which, as far as we have seen, is confined to the flowers of this variety
alone.
The true hexangularis, or, at least, the sort known by th a t name
to cultivators, and so beautifiilly portrayed in the Chinese paintings,
which are sometimes brought to this country, is quite a distinct plant
from this, and apparently nothing more than a variety of the mvrtle-
leaved.
The figure in the Botanical Register, quoted above, represents it
with the flower hexan g u lar; the leaves, however, are not very characteristic
of it, being too strongly serrated and pointed. The same may
be said of the figure in the Botanist’s Repository, although tliey both
convey a p re tty clear idea of the appearance of the flower. In the
other works referred to, very correct representations will be found of it.
