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and conglomerated. Thèfe^clia fiers, are fupported on angular
alternate. footftalks, which.iform a kind of panicle. . Each
capfule. is about the fize of an hawthorn berry, globular,
but-as.it were cut off at the top, rugged on the outfide,
hard apd : woody, and of a dark brown colour. At the top
|s_ a large prifice, which ihews the internal paft of the
capfule divided into four.cells, and having a fquare column
in the center, from which, the partitions of the cell arife.
Thefê, partitions extend .to the rim of* the capfule, and
terniinate in four fmall .proje&ions, which look like the,
teeth.pf a'calyx. The feeds .are mumerous, fmall, and angular.
; The name of . Pepperpiint Tree has-been- given to this
plant ^by Mr. White on account‘_of the very great refem-
^^Ac^ibetweejn. the effential: oil drawn from its leaves, and.
that .Obtained from tKe Peppermint (Mentha piperita) which
gsowsup/iEngland. This oil was .found by Mr. White to
be much more efficacious.in removing^!! cholicky complaints
than that of the Englifh Peppermint,' which he attributes
to its being, lefs .pungent and .morei aromatic. A quart of
thé} oil has been fent by him to VLx. Wilfon. f
The . tree above defcribed appears to b e . undoubtedly o f ,
the fame genus with that cultivated in fome greenhoufes
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