of the fame colour with the calyx, and about as long, as
that and it he footftdk taken together. This calyptra,
which is the effpntial mark o f the genus, and differs from
that of the Eucalyptus obliqua of L Heritier only in, being
conical and acute, ifjftead o f Jmmffpfeeric&l, is perfectly
entire, and never fplits or divides, though it is anafogous to
the corolla o f other plants. When it is removed, we perceive
a great number >of red ftamina, ffanding in a conical l^fsj
which before the calyptra was taken off, were completely
povered by it, and filled its iofide, iTfec arc fevaW
and red. In the center o f thefe k 4 9?
point ai, rifing a little above them, and terminated by 4
blunt ffigma. The ftemfoa m t M&eus apfi aromati0*
-They are inferted into the margin c*f the calyx, fa that the
genus is properly placed by Mr. 1 »
Icefaudrw. Thefe ffamina and % fe feeing removed, and
the germen cut acrofi about the mtddfe <?f tji? .C?lyx, it
appears to be divided into three cells, and po more, as far
as we hwe examined, each containing the rudiments of one
or more feeds, for the number cannot with certainty be
determined. Whether the calyptra in this fpecies falls off,
as in that deferibed by Mr. & H.witiery or be permanent,
■ we cannbt tell. ;; Trom one lpecimen feat by Mr. White,
the latter fhould ;feem to be the cafe ; and that the calyx
fwells and rifes around it nearly to the top, making a pear-
fhaped fruit, wmi the point o f the calyptra flicking out
at its apex; but a*s fh3S‘ appears only in a Angle flower, and
none of the "others ate at all advanced towards ripening feed,
the flower iti queftion may poffibly be in a morbid ftate,
owing to tHe-attacks of fome infedt. (See Fig. s^) Future
obfervati'ons will determine this point. We have been the
more diffufe in; our defeription on account of the Angularity
of .the genus, and th.e value of the plant.
Off making iheifichs h t the trunk o f this tree, large
quantities of red refinous juice are obtained, fometimes even
.more than fixty gallons from a Angle free. When this juice
-is-dried,- it- becomes a very powerfully aftringent gum-refin,
of a red colour, much refembling. that known in the {hops
by the name of Kino, and, for all medical purpofes, fully as
efficacious. Mr. W h it e adminiftered it to a great number o f
patients in the dyfentery, which prevailed much foon after the
landing of the convi&s, and in no one inffance found it to
fail. This gum-refin diffolves, almqft entirely in fpirit o f
wine, to which it gives a blood red tin&ure. Water
H h diffolves