Regelia
(named after Dr. E. Regel, Superintendent of the Imperial Botanic Gardens at St. Petersburgh). ORD. Myrtaceae. A genus comprising only three species of rigid, greenhouse shrubs, with the habit of Beaufortia, natives of Western Australia. Flowers closely sessile and solitary within each bract, in dense heads, at first terminal, but the central axis soon growing out into a leafy branch; calyx tube ovoid or nearly globular; lobes five, usually deciduous; petals five, spreading; stamens indefinite, united in five bundles opposite the petals. Leaves small, opposite, mostly three or more nerved. R. ciliate is the only species yet introduced. For culture, see Beaufortia. R. ciliata (fringed).* fl. red, in small, dense, globular heads; calyx tube woolly-tomentose or hairy. l. erect, spreading or recurved, broadly ovate, obovate, or almost orbicular, obtuse, flat or concave, rigid, prominently three or rarely five-nerved, 1/6 in. to 1/4 in. long. h. 3ft. to 5ft. 1874. A spreading, more or less pubescent or hairy shrub. (B. M. 6100.)