z~(y D>\ Smith'j Botanical Char aMers rf fame Plants 



gether the habit of a Jlypbefia. The leaves are thick-fet, twifted, 

 haiih, pungent and ftriated, exactly as in feveral of that genus, 

 and very uightly aromatic, fo that it could hardly be taken for one 

 of the Myrt't, except by the fructification. — The flowers are white, 

 iurrounding the lower part of the youngeft branches in very fhort 

 clufters. Calyx downy, with erect, rigid, fpinous, ftriated, perma- 

 nent teeth. Petals fmooth, membranous. Stamina twice as long 

 as the calyx. 



5. M. ericifolia, foliis fparfis oppofitiive' linearibus enerviis fur*. 



recurvis muticis, floribus lateralibus apicem verfus ramu- 

 lorum confertis. 



The dried leaves of this fpecies taftc ftrongly of coriander feeds. I 

 have not feen it growing. Its flowers are white, growing in fhort 

 duffers round the branches, as in the following, but not quite fo 

 near the top. Its leaves differ widely from that fpecies, being much 

 fmaller, not pungent nor rigid, but a little recurved. The young 

 bark is of a (livery white. I have not feen the fruit. 



6. M. nodefa, foliis fparfis linearibus mucronato-pungentibus 



reel is, floribus apicem verfus ramulorum glomeratis. 

 Metro fideros nodofa. Gccrtn. Sem. v. 1. 172. /. 34.^ 6. 



The leaves are numerous, fcarcely an inch long, very narrow, 

 though broader than thofe of M. ericifolia, ftiflf, and fharp pointed. 

 Flowers frnall, wbitifh, cluttered round the tops of the youngeft 

 branches, fo as to appear like little capitula ; but after flowering the 

 branch is protruded beyond them, and the ripening capfules remain 

 inverting it in an annular manner. The figure of Gaertner repre- 

 sents them in their molt advanced ftate, apparently bleached by 



expofure 



