stuck together, and falling off all united like a calyptra, deciduous,
dropping as soon as the flowers expand. Stamens very
numerous, spreading, connected into 4 sets, and inserted in the
limb of the calyx: filaments smooth, white, the outer ones
longest, attached to the back of the anthers: anthers small,
two-lobed. Ovarium enclosed in and attached to the calyx’
4-celled, many-seeded.^ Style shorter than the stamens, glossy,
but a little rugged. Stigma a simple bluntish point.
Our drawing of this very handsome plant was made in September
last, at the Nursery of Mr. J. B. Mackay, at Clapton,
where it was raised from seeds collected by Mr. W. Baxter in
New Holland, and we believe has now flowered for the first
time in this country; it is certainly a very desirable plant for
the Greenhouse or Conservatory, particularly for the latter, as
its beautiful bluish white leaves with red edges make a fine contrast
amongst the green ones of most other plants, the flowers
are very similar to those of a Myrtle, with a slight aromatic
scent, and the plants begin flowering when quite small, the one
from which our drawing was made not being above two feet
high, which makes it the more desirable. Its habit is very similar
to Metrosideros, but the stamens are united into sets; it
also agrees with Eucalyptus in its deciduous corolla. It thrives
well in a mixture of light sandy loam and peat, and will proba-
bly succeed in the open air in our milder counties, particularly if
planted by the side of a wall, and protected by a mat in winter.
Young cuttings, planted under a bell-glass in sand, will strike
root, if the glass is kept wiped daily, to keep them from damping
The generic name is derived from evc fair, and a bundle,
the stamens being connected into stitutes the beauty of the flower. four bundles, which contime
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