( 4s.) 
Gen. Ch. Cal. 5-partitus, fuperus. Cor. 5-petala. Filam. multa, 
~ connata in ¢ corpora. Stylus 1. Caps. femiveftita calyce 
baccato, 3-valvis, 3-locularis. ee 
Sp. Ch, Mz. polyadelphia, foliis alternis lanceolatis beige: quin- 
quenerviis, {pica elongata, 
THIS tree rifes with a long flexible trunk, Sesilins off irregular 
afcending branches, covered with a pale thick lamellated tough 
bark. Leaves linearly-lanceolate, entire, fmooth, denfe, five-nerved, 
afh-coloured, odorous, alternate, on fhort footftalks, Flowers white, 
feffile, in long fubterminal fpikes. Bractez floral, minute, ovate, 
pointed. Calyx tubular, five-parted, deciduous, of a brownith red. 
Corolla of five petals, roundifh, concave, much longer than the 
calyx. Filaments about forty, uhited at the bafe in five or fix bundles, 
long, capillary, unequal, inferted in the tube of the calyx, and fur- 
nifhed with {mall ovate incumbent anthere. Germen below, roundith, 
Style filiform, fomewhat fwelled at the ftigma. Capfule roundith, 
three-celled, three-valved, opening at the apex, and half inclofed by 
the calyx. Seeds numerous, oblong, fmall, compreffed, angular.* 
It is a native of India, where it commonly , grows in the woods: 
the annexed figure was drawn from a very perfect botanical fpecimen 
of it in the herbarium of Sir Jofeph Banks. The narrow leaved 
variety of this fpecies was introduced into the Royal Garden at Kew, 
in 1775, from New Caledonia, by J. R. Forfter, L, L.D.° 
The origin of Cajeput oil, or the vegetable from which it is ob- 
tained, was long unknown, and continued a matter of conjecture. 
As this effential oil is faid to be fomewhat fimilar in flavour and odour 
to the cardamom, an opinion very generally prevailed, that it was 
procured from a fpecies of it, It is now however clearly proved to 
be derived from the Melaleuca Leucadendron, as obferved by Linnzus 
in 1772,° and fince confirmed by his fon in the fupp. plant. 
That the leaves of this tree have an aromatic odour, refembling 
_ that of cardamom feed, and afford, by diftillation, a fragrant effential 
. This defcription i is given on the authority of De Loureiro, |. c. 
> Hort. Kew. * Diff, obf. in M.M., p. § . ; 
No. 4,—Part IT, M oil, 
