in England* -Mr*. Id Hcritter has defcribed hr
his Sertum Anglicum by the name of Eucalyptus obUquay
though it is commonly called in the gardens Metrofideros
ohliqua ; but we dare not aftert it to be the fame fpecies,
nor can this point be determined, till the flowers and every
part of both be feen and compared; we have compared
thé heft fpecimens we could procure o f each, and find no
fpeciftc difference. The Eucalyptus ahHqua 'ha.s-, when dried,
an aromatic flavour fomewhat fimilar to our plant. We
have remarked indeed innumerable minute white fpots,
hefides the, refinous ones, oh both furfaees of the leaves
in lome fpecimens of the garden plant, which are not to
be leen in ours, and the branches of the former are rough,
with final! fcaly- tubercles. But how far thefe are eonftanf
we cannot, tell. The obliquity in: the leaves; one lido being
Ihorter at the bafe than the other, as well as fomewhat
narrower all the way .up, as. in the Begonia rtitida of the
Hortus KevoenJiS) is remarkable in both plants.
The figure reprefents a branch of the: Peppermint: Tree-
in lea f: on one fide o f it part of a leaf fepa/rate, bearing the
gall of fome infeét; on the other the fruit above deferibed.
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TEA TREE OF NEW S.OUTH WALES.
MtfLAtL^UC# ?' TSlNÉfiVlA#
■ This is a fmali lhrubA: verymucflbranched. The bark full
of longitudinal fiffures, and eafily feparated from the branches.
Leaves- on fhort footfialks-, alternate, lanceolate,.pointed, entre,
about three quarters of anindh-in teÉgEh^ finOöth on both fide#
marked with three longitudinal fibs, and reticulated: with tranf*
verfevehts-; they are dfo« fidf of frftnoas fipot>s< the feat of ati
aromatic effendd oik The flowed we: have notsfetn,, nor can
we determine whh Certainty the genus of this» plant. It moft
hearfy approaches- tfe Leptofpermnam virgaemnof Forfter,' re’-
ferred by the younger Limseuv perhaps improperly,, to Mek-
leuca. At leaft if may fefdybt* dfetto'röiaesd.iw beteng .tsb the
âme- genUs^ With the Mfekfeoeae vüf aæâ tin® Suppt- though a
Mik a ! lpedesv Thé- fjfcdfic, dil&reacr becwwto therm ft, that
the leaves of our plant have three ribs, Wferëâss ,M.> virgata* ha®
leaves pèrfeaîy deftfrtute of‘ fifes-or veins* Henee we judged the
l^ure aöd: d'efeription- of Kuftifdiius',. Herb. Araloim, V. %>
t. 1 8. to belong rather to our Tea Tree, than to M, virgata; ahad
if this conjecture be right, .the plants açe ftill further diftin-
guilhed by the inflorefcence, which in M. yirgata is an Umbel,
whereas in the figure above mentioned the flowers are Iblitary.
a. Reprefents a leaf flightly magnified*.
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