OP ORNAMENTAL EXOTIC PLANTS. 
143 
OTHER SPECIES OF VERTICORDIA. 
VERTICORDIA INSIGNIS Endl. Appendix to the Bot. Reg., t. 2. See own fig. 1, in PI. 29. 
One of the commonest and prettiest species in the genus, and a most abundant flowerer. The leaves are 
crowded together towards the end of the branches, but they are spreading on the old wood. The flowers are very 
pretty, and quite account for their English name of Fringe Myrtle by the delicate frmge with which the segments 
of the calyx are bordered. 
GENUS III. 
HYPOCALYMMA Endl THE PEACH MYRTLE. 
Un. Syst. ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Flowers axillary, capitate. Tube of the 
calyx campanulate, connate with the ovarium ; upper lip five-parted. 
Petals five, inserted in the mouth of the calyx, and alternating with 
the segments, slightly unguiculate, orbicular. Stamens from twenty 
to thirty, inserted with the petals, but much longer; filaments thread- 
shaped, subulate ; anthers two-celled, opening longitudinally. Ova- 
rium inferior, two-celled, each cell containing many ovules. Style 
filiform ; stigma capitate or simple. 
Description, &c. — This is a genus of Australian plants which, though belonging to the order Myrtacese, have 
pink flowers, and strongly resemble bushes of the dwarf Peach or Almond. The name of Hypocalymma signifies 
under a veil, in allusion to the bracts which veil the calyx from below. 
1.— HYPOCALYMMA ROBUSTUM Endl THE LARGER PEACH MYRTLE. 
Engraving. — B ot. Reg. for 1843, t. 8. 
Specific Character. — Leaves linear-lanceolate, mucronate. Flowers axillary, on very short pedicels. Heads generally many-flowered. 
Description, &c. — “ This,” Dr. Lindley observes, “ is one of those beautiful little Myrtaceous plants peculiar 
to the south-west of New Holland, winch might be easily mistaken for small Almond or Peach bushes, so much are 
the flowers like them, and so seldom do we find bright rosy blossoms among the Myrtles.” The species is a dwarf 
plant with clusters of small pink flowers, and hnear leaves which smell like lemon. It is a native of the neigh- 
bourhood of the Swan River, whence it was introduced in 1 842. 
OTHER GENERA BELONGING TO TRIBE I. 
DARWINIA Rudge. 
A genus of Australian decumbent leafy shrubs, with red or white flowers disposed in terminal fascicles, and 
interspersed with chaffy leaves or bracteas. The genus is named in honour of the celebrated Dr. Darwin. 
CHAMiEI,AUCIUM Dec. 
There is only one species in this genus, and it is a dwarf shrub with white flowers, a native of New Holland. 
GENETYLLIS Dec. 
There is only one species in this genus, a Diosma-like plant with white flowers. 
PILEANTHUS LaUll. 
Another genus consisting of a single species, which is an Australian shrub with white flowers. The name of 
Pileanthiis is derived fi’om two Greek words, signifying a cap and a flower, in reference to the flower being 
inclosed within a one-leaved involucrum before expansion. 
