256 Dr. Smith V .Botanical Characters of feme Plants 



berry or capfule, formed of the body of the calyx, or inverted with 

 it, confiding of one or more cells, each cell containing one or more 

 feeds. White is the prevailing colour of the flowers. I know no 

 inftance of an inclination to blue. 



Such is the general idea of the order : there are, however, fome 

 exceptions. Eucalyptus of L/Heritier, and Calyptranthes of Swartz, 

 have no proper petals, but in their ftead a fimple operculum, or cover. 

 Philadelpbus has a deeply divided ftyle, as well as dentated, deci- 

 duous leaves ; in Decumaria, and Efcalloma alfo, the leaves are not 

 entire. This Iaft, and two other genera (Backea and Memecylon) 

 with which M. de Juflieu was not practically acquainted, he has 

 placed in his preceding order of Onagri, becaufe they have 

 ftamina definite in number, that is, as many, or, at moft, twice as 

 many, as the teeth of the calyx. But I am perfuaded, if he had 

 feen all thefe, he would have defined his order of Myrti fo as to 

 admit them, which is ventured upon in the chara&er given above. 



It is not my prefent intention to treat of every genus in this fa- 

 mily, nor even to enumerate them all. The difficulty of arranging 

 fome beautiful kinds from New South Wales firft led me to ftudy 

 the order, and to thefe I fliail principally confine my remarks. 

 They belong to the following 9 genera. 



I. Imbricaria. Jungla of Gcertner. 

 1. Basckea of Linnaeus. 



3. Leptofpermum of Forfer. 



4. Fabricia of Gartner. 



5. Metro fideros of Banks and Gartner, 



6. Melaleuca of Llnnaus. 



7. Myrtus of all authors. 



8. Eugenia of Michel/, Limitzus, and Juffiett. 



9. Eucalyptus of V Her i tier. 



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