sterile mixed. Fruit dry, 
one-celled. Ovules numerous, erect from the base, fixed to the centre, or to the somewhat exserted central placenta. 
Description, &c. — The plants included in this tribe are all little heath-like plants, with fragrant leaves and 
s mall flowers, natives of Australia, and requiring a greenhouse in Great Britain, where they should be grown in a 
mixture of loam, peat, and sand, and care should be taken to keep them regularly watered ; but the soil in which 
they are grown should never be saturated with stagnant water, or they will be very likely to damp off. 
GENUS I. 
CALYTHRIX Dec. THE CALYTHRIX. 
Lin. Syst. ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Ctilyx drawn out into a cylindrical tube; lobes ending in a long bristle each. Stamens from ten to thirty, free. 
Fruit dry, indehiscent, one-celled. ((?. Don.) 
Description, &c. — A genus of heath-like shrubs, which in theh native land, Australia, form large bushes with 
