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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
heads of “white, yellow, or purple flowers.” Only three species are common in this country ; but Dr. Lindley, in 
his Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River, describes several other lands, two of which, namely C. aurea, with 
golden flowers, and C. sappliirina, the flowers of which are of a deep violet, appear to be very beautiful. Mr. 
Allan Cunningham, in his Synopsis of the genus, also describes several species which have not yet been introduced, 
and most of which he found growing in the hilly country near Bathurst. The genus was originally called Calytrix 
by Labillardiere, but Decandolle changed the name to Calythrix, as the derivation was from the Greek words 
kalyx, a calyx, and tlirix, a hair, in reference to the long hairs which terminate the lobes of the calyx ; though, 
according to this explanation, it appears strange that the name was not changed to Kalythrix. 
1.— CALYTHRIX VIRGATA Hook. THE TWIGGY CALYTHRIX. 
Synonyme. — C. ericoides Cwnn. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 3323 ; and om fig. 2, in PI. 29. 
Specific Character. — Leaves petiolate and stipulate, scattered; 
adult leaves and bracteas very smooth. Stipules deciduous. Bractcas 
one-half shorter than the tube of the calyx. Branches slender, 
twiggy, and very smooth. 
Description, &c. — A heath-like shrub, the ends of the branches of which are densely covered with leaves 
lying' closely upon each other, though the leaves of the other parts of the plant are spreading. The flowers are 
white, and rather ornamental from the dark colour of the anthers ; and they are very peculiar fr om the great 
length to which the lobes of the calyx are drawn out. 
OTHER SPECIES OF CALYTHRIX. 
C. GLABRA R. Brown. 
A pretty little plant, the flowers and leaves of which are tinged with pink. The leaves are cyhndiical 
when fresh, but when dry they shrink into a triangular shape. 
The other species of this genus are veiy seldom seen in gardens, and some of the lands have not yet been 
introduced. 
GENUS II. 
VERTICORDIA Dec. THE FRINGE MYRTLE. 
lAn. Syst. ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Flowers before expansion girded by two free or concrete bracteas. Lobes of calyx palmately parted into five or seven 
lobes. Stamens twenty, of which ten are sterile and ligulate. Stigma feathered. Fruit one-seeded, one-celled when mature, (fix. Dm.) 
Description, &c. — Small heath-like shrubs with dotted scentless leaves, and coiymbs of very cui’iously formed 
flowers. 
1.— VERTICORDIA DENSIFLORA Lindl. THE CLOSE-FLOWERED FRINGE MYRTLE. 
Specific Character. — Leaves linear, triangular, obtuse. Corymbs 
of many-flowered heads. Bracteas deciduous, somewhat hooded at the 
apex. Tube of the calyx very hairy. Sepals unguiculate, many- 
parted. Petals suhrotund, pubescent, fimbriated. Sterile filaments 
very short, tooth-shaped, entire. Style curved, exserted at the apex, 
bearded with forked hairs. 
Description, &c. — This species is a native of the banks of the Swan River, whence it was introduced in 
1843. It is a very pretty little heath-like shinib with pink flowers, which. Dr. Lindley observes, “ are exquisitely . 
beautiful when viewed through a magnifying-glass, but they are not bright enough in colour, nor sufficient in 
mass to produce a striking effect.” The plant was first raised in England in Messrs. Veitch’s nursery, at Exeter. 
