Lhotskya, there are two species, one, L. acutifolia,13 with an abundance of pale axillary yellow flowers, and the other L. violacea,14 with bright lilac flowers in heads. In addition to these the Colony produces three species of a curious little genus, with inconspicuous flowers, closely related to Genetyllis, which, from the exquisite sweetness of its foliage, I propose to call Hedaroma.15 The leaves, or rather the half-ripe fruits, of those plants preserve their fragrance so well that they might be worth collecting for the use of the perfumer; and if so they would furnish a new and most agreeable article of luxury to Europe, and a small aid to the natural resources of the Colony.
Among the Myrtaceae with polyadelphous stamens there are many remarkable species. Mr. Frazer frequently men-
sepalis unguiculatis multipartitis, petalis subrotundis pubescentibus fimbriatis, filamentis brevissimis sterilibus dentiformibus integerrimis, stylo arcuato exserto apice pilis furcatis barbato.—Flowers white.
(12) Verticordia setigera; foliis linearibus concavis ciliato-denticulatis sub apice setigeris, bracteis deciduis dorso setigeris, sepalis multifidis plumosis petalis erectis cuneatis dentatis æqualibus, filamentis sterilibus setaceis a latere glandulosis fertilibus longioribus, stylo petalis breviore sub apice barbato, racemo subsecundo nunc corymboso.—Flowers delicate lilac: next V. pennigera.
(13) Lhotskya acutifolia; foliis linearibus triquetris acutis glabris, bracteis obovatis mucronatis dorso herbaceis margine membranaceis tubo calycis brevioribus, floribus axillaribus.
(14) Lhotskya violacea; foliis linearibus triquetris obtusis villosis, bracteis obovatis dorso pubescentibus margine membranaceis calycis tubo villoso æqualibus, sepalis dorso villosis, floribus capitatis.
(15) Hedaroma. Flores capitati, nudi aut bracteati. Calyx tubulosus, carnosus, 5-dentatus. Petala 5, squamæformia. Stamina 20, monadelpha, filamentis alternis petaloideis sterilibus; antheræ sphæroideæ poris posticis dehiscentes. Ovula 2, unilateralia. Stylus exsertus, barbatus aut glaber.
Hedaroma latifolium (Tab. II. B); foliis ovato-oblongis subtus glandulosis: involucrantibus latioribus coloratis, filamentis sterilibus truncatis, stylo apice barbato.—It is possible that this may be the Genetyllis citriodora, Endl. but that plant is described as having from 4 to 5 ovules, while H. latifolium has certainly only 2.
(16) Hedaroma pinifolium; foliis longo-linearibus acutis triquetris involucrantibus similibus coloratis, capitulis multifloris, sepalis rotundatis, filamentis sterilibus ovatis obtusis glandulosis, stylo apice uncinato barbato.—Flowers apparently dark purple.
(17) Hedaroma thymoides; ramis diffusis, ramulis angulatis, foliis linearibus obtusis margine revolutis involucrantibus viridibus parùm latioribus, tubo calycis elongato arcuato, petalis carinatis apice verrucoso-glandulosis, filamentis in conum connatis sterilibus dentiformibus inflexis, stylo apice glabro.
